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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

Sun, Sep 20, 2015

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
13.50	3.50	17.00

AM: 70F, 91%. 13 miles. I've missed/failed so many workouts in this 5k block, that I wasn't sure what kind to do today...so I did the pu pu platter - a little of everything. First about an hour of easy running, then hit the track:

1600 in 5:53

1200 in 4:16 (5:43/mile pace)

2 x 800 (2:46, 2:44)

2 x 400 (75, 76)

2 x 200 (33, 33)

Recovery was a 400 after each rep, except after the 400s and 200s (200 recoveries there). Also the second 400 and the second 200 had a few extra meters in them - 2 ladies showed up toward the end of my workout and decided they would own lanes 1 and 2...and they looked like they could easily beat me up so I just went around them.

Glad to get in another solid weeekend workout. I wish I could run like this during the week, but it has been pretty stressful lately and it's pretty much all I can do to just get in a little exhausted slogging. Fortunately I should be able to finally just lay around today, and after Monday, the work week looks lighter as well. So hopefully I can get the mileage and sleep levels back up.

PM: 90F. 4 @ 8:46 AP. Sunset with the mutt.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00	Saucony A5 Red Miles: 13.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Tom K on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 08:04:24 from 66.87.122.138

Confidence builder at the track. Solid. And I mean that. No pu pu.

From Tom K on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 08:04:40 from 66.87.122.138

Pu pu.

From Jason D on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 08:13:05 from 68.80.27.222

Strong paces there, Joe. Really getting it down there as you got going.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 09:59:21 from 45.18.50.53

Xièxiè

From I Just Run on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 14:14:22 from 108.178.73.170

Nice running...miles + speed. You got it all!

From Jake K on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 15:22:01 from 159.212.71.25

That's a nice pu pu platter.

If you could just arrange Tuesdays and Thursdays off from work during the week, you'd be all set!

From allie on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 00:15:12 from 24.99.46.55

great workout. we would make good workout buddies right now. i run with ~8 girls + another 100 or so randoms on the oval and somehow i still manage to end up alone (at the very back...to be clear).

i worked at a chinese restaurant in high school, and there was one night i had to fill in for one of the servers. i couldn't make it past pu pu platter when someone asked about it on the menu, so they returned me to the back where i belong.

From allie on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 00:30:17 from 24.99.46.55

i'll try to take my foot out of my mouth now -- these are 16:XX girls. forgive me for the unintended rudeness of that comment. i mostly just wanted to say that it would be nice to have someone around who runs my same pace -- and your paces are in the perfect range to pull me along (esp the 200s, as i can't break 34!).

just forget everything except the part about pu.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:20:27 from 107.77.100.27

LOL!

Very interesting (and hilarious) about the Chinese restaurant...I have a lot of questions for you about Chinese food but I'll save them for another day.

I wish I actually could join your workout group and make you the second slowest person there. Unfortunately I think what would happen, more often than not, is I'd just convince you it was too hard, and we should go run 8:30 pace in the grass instead. So that MIGHT be counterproductive to some of your goals.

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