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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.500.0015.50

AM:  77F, 91%.  12 @ 7:54 AP.  When I stepped out of my font door it felt like a warm fart cloud outside.  So I'm glad I decided not to attempt a workout.  Instead, I drove to the trail, slogged around for 95 minutes, and when I came back I had a parking ticket on my windshield.  Whaaaa?  Apparently you can't park at any parks/city trailheads before sunrise.  I've parked there a hundred times, and I don't think I've ever arrived AFTER sunrise.  So, a $35 training run.  Fortunately there's a Walmart parking lot a quarter mile away.  If I had more spare time in my life, I'd devote it to getting that city ordinance revoked.  But since I don't, I'll just write a smart ass comment on the memo line of the check when I mail it in.

** Never mind, I'm fighting it.  I researched the ordinance.  Curfew hours are 11pm to 5am and my ticket was written @ 6:55.  The ordinance allows individual parks to set more restrictive operating hours, and this one does, but they may not change hours of curfew violations.  My ticket quotes "park curfew" hours violation.  I go to court in 2 weeks.

PM:  snuck in 30 min / 3.5 TM miles at the end of the day.

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 15.50
Weight: 145.80
Comments
From I Just Run on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 08:05:26 from 67.79.11.242

Wow...That "FART CLOUD" sure got you worked up!

From Tom K on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 08:14:50 from 174.58.4.250

LAWYA'D!

From Jake K on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 08:39:54 from 159.212.71.199

FIGHT THE MAN!!!

From Derunzo on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 09:15:13 from 173.9.52.242

"Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand?"

From SlowJoe on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 09:49:02 from 168.215.171.129

Jimi would fight it too. If you factor in the time I've wasted today researching law, I would've paid for the ticket many times over already. But it's the principle of it. "It's princiPAlties in this thang!"

From Jason D on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 13:13:30 from 166.137.244.32

Joe fought the law, and Joe won!

From SlowJoe on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 17:27:17 from 107.77.80.116

I definitely haven't won yet. Whoever wrote the ordinance did a crummy job and left a lot of room for interpretation... But I feel pretty good about it, after wasting most of my day preparing my defense.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 20:09:32 from 66.17.102.175

I love that you found a way around it. I love even more that it was a $35 ticket and you're fighting it. I honestly can't say I'd do anything differently. Win!

From Rye on Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 22:18:44 from 65.129.20.223

This has got to be my top 5 running blogs of all time. "Fart cloud" "35 dollar training run" this blog would rival flatlanders best effort!

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