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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
46.1510.3556.50
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 4.001160s Miles: 15.00Fastwich Miles: 12.50Saucony A5 Miles: 12.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 13.00
Weight: 144.68
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.0010.00

AM:  76F, 86%.  6 @ 8:33 AP.  Starting to see the same people on my recovery route every morning. There's Happy UTSA Couple on bikes, Girl That Looks at Me With Contempt For No Reason, The Lorax on a Bike (he always waves), and Unhappy Asian Guy Walking (my goal is to get him to acknowledge my presence one day).

PM:  4 on the TM, with 7 x 45s on / 75s off.  On's @ 5k pace.  Felt good to get the legs cranking past slog pace.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 4.001160s Miles: 6.00
Weight: 144.40
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.251.2512.50

AM:  77F, 82%.  8 @ 7:47 AP.  Felt less sloggy today.

PM:  Copied yesterday's TM run, with the 5k strides, but added a quarter mile @ 1-mile GP, plus a short cooldown.

Track workout tomorrow.  #imsureitsgoingtogojustgreat

Fastwich Miles: 12.50
Weight: 144.40
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.904.1012.00

AM:  77F, 85%.  8 mi. total.  Today was the next step in my 5k series of workouts after the last 6 x 800 session.  Today it was 5 x 1000, 400m active recovery.  Target was 3:45, which is more like 10k pace, but 5k effort in The Death Zone.  I averaged 3:44.4.  Reps were 3:41, 3:46, 3:46, 3:47, 3:42.

I felt completely done after the 3rd rep, like I would normally feel after the last rep in a hard set.  So I walked the first 100m of the recovery lap before the 4th and 5th reps, and was able to barely hang in there.  At least I finished what I set out to do (for once), even if I took some extra recovery/cheating.  Small victory today.  After I got back in the car, a nice cooling rain began to fall - cruel tease from the running gods.

PM:  4 on the TM with some more aggressive strides than usual.

Saucony A5 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 144.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

AM:  70F, 97%.  5 @ 8:44 AP.  Throttled the legs pretty good yesterday.

PM:  4 slow TM miles, nothing fancy today.

1160s Miles: 9.00
Weight: 144.80
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.004.0013.00

AM:  74F, 89%.  7.5 mi total.  I'd originally penciled in a 13 w/8 tempo for today, but Saturday's slogathon pretty much covered that.   So I opted for a much shorter workout; one that Bam suggested awhile back to spur on some improvements: 8 x 200m @ 800m pace, 90 sec off.  A 1-mile workout instead of 8 miles...much better.  

Anyway, I targeted 35s and averaged 33.0 (32.5, 35.1, 33.4, 33.7, 33.5, 33.1, 33.2, 29.4).  Obviously sprinted the last one; felt good though.  Basically a session of hard 30-second strides; not really a workout, but not something I ever really do a lot either, so I think it'll be helpful.

PM:  5.5 on the TM.  Feeling a little caffeinated and frisky for my TM run - 2 w/u, 1 mi @ 9.7, .25 mi easy, then 2 miles in ~12:00 (combination of increasing speeds).

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 13.00
Weight: 145.80
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
46.1510.3556.50
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 4.001160s Miles: 15.00Fastwich Miles: 12.50Saucony A5 Miles: 12.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 13.00
Weight: 144.68
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