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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
Fri, May 16, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.008.0013.00

57F, 6:54 AP.  Still great running weather for mid-May.  Yesterday broke the record low for San Antonio by 5 degrees so I guess it would be a little greedy of me to expect that too often.

Today was an 8 mile aerobic tempo.  I wanted to run it around MP, but I was feeling good and there really wasn't any reason to hold back with my next workout 4 days away.  So I did 5 easy followed by 8 @ 6:30 AP:  (6:45, 6:38, 6:36, 6:35, 6:32, 6:27, 6:21, 6:09).  Perfect progressive effort.  Not just aerobic by the end anymore, the last mile I was pretty close to max effort.  But I know I won't be able to throw down these paces this summer so took advantage while I still could.

There's probably no question now that I'm fully recovered from Boston.  Again, probably the easiest, fastest recovery I've had from a full marathon.  2 really good workouts this week - I'm hoping I can stay on a roll as it heats up...

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 13.00
Weight: 146.40
Comments
From allie on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 08:01:42 from 65.130.150.95

niiiiiice work.

From Tom K on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 08:15:36 from 174.58.4.250

That is really good stuff, Joe. Keep it going!

From Jake K on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 08:43:00 from 199.190.170.24

Nice job Joe. Progressing like that mimics the effort profile of racing really closely. It's good to crank it on back end of the AT runs once in a while.

From Tom Slick on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 08:44:39 from 168.179.157.44

62+ Nice miles this week, and you still have Saturday to go. What is your next challenge?

From Derunzo on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 08:48:56 from 173.9.52.242

Wow.... great run man!

From SlowJoe on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 13:59:13 from 168.215.171.129

Thanks all.

Slick - short races this summer... Get a 5k PR, and get as close as I can to a 5-minute mile. Then back to the long stuff later.

From Jake K on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 14:19:37 from 199.190.170.24

Joe has lots of "battles" coming up. I fear these might actually be warrior dashes but I'm not sure.

From SlowJoe on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 14:49:19 from 168.215.171.129

Don't jump to conclusions Jake. They're actually paintball horseback riding warrior dashes.

From Matt Schreiber on Fri, May 16, 2014 at 20:56:39 from 66.17.102.175

We hit an new record low last night, too. Crazy that we're seeing this cold of weather in May. Good luck acclimating to the heat. I'm not quite looking forward to it. Great workout.

From Jason D on Sat, May 17, 2014 at 09:47:10 from 24.1.80.94

Strong running. I like the term "aerobic builder" for the simple reason that sometimes if you are feeling good you can thrown down a cheeky fast mile late in the tempo. You can also start around MP and move to steady state pace (6:09 is obviously faster, but it shows fitness).

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