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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, Dec 04, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  36F.  6 @ 7:49 AP.

PM:  63F.  4 @ 7:26 AP.

Tested out my new trail shoes!  I bought them on specs alone (7.5 oz, 10mm toe drop) but I think they'll work fine.  Going to take them out to Bandera in a couple weeks, so that's the real test.  If I can do a long run without creating a gaping hole in my shoes, then these are the winners.

My AM run was on pavement but my PM run was a pretty hard effort on trails.  I don't know, somehow, somewhere along the way, I let myself believe I was done recovering from the 50.  No.  Legs were crushed after the PM run, and I need to start taking the recovery more seriously.

After a big race, for me, one of two things will happen.  Either I will get unbelievably lazy, or unbelievably motivated.  Fortunately, the latter happened this time, but I need to de-motivate until my decrepit body says it's ready.  Lots of fatigue today...not ready quite yet.

NB MT101 Trail Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Derunzo on Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 14:45:40 from 173.9.52.242

Unbelievably lazy for me..... I usually miss my goal and go to a bad place.

But have a great weekend! Ha ha....

From Jake K on Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 18:07:20 from 67.166.113.191

Yep that's how it goes a lot of times. Glad that you are motivated (you should be after such a good race!) and also smart enough to know to hold back a bit right now.

From Tom K on Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 19:23:11 from 174.58.54.215

New trail shoes? The conversion to UltraSlowJoe is almost complete.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 19:36:07 from 107.77.100.16

Yeah, I just signed up for another one...i need someone to revoke my internet privileges soon.

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Dec 05, 2015 at 21:47:14 from 205.172.12.210

Bandera! Hopefully conditions are quality this year! I think that course will actually run fast when it's dry.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Dec 06, 2015 at 06:09:10 from 107.77.100.16

Exactly - mud is fun and all, but I'm ready for a dry trail race... Just doing the 50k, so I'll hopefully survive either way.

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