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Location:

San Antonio,TX,

Member Since:

Dec 13, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR - 18:01 - Nov '14

10K PR - 38:37 (workout) - Oct '14

Half-marathon - 1:22:43 - Jan '14

Marathon - 2:58:43 in Boston! - Apr '13

50 mile - 7:49:30 (2nd) - Nov '15

Short-Term Running Goals:

- Balance

- Run more trails, volunteer, more social running, run with a team

- Race a lot more.  learn.

Race results / possible schedule:

Apr 2 - Hells Hills 25k trail - 4th

Apr 9 - Toughest 'n Texas 20-mile Trail - 2nd

May 7 - Paleface - Trail Marathon - 3rd

May 29 - American Hero road 25k - 2nd

Jun 25 - Pedernales Falls 30k nighttime Trail - 5th (sick)

Jul 16 - Muleshoe Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 3rd

Jul 23-24 - Fossil Valley 9-hour nighttime Trail - 2nd

Aug 6 - Colorado Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 4th

Aug 27 - Reveille Peak 30k nighttime Trail (entered)

Sep 10 - Franklin Mountains 50k (entered - not all-out effort...I hope)

Sep 17 - Lighthouse Hill 20-mile trail (entered)

Sep 24 - J&J 50 mile trail

Long-Term Running Goals:

Compete in a few more ultras without going off course (again)

Sub-18 in a 5k

One.  Good.  Marathon.

Personal:

I started running at age 30, in late 2009.  I have 2 daughters (10 and 8 yrs old).

  

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony A5 Lifetime Miles: 1054.70
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles: 1551.08
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles: 1244.23
1160s Lifetime Miles: 888.70
Saucony A5 Red Lifetime Miles: 565.10
Saucony A6 - Yellow Lifetime Miles: 214.00
Saucony A6 - Red/blue Lifetime Miles: 61.50
NB MT101 Trail Lifetime Miles: 302.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Lifetime Miles: 286.50
Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Lifetime Miles: 267.00
Sun, Oct 23, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
17.000.0017.00

59F, overcast.  7:44 AP.  Enjoyable 17 this morning.  I had a self-imposed 7:40 floor to keep the effort easy since I tend to get carried away on long runs, so the last 10 miles or so were all right on 7:40, give or take a second.  The one exception was a 7:29, when I was daydreaming about my next race.

My new thing on long runs is that they will either be easy, or long MP tempos - this is what Pfitz suggests.  I think it will help me from going through these cycles where I am running well, then push too hard, then break down and need recovery weeks.  So we'll see how long I stick with that...

Kinvaras Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From derhammer on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:01:03 from 70.113.125.159

Nice run, I could not agree more with the LR strategy.

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 19:49:01 from 68.103.242.223

Sounds like a solid plan, along with a solid, productive run.

From Rye on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 23:16:39 from 174.27.83.149

Awesome run today. The other day I was running on the treadmill and I got caught up in the 24 show and racked up the speed to keep up with Jack.... is that the same kind of day dreaming?

From TexasLindsey on Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:04:13 from 70.253.141.187

Good job on making yourself run slow! Ha, ha! I have the same problem on long runs. I also have that cycle of breakdown/recovery/speed.

How long are the MP long runs?

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 14:09:51 from 132.3.53.68

DH/April - thanks

Rye - yep, exactly the same.

TL - my last one was 16 miles w/ 8 @ MP. Next one will be 18 miles with 10 @ MP. Not really looking forward to it. I'm always disappointed with how hard MP feels.

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