| 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 | | 48.00 | 12.00 | 60.00 |
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| Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 15.00 | 1150s Red #1 Miles: 17.00 | 1150s Red #2 Miles: 12.00 | Fastwich Miles: 8.00 | Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 11.00 | 15.00 |
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32F. 6:46 AP. Decided on an 11-mile MP run today, mostly because mile 11 was a nice downhill. So overall, a net downhill course, but the first 10 were overall neutral. About 3 miles on the warmup and 1 on the cooldown.
AP for 11 miles was 6:30.0. Splits were 6:31, 6:34, 6:28, 6:28, 6:32, 6:23, 6:36, 6:31, 6:36, 6:37, 6:14.
Take out the last freebee mile and I actually end up at 6:31.6 for the first 10, which is exactly the same time as 3 weeks ago. The last mile (tempo mile 11) was probably still MP effort but a good 75' drop. I put my own little Heartbreak Hill in at mile 10, which was my slowest mile but still sub-2:55 pace. I don't think 6:30 is my true MP yet, based on how my legs felt in the last few miles, but I'm getting there.
I'm thinking about pushing my recovery week to the right by 1 week. Might jump in a half marathon in 2 weeks and it makes more sense to have the recovery week right before that. |
| Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 15.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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51F, WSW 17 mph. 8:36 AP. Felt like a creaky old man. Good time for a recovery week.
Summary of the last 4 weeks: 42 runs, ~345 miles, 86/week, 12.3/day. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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AM: 29F. 6 @ 8:26 AP.
Just noticed an interesting article about Berard Lagat on Let's Run (the quote of the day) about why most people slow down after age 30 (and why some don't). In some ways, I'm glad I started running after the age of 30 so I don't know know the difference. It means I'll probably never run a 2:20 marathon, but the fun part of running is getting faster and I definitely still have a few years of doing that ahead of me, especially if Lagat can set records at age 38.
PM: 46F. 4 @ 8:24 AP. |
| 1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.00 | 1150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 36F, SE 17-23 mph, raining. 7:37 AP. Not quite cold enough for snow, so I got the stinging needle rain again. Stepped in a bunch of puddles, shoes came untied twice, gloves soaked by mile 3. Of course the wind was not from a cardinal direction so no crosswind legs....I pretty much only finished the run out of spite (learned it from Tracy). I guess it was character building, at least. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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AM: 32F, NNE 11 mph. light drizzle. Enough to soak me for the first 2-3 miles, then it stopped. 6 @ 8:23 AP.
PM: 34F, NW 21-24 mph. 4 @ 8:19 AP. |
| 1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.00 | 1150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
| 20F, N 11 mph. 7:24 AP. Easy, but with a 6:28 thrown in on mile 7 to keep from getting too stale. Probably a good idea, because it felt kinda bad. I think I might be getting sick though, so maybe that's the culprit. |
| Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 39F. 8:18 AP. Easy 5 after lunch. That ends my recovery week six days. Time to start the abuse again. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 48.00 | 12.00 | 60.00 |
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| Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 15.00 | 1150s Red #1 Miles: 17.00 | 1150s Red #2 Miles: 12.00 | Fastwich Miles: 8.00 | Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 8.00 |
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