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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
50.302.6052.90
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 14.001160s Miles: 12.00Fastwich Miles: 9.001150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00Saucony A4 Miles: 11.90
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.001.0014.00

48F.  7:24 AP.  Really enjoyed one of the last great, cool running days remaining before it gets hot.  The second half of this run was at a pretty good clip, but still felt really easy.  Only 4-5 months of heat, I guess I'm ready now....91 degrees tomorrow afternoon.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

55F.  6 easy, no watch.

1160s Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(7)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

59F.  Easy run, but with 8 x 8 sec hill sprints after the first couple miles.  Did some drills prior to the sprints.  They dropped a bunch of rocks/pebbles/gravel on my good hill, but there is another one close by that worked great.  I'll have to find a good one in San Antonio next week...

Fastwich Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

68F.  6 easy.  I saw a live armadillo today, which is unusual -- the normal ratio of dead to alive armadillos I see is about 10:1.  But I now know why.  As I was running by him, he didn't scurry away like the rabbits and skunks do, he just froze and stared at me as I ran by.  I don't think that technique works on a pickup truck.

Anyway, I take the live sighting as a good omen that I'm going "home with the armadillos" soon.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.301.6011.90

60F, 99%.  Headed down to the track for vo2 day.  I did 3 x (6 x 20 sec) @ vvo2 on the grass, with a couple easy laps after each set.  Then picked it up for 800m @ 95%, which I did in 2:36 (79, 77).  I saved a little gas on the 800m effort but was still working pretty hard; probably could have gone another 200m at that pace but that's about it.  It always surprises me how weak I am on middle distance efforts, but I guess it shouldn't...I've never trained for anything like that in my life, just kind of went straight to the marathon.  Well, the next 6+ months will be all about training more to those paces.  Looking forward to shifting gears.

Saucony A4 Miles: 11.90
Weight: 0.00
Comments(12)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

65F, 100%.  easy, sticky miles.

1160s Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
50.302.6052.90
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 14.001160s Miles: 12.00Fastwich Miles: 9.001150s Red #2 Miles: 6.00Saucony A4 Miles: 11.90
Weight: 0.00
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