| 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 | 30.50 | 0.50 | 31.00 |
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| Another day off with ice for my ankle as a precaution. I can only feel the sprain now when I test its full range of motion, and then just barely. Will try a few miles tomorrow. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3.0 in the nice flat neighborhood streets (25 min). Felt good to run again, even with only 2 days off. I'd call the ankle 95% now - I'll assume it can heal the rest of the way while I run through it (even though I know nothing about running and injuries). It must be the most minor of sprains according to anonymous random internet websites. Good enough for me. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Early morning run - cold and dark. 8:22 average pace felt good, definitely in the aerobic catagory. Normally this is the run where I'd throw in some faster stuff but I'll keep it moderate this week for the ankle. Iced it afterward (thanks Vinh) and it feels good. |
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Just as I was about to call the ankle fully healed, it pulls a fast one on me again. Felt fine all day, then 30 seconds into my run tonight it starts hurting. By 1 minute it's too painful to run on again, just like Saturday. I really don't get it, it sems to be completely random. I've been icing it when I can, even when it didn't hurt. Most of what I read said it's ok to run on a sprain if you can do it without pain so I wouldn't think I've been reaggravating it (running Monday and Tuesday), but tonight would suggest otherwise. My plan is to try again tomorrow. If that fails I'll take a week off, then go to the doctor if it's still not good after a week. Very confused.... |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 7.50 | 0.50 | 8.00 |
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AM - My wife slept in through her 5am fitness boot camp thing so I had a rare unplanned opportunity to run. I got up and there was no pain in the ankle at all so I did what any over-eager newbie would do and put on my shoes for a run. I felt it a little on the first couple of miles (pain was a 1 on a scale from 0-10) but then it went away completely. Finished the 4.0 mile run with an 8:34 overall pace. Iced the ankle and it still feels good. So weird. Maybe I'm stepping on it weird or there's some kind of problem with my form on the days when it hurts.
PM - Ok, another 4 miles. Ankle started out about a 2-2.5 out of 10 then went to a 1 after a mile, and completely painless by three miles. I made it an up-tempo run (8:00-8:05 pace for the first three miles). Then I threw in a 3:20 half mile followed by a half-mile recovery. 7:54 overall pace for the entire 4. The legs just wanted to go tonight so I let them. Iced the ankle and it's doing fine. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 more @ 8:10 pace. Ankle remained predictable - slight dull ache for the first 2 miles only. Hopefully good to go for my first 10-miler tomorrow. I think I might have been babying it too much before. Now I'm exercising it at work all day with ankle circles, etc. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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Finally got in the big ten miler. Laps were 8:05, 8:20, 8:25, 8:27, 8:24, 8:22, 8:19, 8:13, 8:19, 8:31. 8:20 average. I wasn't shooting for a pace really, just whatever felt right. By mile 8 I was starting to feel the burn and I could feel my form getting worse. I'm starting to get the point of these long runs - mile 10 was sloppy and I just wanted to finish. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it together for longer as I progress.
The left ankle, which was my problem ankle, felt fine after 2 miles again. Now the right ankle, which I also rolled 2 weeks ago, started aching a little after mile 6 or so. Sheez... So I iced the right one first when I finished. I definitely won't be entering anymore trail races again; I'm just too clutzy.
Weekly mileage cracked 30 for the first time (31.0). |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 30.50 | 0.50 | 31.00 |
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