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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
Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
61.000.0061.00
1160s Miles: 4.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 3.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 12.00Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 14.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 15.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 9.00
Weight: 143.93
Sun, Mar 22, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

PM:  74F.  4 @ 8:22 AP  evening miles with the dog in tow.

1160s Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Mar 24, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

3 miles around lunch.  Derailed a bit this week.  Hopefully that's the last of that.

4 more in the evening, 8:10 AP

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 3.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Wed, Mar 25, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.000.0012.00

AM:  62F, 93%.  8 @ 8:02 AP.

PM:  80F.  4 @ 8:13 AP.  Lots of cyclist-dodging today.  See if you can complete this SAT question:

Cyclists : warm weather : :

A) runners : bench press machine

B) flies : dog crap

C) hillbillies : dentist's office 

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Thu, Mar 26, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
14.000.0014.00

AM:  65-55F, N 20 mph.  10 @ 8:01 AP.  Ran right as the cold front was arriving; it dropped the temp 10 degrees in the 80 minutes I was out there.  Should make for a really nice Saturday morning run, maybe the last good long-run weather for a long time, so I'm going to savor the $%!% out of it and spend a few hours out on the trails in the state park.  Legs have not been in the mood to run the last couple days so I'm hoping a cool morning out on the trails will turn things around.

PM:  66F, windy.  4 @ 8:17 AP.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 14.00
Weight: 143.20
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Fri, Mar 27, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.000.0011.00

AM:  44F!  7 @ 8:28 AP.  The temperature gets an exclamation mark instead of a period today.

PM:  75F, 20%!  4 @ 8:12 AP.  Now the humidity gets an exclamation point.  Amazing how good 75 and sunny can feel when your sweat actually cools you off.

Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 143.60
Comments(2)
Sat, Mar 28, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.000.0013.00

AM:  Trail Run Fail this morning.  I went up to Government Canyon park and selected an old pair of A5s, thinking they'd make me nice and nimble.  I was picturing myself like a ninja, zipping around the canyon.  But the trails were a lot more rocky and technical than I was expecting.  Somehow my shoes didn't make it:

Must have been all the weird landings, direction changes, etc, with an upper that was already wearing out.  I guess it's a lesson learned.  R.I.P.  I suffered through a big loop, about 9 miles with my foot half hanging out for a lot of it, before I made it back to my car and decided it wasn't fun anymore.  Got in some good, hard running though.  Guess I should've known not to use a beat-up pair of racing flats on mostly rocks and boulders.

When I got home I changed shoes and took the dog out for his 4 miles.  Ran him a little harder than usual.  He was lagging behind a bit today.

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 9.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 145.00
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Totals
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
61.000.0061.00
1160s Miles: 4.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 3.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 12.00Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 14.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 15.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 9.00
Weight: 143.93
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