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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
84.003.0087.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 41.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 27.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 8.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 11.00
Weight: 146.87
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
20.000.0020.00

75F, 94%.  20 @ 7:44 AP.  Knocked out another solid long run today.  As usual, took it out slow and let the legs settle into whatever pace they wanted.  It stayed overcast throughout the run and it felt a lot cooler than yesterday's race.

Headed down to the coast today - the second annual family vacation to Padre Island!  Looking forward to some R&R, I think we all need it.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 20.00
Weight: 147.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

80F, 97% (DP 79F).  8 @ 8:38 AP.  Nice run right at sunrise, down south padre island drive.  SPID is not the most picturesque run, but it was nice and quiet in the morning.  Afterward, I ran a mile with Elle.

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

81F, 92% (DP 78F).  8 @ 8:28 AP.  I decided to head the other way today and ran to Mustang Island.  Looked pretty much the same as Padre island except there was 20x the traffic, and some narrower shoulders.  So tomorrow I'll head south again.

Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

79F, 99%.  10 @ 8:21 AP.  More peaceful vacation-paced miles down the barrier island.  I woke up a little earlier and decided I could afford a couple extra miles this morning.  It is really nice not waking up to an alarm - I could definitely get used to this...

Also, I had a cheeseburger and a fried dough ball for breakfast.

And the seagulls enjoyed some bread ends...

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

80F, 90%.  8 @ 8:34 AP.  I did these miles on the beach, felt pretty good!  That was my last run here, we're headed back to SA this morning.

On a sad note, my last pair of Kinvara 1's is on its way to the Corpus Christi dump.  They are riddled with holes, waterlogged, sandlogged, sweatlogged and probably other kinds of logged I don't even know about. Thanks for the 1220 miles and RIP.

Alright, time to start cleaning up the beach condo a little so they don't think we're complete savages.

************

On our way out we skipped out on all the seafood places and went to the largest Whataburger in the world ("Whataburger by the Bay").  There is too much redneck in both of our bloodlines to pass that up.  We drove by 7 or 8 other Whataburgers to get to this one.

Most of you probably don't even know what Whataburger is, which means your life is incomplete.

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(9)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.003.0011.00

AM:  76F, 88%.  7 @ 7:50 AP.  included a very begrudging 6 x 1 min strides @ 3k-5k pace.  So out of the ~10 hours of running I'll have this week, there will be 6 total minutes of actual effort...I'll take it!  Vacation summary:

# of vacation days:  4

# of total miles:  35

# of sub-8:00 miles:  0

PM:  Short on time so my 5-miler outside turned into a quick 4-miler on the TMs at work.  1 mile each @ 7, 8, 9 and then 10+ mph.  Tripled my "fast miles" for the week!

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 11.00
Weight: 146.20
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
21.000.0021.00

74F, 93% -> 78F, 85%.  21 @ 7:47 AP.  so sloggy.  Legs weren't in the running mood either, despite the easy week...took me 8-9 miles to catch the 8-minute guy this morning.  Maybe it was the whopping effort I put in yesterday.  It always surprises me how my legs adamantly refuse to adapt and recover from anything.

But, the good news is another LR is in the books.  That's 3 weekends in a row now, so maybe cut few miles off next weekend's LR.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 21.00
Weight: 147.40
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
84.003.0087.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 41.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 27.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 8.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 11.00
Weight: 146.87
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