| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 34.35 | 54.90 | 89.25 |
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Houston Turkey Trot (3 Miles) 00:22:27, Place overall: 182, Place in age division: 20 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
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This race got me interested in running competitively. Had no idea I'd be able to hold a 7:30 mile and was only aiming for 8:00 miles or so but they didn't really have any checkpoints. Spent the first mile dodging people and weaving through traffic as I started too far back. Miles 2 and 3 I had the pedal down! | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.75 | 0.00 | 3.75 |
| Still in Houston, ran at my old high school's track and held 2:05 laps. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 |
| Treadmill @ 8:20 pace | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 |
| Treadmill @ 8:20 pace | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 |
| Treadmill @ 8:20 pace | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
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Out and back, 33:10. 8:18 pace
Weekly mileage: 14.8 | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 |
| Treadmill, 8:20 pace. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 |
| Treadmill @ 8:20 pace | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 |
| Treadmill @ 8:20 pace | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
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Out and back, longest run ever (41:55). 8:23 pace.
Weekly mileage: 15.8 | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.65 | 3.65 |
| Treadmill @ 8:13 pace. Don't think I'll be increasing the speed anymore for awhile. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
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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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.65 | 3.65 |
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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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
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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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.50 | 4.00 |
| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| 4.0 at a new, hilly course in Longview. Roughly 8:12 pace. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.60 | 2.00 | 5.60 |
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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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| EZ 4 at Cargill park again. 8:30 pace. Back home tomorrow. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.50 | 5.00 |
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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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 34.35 | 54.90 | 89.25 |
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