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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
Mon, Jun 02, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.0010.00

AM:  73F, 85%.  6 @ 8:34 AP.

PM:  4 on the TM, with 6 x 1-min strides @ 5k.

5k pace workout tomorrow.  DP will be right around 70, but I'm going to give all these workouts a shot outside first, at least once, before making the call to move them to the TM.  I'm pretty intent on staying away from "workout fails" this summer so if I think I'll do better indoors, as much as I hate it, I'm going to suck it up and hit the gym.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 147.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 10:45:03 from 174.70.137.105

I'm with you on this one. If I need to do speedwork and it is blazing hot and humid when I have the opportunity to run...it is almost pointless for me. Sure, it is good for raising heart rate but you do not get the benefits of the legspeed and turnover because you can't go as fast in those conditions. Heat and humidity are fine for long runs and recovery runs and even somewhat for tempos, but for speed, get to where you can turn those legs!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 14:18:17 from 168.215.171.129

Yeah, that's the strategy I'll try this summer; I've seen it work for you! I figure the super short efforts and maybe the longer tempos (at a slower pace) might be ok in the humidity but the stuff inbetween is brutal. I'll probably test drive them all indoors and outdoors...

From Matt Schreiber on Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 21:01:04 from 66.17.102.175

Seems like you've got a good plan. Good luck with tomorrow's workout.

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