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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

Tue, Jun 16, 2015

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
14.00	0.00	14.00

AM: 75F, 89%. 10 @ 8:03 AP. Legs are feeling tired and mushy lately but I'm still doing a workout tomorrow - I think the ol' girls have been in this state before, where they feel cruddy but will still respond. Usually comes after lots of consistent mileage. Might do it on the TM though...will probably decide after I see the dew point in the morning.

PM: 81F, 75%, raining. 4 @ 8:20 AP. All my workout places will probably be underwater tomorrow morning, so it's looking like a TM workout. I'm thinking 1200s at 10k pace, +/- depending on leg mushiness.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 14.00

Weight: 145.00

Comments

From flatlander on Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 07:33:10 from 76.31.29.220

Good observation. I think if you do it just right, working out on mushy legs can boost you up a rung or two on the fitness ladder in fairly short order. At least it happened to me early this year -- all of a sudden I could do a lot more and still recover quickly. Danger is over-training, but at your experience level you know the difference. Stay dry tomorrow.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:23:47 from 12.182.148.249

Ah, yeah I guess TS Bill will probably impact the TM decision too. Time to steel the mind for 100+ minutes of stationary running...

From Jason D on Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 22:23:36 from 68.80.27.222

Every time I think, "man, this is miserable." I have to also think, "people run in this every day further south." The dew point has been 71-73 the last few days.

You definitely need to change expectations for summer. Working into workouts is definitely the way to go. It sort of feels like cheating, but the effort changes quickly and the punishment for pride is swift and merciless. The treadmill isn't a bad idea. I always think, "better a shorter workout (or just a workout) than no workout."

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 06:46:23 from 12.182.148.249

Jason - yeah the tough part about running down here isn't necessarily that it's that much hotter. Everyone has a warm summer....ours is a little hotter, sure, but it's the length of time it lasts that hurts. There's a ~6 month span from late April to early October where you just know you're not getting any good workout weather.

Of course the payoff is that every single day in winter is runnable.

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