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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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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 68.00 | 15.00 | 83.00 |
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Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 16.00 | Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 15.00 | Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00 | Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 6.00 | Saucony A6 - Yellow Miles: 14.00 | Fastwich Miles: 22.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 6.00 | 16.00 |
| 43F, 16 @ 6:55 AP. A little too windy for the track so I headed to the creek trail to do a 4 x 1.5 @ LT, 1/4 mile recoveries. I stacked the deck in my favor by running upstream for the 8 warmup miles (7:30 AP) and then downstream for the workout. Going downstream it drops 15-20' per mile -- almost imperceptible while running but believe me it makes a difference. I needed the confidence boost.
Splits: 1.5 legs in bold, (1/4 mile rec. time) -- 9:03, (1:59), 9:08, (2:04), 9:02, (2:06), 9:00
Works out to 6:02 AP for the LT miles - a little skewed thanks to the downhill, and distance was measured with garmin of course, not on an accurate track, but I'll take it. This is the kind of workout I would've turned in before the December mess. Actually, one of the most encouraging parts of this run was the 1.25 mile cooldown @ 6:44 AP...and it recovered me. Last 8 miles in 50:46.
I have to be one of the most bipolar runners around. In December I barely ran, injured myself, got sick, worked ~60 hrs/week, boozed way way too much, ate horribly and gained 5 pounds. Now on January 4th I've just done maybe one of my top 10 all-time workouts @ 5 lbs fatter.
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Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 16.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| AM: 30F, 6 @ 8:35 AP. I think that actually might have been the coldest run of the year so far. Really mild winter for us, even by our warm standards.
PM: 4 TM miles, slow
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Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 9.00 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| AM: 38F. 6 @ 8:19 AP.
PM: 4 TM miles w/ 6 x 1 min @ 5k
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Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 44F. 6 @ 8:21 AP. That's probably it for today. Last big workout tomorrow.
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Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 6.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 8.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: 29F. 14 @ 6:57 AP. I did 6 easy, then 8 tempo @ 6:24 AP. Splits were 6:39, 6:29, 6:27, 6:25, 6:21, 6:21, 6:23, 6:06. Confidence in 2:55 increasing.
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Saucony A6 - Yellow Miles: 14.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 40F. 5 @ 8:23 AP. Today: peaceful, easy. Tomorrow: Running With Crazies.
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Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 5.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 22.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 |
| Saturday I did the last 20 or so miles of the Bandera 100k with April, plus a warmup mile and a "bonus mile." It was crazy, and a lot of fun. Heard several seasoned ultra runners remark about how this was one of the toughest days/courses they've run. It was the ridiculous mud combined with a very technical, very slippery course. April had already run 42 miles by the time I started running with her, but she kept an amazingly steady effort. Tough as nails - she's an absolute beast. Other than that I don't want to give away anything, I'm sure she'll put up a good race report!
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 68.00 | 15.00 | 83.00 |
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Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 16.00 | Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 15.00 | Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00 | Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 6.00 | Saucony A6 - Yellow Miles: 14.00 | Fastwich Miles: 22.00 |
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