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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
Tue, Oct 08, 2013
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.253.758.00

55F.  7:00 AP.  Track workout today was 10 x (2 min @ 10k, 1 min recovery run).  To approximate it I did 10 x 600m, with 200m recoveries.  Averaged 2:14 for the 600s with brisk recovery paces (60-63 sec).  Definitely held back a lot, which was the point - this was one of those workouts to set up more difficult workouts in the future.  Still a good effort though.

I'm especially happy with how the legs recovered from Sunday.  My major weakness as a distance runner is that I have trouble recovering from harder efforts.  Sunday was my first try using BCAA powder.  I'm usually not the type to go out and try all these supplements, but I did some research on recovery supplements and this seemed worth a try.  I'm taking it with a big gran of salt right now since I'm only running ~50 mi/week at the moment (low mileage obviously should help recoveries).  But results are promising so far.

Saucony A5 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 149.40
Comments
From derhammer on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 08:36:21 from 64.245.52.2

It should help, along with a good dose of protein powder mixed with milk or juice. It certainly helps me. I tend to take my BCAA's before the workout, but today I took before and after. Nice workout!

From Jake K on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:24:09 from 67.177.11.154

Smart to be patient and not max out the workout just to "see where your at". Building blocks...

From Andrea on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:27:37 from 72.37.171.52

Nice workout! Easing into workouts is the way to go.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 17:50:48 from 166.137.156.36

DH - never even heard of bcaas until recently, but I'm usually the last to find out about stuff...

Jake/Andrea - this is a Bam-designed plan so I'm banking on some smarts being built in.

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 21:09:16 from 66.17.102.185

Nice workout Joe. i like the brisk recovery approach. I tend to feel like I'm gaining more from my workouts going that route.

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