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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, Nov 17, 2013
Race: San Antonio RnR HM (13.1 Miles) 01:29:53, Place overall: 70, Place in age division: 12
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.0013.1514.15

72F, 95%.  6:50 AP.  I spent the first 2 miles getting hot, and the last 11 miles wishing I hadn't signed up for this race.  All in all, 13.1 miles at pretty close to marathon pace, with a dewpoint in the 70s, is ok with me.  I've run in the soup enough to know what it does to me, and this was a decent effort.

1-5 - 6:37, 6:40, 6:45, 6:46, 6:44.  These were all pretty flat miles.  They still felt bad.

6-10 - 7:08, 7:08, 6:51, 6:48, 6:48.  Mile 6 and 7 were just cruel - they could have figured out a different route around those hills.

11-13.1 - 7:04, 7:09, 6:38, 0:47 for 0.15 (5:15 pace).  I was content to cruise it in, but then saw I might not even break 1:30, so I made a run for it at the end.  Plus I'd gotten passed by a dude with nothing but bunhuggers on.  Gross, dude.  Those are for girls, not you.  Gross.  Anyway, I squeaked in below 90 min...

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 14.15
Weight: 150.40
Comments
From derhammer on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 10:50:36 from 162.197.31.29

smart not killing yourself.... congrats on breaking 1:30 .. definitely worse than when I ran it as the sun wasn't out that day.

From Tom K on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:29:06 from 71.203.20.181

Smart Running in bad conditions, Joe. Did he mention where he got the shorts? Just askin.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:42:17 from 66.17.102.185

I absolutely can not run in that stuff. That's terrible. Way to get in under 1:30. The bright side is the great workout! I'm sure if you didn't run the race you wouldn't have put in 13.1 at MP today. Way to stick with it!

From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 13:41:30 from 66.69.93.8

DH - there was some pretty decent cloud cover down here, still painful though.

Tom - I think he said www.hotbunzrunnerz.com, but I can't be sure

Matt - you know, that is exactly what I was thinking on the way home, I never would've tried 13 @ MP today. So, it was a great workout...a great, $125 workout.

From flatlander on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 15:49:22 from 76.31.9.237

Congrats and condolences on the weather. Any word from Preston? If he did the full he might still be out there, unbelievably hot here in Houston today.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 16:07:08 from 66.69.93.8

Thanks flat - I talked to Preston; he did the half, and had the same result, some good MP work.

From flatlander on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 16:09:37 from 76.31.9.237

Expensive workouts.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 16:10:35 from 66.69.93.8

Indeed

From Jake K on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 20:43:31 from 67.177.11.154

Warm and humid... November?!?

Good effort in those conditions. You're coming into form. Keep it up.

From Jason D on Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 20:56:43 from 166.147.104.162

I don't like to run below 8 minute pace with the dew point that high.

You're getting in shape, Joe. I like the closing mile and partial. This will give you a fitness bump.

Bunhuggers? Spankies? Like elite ladies wear? I don't know. I have some backpacking underwear that could give me a few more degrees of knee drive. At the gym here people basically wear snow suits. And it's hot. I had to clean off the treadmill next to me yesterday.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 07:20:34 from 168.215.171.129

Jake- what, y'all don't have November heat waves in Utah?

Jason- thanks, I'm coming around little by little but it's time to start running real mileage again

From allie on Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 08:47:18 from 97.126.219.219

nice race, joe. 95% soup sounds pretty brutal. so do the cruel hills. great job breaking 90.

i hope those bunhuggers at least had a cool theme -- like leopard or SA spurs.

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 09:52:27 from 68.102.189.33

Great run in lousy conditions, you are definitely back in shape.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:30:48 from 168.215.171.129

Allie - they had stripes like a watermelon

April- gettin there...

From Andrea on Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:47:08 from 72.37.171.52

Nice race in the soup...although 85% of the race wishing you hadn't signed up is not very good. I usually aim for 75%.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 20:38:59 from 66.69.93.8

You should be able to quit and get 85%(or 75%) of your money back if that's where you stop.

From Burt on Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:28:22 from 71.37.222.240

Nice job on squeaking in. I still hate the Spurs.

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