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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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Sat, Oct 09, 2010
Race: 5K for Sickle Cell (3.13 Miles) 00:21:21
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.873.138.00

5:30am, 73F.  My strategy for this (to ensure sub-22) was to force myself to run the first 2 miles under 7:00, and it paid off to push the pace early; I finally got a 5K time I'm happy with.  I jogged 2.55 miles to the starting line as warmup, then:

Mile 1 - 6:43.  Surprisingly comfortable.

Mile 2 - 6:49.  Kinda hawked the Garmin here to make sure I stuck to the strategy.

Mile 3 - 6:59.  I really battled to keep it under 7.  The pace would keep bleeding back into the 7s and I'd surge.  Definitely struggling (gasping for air!) but it was awesome to look down and see 6-something when it beeped at the 3.0 mark (even if it was by a fraction of a second).

The last 0.13 was 49s (6:14 pace).  Afterward I saw Antonio who now runs in the evenings (when it's well over 90 degrees); he beat me by a little over a minute.  I slowly jogged 2.32 back home - coincidentally it worked out to exactly 8 miles for the day.

1140s #1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Mike on Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 02:07:06 from 99.117.202.14

Nice work Joe! Has Antonio started working at the palace yet?

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 15:19:43 from 68.103.248.145

Way to hold off the 7:00 dude! Awesome job Joe you BLASTED through 22 minutes! Sub 21 is right around the corner!

From SlowJoe on Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 16:49:30 from 214.13.130.104

Mike, thanks. Yeah he is - I see Antonio almost every day at work. He likes to run in the evenings before night shift but we might hook up for some long runs in the future. He's gonna run the MC marathon at the end of the month here.

April, thanks. I think the sub-21 is pretty close if my foot holds up for me.

From Kelli on Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 17:22:23 from 71.219.65.246

NIce job! And that is quite the sprint to the finish!

From SlowJoe on Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 18:02:05 from 214.13.130.104

Thanks Kelli, I'm surprised it was even that fast as I had zero left in the tank!

From Kelli on Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 18:53:22 from 71.219.65.246

No, you just THOUGHT you had zero left!

From flatlander on Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 19:29:45 from 76.31.26.153

Joe, great job! You are getting in some great training over there and it shows.

From Tracy on Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 20:17:29 from 173.23.75.96

Nice job Joe! What a great race!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 00:01:21 from 84.11.148.245

Thanks Flat and Tracy!

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