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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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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
71.1213.9885.10
Saucony A5 Miles: 17.001150s Red #2 Miles: 18.001150s Red #1 Miles: 12.00Fastwich Miles: 10.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 15.10Saucony A4 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.0010.0017.00

47F, SSE 13 mph, foggy.  7:03 AP.  Bit of a breakthrough today.  5 mile warmup, 10 @ MP, 2 cooldown.  Felt yucky and slow during the warmup so I was not expecting good things but when I started the workout I quickly realized it was going to be good.

10 MP miles - 6:31.6 AP.  Splits were 6:31, 6:39, 6:35, 6:31, 6:36, 6:36, 6:21, 6:31, 6:27, 6:28.

Yesss.  I've done 10 @ MP a lot, and this time (65:16) was just over 2 minutes faster than I've ever done this workout.  This equates to about a 5 minute improvement over a marathon (2:55).  The other metric is that I usually run the race 5-10 seconds/mile slower than this workout.  Another indicator for 2:55.  Even the uphill miles were sub-2:55 pace, and the best thing is that I finished on a nice even keel and felt like I could have kept going for awhile longer.

I'm starting to think I under-valued my Houston performance in the wind and rain.  Either that or it just launched me to the next level.  I think the most important thing for me right now is to not jump the gun with my training and start running TOO hard.  This 2-stress-days-per-week is working well for me right now, especially when I keep my easy days really easy like I've been doing.

Saucony A5 Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

57F, 8:29 AP.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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14.000.0014.00

AM:  66F, S 15-20 mph.  10 @ 8:00 AP.  Still kinda recovering/sluggish from Sunday, which is ok because my 2 stress days this week are Friday (intervals) and Sunday (long run).  Lots of time to bounce back.

PM:  54F.  4 @ 8:42 AP.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.00Fastwich Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
19.100.0019.10

AM:  37F, NW 21-29 mph.  15 @ 7:39 AP.  Man it's hard to leave the warm house at 4-something in the morning when you can hear the wind whistling from inside.  I just alternated going north and west a mile at a time until 7.5 (I hate when the wind isn't coming from a cardinal direction), then rode the tailwind back home which was niiiice.

PM:  40F, 4 @ 8:56 AP.  Me and the 9-minute guy battled it out for awhile but I gapped him in mile 3 with some downhill.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 15.10
Weight: 0.00
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10.000.0010.00

AM:  27F, 6 @ 8:40 AP.

PM:  40F, NNW 20-27 mph, 4 @ 8:41 AP.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.001150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.023.9813.00

20F, 7:15 AP.  It was 18 degrees at my house but the bank sign in town by the track said 20, so we'll go with that.  Anyway, 8 x 800m was the workout today, 400m active recoveries.  This time my plan was to go easy on the first 4, as long as I hit at least 10k pace, then work my way down to 5KGP (2:52-3) by the end.

AP 2:56.5 - (2:58.6, 2:59.0, 2:58.8, 2:58.3, 2:56.3, 2:55.5, 2:54.8, 2:51.1)

So yeah, pretty much did exactly what I wanted to do.  This is surprising because I usually don't get to call my shots at the track.  Usually whatever happens, happens.  But by taking it (relatively) easy on the first 4, I was able to feel strong the whole workout.  This is the way to go!

Saucony A4 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
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6.000.006.00

40F, NNE 15 mph.  8:21 AP.  Considering the intervals yesterday, a huge steak last night and a few more beers than I shoulda, I felt pretty good.  First 20-miler of the cycle tomorrow.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
71.1213.9885.10
Saucony A5 Miles: 17.001150s Red #2 Miles: 18.001150s Red #1 Miles: 12.00Fastwich Miles: 10.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 15.10Saucony A4 Miles: 13.00
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