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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
57.5015.5073.00
Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 17.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 13.001160s Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 Miles: 13.00Fastwich Miles: 10.00
Weight: 146.97
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.501.5012.00

71F, 89%.  7:25 AP.  Ended up with 1 @ MP plus a faster half-mile or so on the way back.  Sticky out there.  Had a family of gnats glued to my torso when I was done - this is the official signal that summer has begun.

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.0010.00

AM:  73F, 85%.  6 @ 8:34 AP.

PM:  4 on the TM, with 6 x 1-min strides @ 5k.

5k pace workout tomorrow.  DP will be right around 70, but I'm going to give all these workouts a shot outside first, at least once, before making the call to move them to the TM.  I'm pretty intent on staying away from "workout fails" this summer so if I think I'll do better indoors, as much as I hate it, I'm going to suck it up and hit the gym.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 147.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.004.0013.00

AM:  75F, 82%.  8.5 miles total.  Today was a workout day, 6 x 800, 400m recoveries.  On my warmup, which is just through nice, normal suburban neighborhoods, a lady slows down in her car next to me and yells, "Wooooo, shirtless!!"  Then as she was driving off, a large dragonfly whacked me in the face.  I'm still trying to process what this all means.

On to the workout...  I wanted to hit goal 5k pace, which was 2:52.  I averaged 2:53.3.  Pretty close, considering the dew point was about 69 (1 degree shy of The Death Zone) it was actually a really good workout.  Splits were 2:54.7, 53.3, 54.4, 54.5, 53.5, 49.2.

The collection of gnats on my stomach was 20% larger than yesterday's.

PM:  4.5 on the TM.  Same routine: 2 miles slow, then start playing with the buttons.  Today it was a couple quarter miles @ MP, then 4 x 45 sec @ 1-mile GP.

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 13.00
Weight: 147.20
Comments(12)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  73F, 86%.  6 @ 8:44 AP.  Cranky, bitter legs.

PM: 4 on the TM.  Cranky, bitter legs.

1160s Miles: 10.00
Weight: 147.20
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.008.0013.00

75F, 83%.  7:15 AP.  8-mile aerobic tempo today.  I did this same route @ 6:30/mile 3 weeks ago (when it was 57 degrees) so I thought 6:50 would be reasonable today, but I was going to be happy to keep the splits under 7:00.  So, 5 mile warmup, then 8 @ 6:49 AP (6:56, 6:44, 6:48, 6:52, 6:46, 6:55, 6:49, 6:44).

It was definitely easier to run 6:30 in cool conditions than it was to run 6:50 today.  But I'm going to keep this one outside rather than move it to the TM; I don't have a marathon for 6 months so no need to lock in a certain pace, just looking for a good, hard aerobic effort.  This is the kind of run that should make me tougher in summer races as well.  Glad to be done with it though; I can be happy right now because now is the longest possible time before I have to do it again.

Saucony A5 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 147.40
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.0010.00

AM:  74F, 86%.  6 @ 8:30 AP.

PM:  4+ on the treadmill, about a mile worth of hills in 35-45 second increments.  All at 4%, started at 10mph, worked up to 12mph.

Fastwich Miles: 10.00
Weight: 146.80
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 @ 8:00 AP, then headed to the SARR monthly fun run (free!) with the kids.  For the hundred yard dash, they grouped them by age and my oldest won her heat.  So what if there were only 2 kids in it...(and the other kid was wearing jeans)....  Then I paced her in the half mile race, probably went too slow for her but she ran it all in 5:09.  

Now we're headed to Abilene to visit some old military friends.  Might get in a run Sunday morning around my old stomping grounds...

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 5.00
Weight: 146.20
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
57.5015.5073.00
Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 17.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 13.001160s Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 Miles: 13.00Fastwich Miles: 10.00
Weight: 146.97
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