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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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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
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Out and back, 33:10.  8:18 pace

Weekly mileage: 14.8

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Out and back, longest run ever (41:55).  8:23 pace.

Weekly mileage: 15.8

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Treadmill @ 8:13 pace.  Don't think I'll be increasing the speed anymore for awhile.

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Got to run outside today and the plan was for an easy 4 but I got carried away and ended up accelerating miles 1-3.  Splits were:

8:38.. 10-15 mph downwind

8:22.. downwind and downhill

7:50.. uphill and into the wind

8:48.. recovery mile

Ended up with the usual 8-and-a-half-minute pace.  I'll have to work on my "going easy pace" this weekend during my planned 6-miler...

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TM @ 8:13 pace

Really hard.  Going to come up with new TM strategy or try to run outside more.

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A new week, a new personal distance record.  Did the first 3 in 25:25 and the last 3 in 24:22 with the last 2 miles exactly 8 minutes each (although the last 3 miles had a tailwind).  8:18 pace overall.  Felt good the whole way.

Weekly mileage: 17.3

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Windy today, even for west TX.  EZ run and still negative split despite 34 mph wind differential on the out and back (17:13, 17:09) with 17 mph in the face coming home.  I gotta find an E-W road...  8:36 average.

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Windy again so I charted a 4.0 on MapMyRun and ran the east-west roads in the neighborhood.  Ran last half mile at 7:00 pace.  32:32 overall, 8:08 pace.

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4 miles in the neighborhood again, picked it up as I ran with a 7:20 final mile.  Overall 31:50, 7:58 pace.

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4.0 at a new, hilly course in Longview.  Roughly 8:12 pace.

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Ran Cargill Park in Longview again.  It's a 3-mile track with markers every 1/4 mile but about 30 seconds after the 2.75 mark it runs into a highway and there's a convoluted sign telling you how to find the 3-mile mark so I turned around there for a 5.6 instead of the planned 6.  Good enough.  Did it in 45:33, or an 8:08 average after factoring in the last 2 miles in a quick (for me) 15:30.  First 20-mile week for me as well.

Weekly mileage: 21.6

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EZ 4 at Cargill park again.  8:30 pace.  Back home tomorrow.

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Snowing.  In Texas.  If Al Gore could see this...  Anyway, I went with a light jacket, skull cap and shorts.  The cotton shorts were a mistake because apparently snow is made of water and they ended up soaked (who knew?)  I probably won't be able to have any more children.  Anyway, I ran briskly for the entire 4 for a 31:45 (7:56 pace).  Got some weird looks from brave neighbors who only came outside briefly to see the miracle of snowfall in Texas but it was fun.

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Mostly easy 5.0 with a faster half-mile charge up my favorite hill on the way home.  8:25 pace felt harder than it should have but I guess it was windy and I ran fast yesterday so the legs may be tired.

Day off tomorrow, so it looks like not quite an 80-mile month... If all goes according to plan I should top 120 next month - we'll see!

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