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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

Wed, Aug 05, 2015

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
13.00	2.00	15.00

AM: 78F, 86%. 15 @ 8:11 AP. I set out to do 20 this morning but determined pretty early on that I would be cutting it short. I decided to run the last 2 miles hard to make up for it (6:42, 6:18) but I'm definitely ok with 165 miles in 10 days.

So I don't know if this supercompensation theory is legit or not but at the very least, it's keeping my average volume up despite the fact that I won't be able to run for 4-5 days, so I don't have to feel bad about my upcoming period of extreme inactivity. It also was good to train myself to plod around on legs that feel about twice as heavy as usual. I often imagined myself in mile 40 of my upcoming ultra and wondered if that's how it would feel. I bet it'll be much worse.

And I think I did it all without overtraining - still had normal energy at work, home, etc. Another week of this and I think it would've been too much for me, as the sleep deficit grows bit by bit and today kinda showed me I didn't have the legs for much more either. It would be interesting to try this in the winter and see if recovery is easier.

Alright - let the healing begin!

Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 15.00

Weight: 145.60

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 08:24:48 from 199.190.170.28

I think it was a cool experiment and did more good than harm, for sure. The duration was appropriate... enough to drain you, but not enough to wreck you... stress --> adapt. You learn a few things by doing something like this - it sort of resets the "how much am I capable of running?" barometer... 70 mile weeks should (in theory) feel like a breeze compared to this! And you also realize the importance of sleep during high mileage blocks :-)

It will be interesting to see how you feel after the off days.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 10:48:30 from 45.18.50.53

Thanks Jake. I was thinking the same thing about the 70 mile weeks...stupid legs better respond when I put them through workouts now.

It also kind of redefined "easy" pace, which I've now proven to myself has a very direct relationship with mileage/volume.

From Burt on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 13:11:53 from 97.117.228.193

Looking forward to getting some sweet Ray Bans. Thanks for the invite.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 13:22:36 from 45.18.50.53

Pretty sure my account got hacked....my wife just asked me about ray bans too. WTH!

From I Just Run on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 13:45:48 from 108.178.73.170

Have you been following a specific training plan or making it up yourself? (Not that I would ever try anything like this...just curious.)

From SlowJoe on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 14:22:09 from 45.18.50.53

IJR - I got the basics of the concept from the article below, but I made up the rest...which was pretty easy because there were zero workouts in my version!

http://running.competitor.com/2014/05/training/up-your-running-volume-with-supercompensation-training_80757

From Tom K on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 20:15:13 from 174.58.54.215

165 in 10 days, and finishing with the fast 2 is outstanding. Like IJR, I would never try anything like this. Really impressive work, Joe. Enjoy your rest time.

From Jake K on Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 20:49:02 from 98.202.128.218

I finally figured out where you got the inspiration to run 17 miles / day:

http://goo.gl/UL2YZP

Eminem was more into even doubles than you, though.

From allie on Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 10:22:22 from 166.148.126.145

congrats on experiment completion. that was a great 10 day stretch.

i hope you start blogging about shaun T's InSaNiTy and *o*h*rf***i*g pullups.

From Dan on Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 15:34:39 from 108.59.8.217

Agreed and congrats! I am most impressed that you did not feel like you over trained. I think I'd fall asleep at work with that kind of mileage right now.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 20:11:43 from 45.18.50.53

Thanks Tom!

Jake - I have more in common with that article than I care to admit...

Allie - no. more. pain.

Dan - the sleep was the missing ingredient... if I was a professional athlete, this might be easier...

From Yasir on Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 15:05:17 from 99.20.240.157

Let the healing begin AMEN,you are having a good year sir

From SlowJoe on Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 19:26:26 from 45.18.50.53

Thanks Yasir, I appreciate it!

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