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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
80.5214.4895.00
Saucony A5 Miles: 17.001150s Red #2 Miles: 18.001160s Miles: 22.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 10.00Saucony A4 Miles: 15.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.0010.0017.00

44F, N 14 mph.  6:58 AP.  Today was a 10-mile wave MP run.  The goal was to alternate 6:25/6:55 for 10 miles.  I picked a hilly course that was still a net downhill (~150 ft loss over 10 miles), with a heartbreak hill climb at the end.  Basically the best I could do to imitate Boston.

10 mile wave MP - 6:35 AP.  (6:24, 6:47, 6:20, 6:53, 6:24, 6:47, 6:18, 6:46, 6:25, 6:49)

The last fast mile (the 6:25) had the biggest climb in it.  I crested the hill with 6:40 on the watch and essentially sprinted down it to beat the 6:25 guy by a quarter second!  Anyway, pretty good run altogether.  Very comforting to be recovering at 6:50 pace.  I found myself running too fast on those slow miles a lot.  I swear, if I don't at least break 3 hours this time....

Saucony A5 Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  40F, NNE 18-24 mph.  6 @ 9:02 AP.  9-minute guy jumped out to a huge lead and I couldn't reel him in.

PM:  50F, 4 @ 8:53 AP.  Barely had time, but managed to squeeze in 4 at night before bed.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 4.001160s Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.000.0015.00

AM:  35F.  10 @ 8:05 AP.

PM:  53F.  5 @ 8:48 AP.

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 10.001160s Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.023.9819.00

AM:  34F, N 11 mph.  15 @ 7:27 AP.  Needed an interval workout on some weary, tired legs.  I was pretty sure 5k pace was out of the question.  So, I settled on a Tinman/CV workout that I knew I could take on (and recover from) pretty easily on Peak Week.  The gist of a CV workout is 3 minutes on (10k-ish pace), 1 minute off (recovery jog).  This conveniently works out to 800m on, 200m off on the track for me.  So 8 x 800m, with 200m active recoveries.  This was my 3rd workout in 7 days and in the middle of what should be a weekly mileage PR, so my legs had no zip whatsoever, but I managed to chug through all the repeats.

Avg 800 was 3:00.6 - (3:02, 2:59, 2:59, 3:02, 2:58, 3:01, 3:02, 3:00)

The wind was not terrible, but made itself known on the northbound straightaway.  Overall, a nice conservative workout but still a great stamina builder on tired legs; that's all I could really ask for right now.

 

PM:  55F.  4 @ 8:46 AP.

Saucony A4 Miles: 15.001150s Red #2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(15)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.000.0011.00

AM:  45F, SSE 14 mph.  7 @ 8:53 AP.  Did some good plodding.

PM:  66F, SSE 23-25 mph.  4-ish miles, forgot the Garmin as I did a rare afternoon run after leaving work early.  I ran for 35 minutes at a gentle plod and figured that would be close enough to 4.

Today Danielle left for the Maroon 5 concert in Dallas, whatever that is, so I will probaby have to treadmill it tomorrow morning and do my longer run in the afternoon when she gets back tomorrow.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 4.001160s Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.500.5017.00

AM:  4 @ 8:34 pace on the treadmill (while shaving my legs and dissecting women's poetry).  I'll hit the roads this afternoon when Danielle gets back home.

PM:  44F, NNE 14-22 mph.  13 @ 7:26 AP.  Mostly easy, but with some vicious strides/sprints on the way home.  I actually felt pretty strong today.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 13.001160s Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(11)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

43F, fog/mist.  8:29 AP.  Long run tomorrow with the goal of running it sloooow.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
80.5214.4895.00
Saucony A5 Miles: 17.001150s Red #2 Miles: 18.001160s Miles: 22.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 10.00Saucony A4 Miles: 15.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
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