| 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 | | 27.08 | 2.00 | 29.08 |
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| New Blue Asics Miles: 6.00 | 1140s #2 Miles: 8.00 | 1140s #1 Miles: 15.08 |
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8:09 pace. Nothing special, but the pace and the effort finally matched up a lot closer today. The last 3 or 4 runs 8:00 pace felt like 7:30 effort.
Tomorrow I'll do 3 MP miles and hopefully determine that I'm back to normal. |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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5 easy, 3 GMP. I felt great today, back to normal. 7:51 AP for the run, last 3 were 7:32, 7:33, 7:24 (faster than I will go on Sunday, but felt nice). I even noticed once in my warmup, abaout a third of the way through the mile, that I was already at MP...good sign. Whew, glad the race wasn't last week.
I feel pretty injury-free as well, just the standard tightness in my left hip flexor/groin that I've had most of the year - doesn't ever seem to affect anything. The tendonitis took a couple months to go away, but it mostly has. Both my tendon injuries in training for this marathon have actually been cured by not listening to my body and chowing down pills instead, while running through the uncomfortableness. Not many people advocate that method.
Here are a couple homecoming pictures I've been meaning to post.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| 3 easy, then 7:34, 7:10, 6:45 (an optimistic MP, HM, 10K pace). 7:33 AP. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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6 easy around my sister-in-law's neighborhood in Austin this morning, 8:10-8:20s.
We're now in Houston after spening the night in Austin. Checked the forecast, and it's looking pretty crappy. Warm and rainy. I haven't run too much in the rain so I'm not sure what it does to performance - hopefully it's not too bad. Maybe it'll even cool us off a bit? Anyway, nothing I can do about so might as well suck it up.
Taking tomorrow off, then a short run (maybe in the rain?) on Saturday. Race Sunday. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.08 | 0.00 | 3.08 |
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Last 3 miles of matathon training before the race, mile 2 was at GMP. 3 miles really goes by in the blink of an eye now; a year ago that was probably my median distance run.
Weather check - 50% chance rain with scattered T-storms. Temps in the 60s, winds 8 mph. Not a lot to like except the wind. As long as the lightning stays away though, and they have a race, I'll be happy - just looking to give a good effort and complete my first marathon, don't think there will be any 3:20 in the works or anything crazy like that. Still hoping to beat 3:30 though...
Bib # is 1682 for any who want to look up results; I'll probably have a report up sometime Sunday night. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 27.08 | 2.00 | 29.08 |
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| New Blue Asics Miles: 6.00 | 1140s #2 Miles: 8.00 | 1140s #1 Miles: 15.08 |
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