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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
61.4016.0077.40
Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 12.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 9.00Fastwich Miles: 12.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 12.001160s Miles: 10.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 9.00Saucony A5 Miles: 13.40
Weight: 145.76
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.000.0012.00

73F, 89%.  7:19 AP.  I'd forgotten that I'd turned off auto lap on garmin and when I started to pick up the pace at the turnaround, I could not seem to drop my pace.  I was almost sprinting and the watch was still showing 7:35 or so.  I was convinced, for an embarrassingly long period of time, that there was some kind of mechanical issue with my stride until I finally realized it was showing AP for the whole run, not for the current mile, as I usually have it set.  Stupid human moment...

Off to Sea World / Aquatica (again) with the kids for the next 10 hours or so.  God help me.

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 12.00
Weight: 146.20
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.001.009.00

AM:  75F, 78%.  5 @ 8:36 AP.

PM:  4 TM miles, including 6 x 1 min on/off @ 5k.  Legs feel cruddy, so I'm taking an extra easy day instead of a workout tomorrow.  I guess being out in the heat for 11 hours at a theme park doesn't aid in recovery.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 9.00
Weight: 145.40
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.250.7512.00

AM:  75F, 79%.  8 @ 7:50 AP.  People on the trail seemed friendlier today.  The Lorax waved AND dinged his bell for me.

PM:  4 on the TM w/some shorter 5k strides.  My first full-up treadmill workout is tomorrow morning.  Dreading it, but gotta do it or I'll probably be posting another workout fail.

Fastwich Miles: 12.00
Weight: 145.20
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.504.5012.00

AM:  Cool and dry inside the gym.  8 mi total.  On the TM today, I did 5 x 0.75 mi @ 5k, with 0.25 mi recoveries.  3 mile w/u, then I started the reps, going a little faster each time (10.0, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, then 10.5 w/ last quarter @ 11.0).  So, a 4:30 (6:00 pace) for the first rep, down to a 4:13 (5:38 pace) for the last rep (AP for all reps was 5:49).  I did the recoveries at 6.7 mph, about 9-min pace.

I was working pretty hard, don't get me wrong, but I just didn't get that wasted, lung-burned feeling like you do after a brutal track session.  I guess it is like having a 10 mph tailwind the whole time though.  Kind of unsatisfying...it's just not quite the same.  But pulling the plug on the second rep outside on the track would've been much more unsatisfying, so I'll take this any day.

PM:  4 on the TM with some short, hard uphill efforts.

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 12.00
Weight: 146.20
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.250.7510.00

AM:  77F, 83%.  6 @ 8:40 AP.  

PM:  4 slow TM miles with some lazy pickups to MP.  My legs are a little tired, which is good.  The TM workout yesterday did something.

1160s Miles: 10.00
Weight: 145.80
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.001.009.00

AM: 72F, 97%.  5 @ 8:40 AP.  Muddy trail after some rain.  Scared off all the cyclists, which was nice.

PM: managed to squeeze in 4 during lunch.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.408.0013.40

67F, 93%.  7:15 AP.  In Longview, TX for this one, visiting family.  Really lucked out and got a very atypical mid-July morning (due to some rain), even for Longview which is a lot farther north than SA.  Perfect opportunity for 8 @ AT.  I did ok, I guess, averaging 6:46 (6:53, 6:47, 6:45, 6:54, 6:50, 6:41, 6:39, 6:39).  I think with temps in the 60s, I expected a jet engine to sprout from my butt, but that didn't happen -- it was actually pretty tough to move the needle much today.  I did unwittingly pick a hilly course and ended up clomping through a lot of tall grass on a shoulder-less Farm To Market road that somehow had an incredible amount of traffic for the 6 o'clock hour on Saturday morning in the middle of nowhere...  Anyway, I'll take it.  I needed to check the box on a solid long tempo, as it had been awhile.

Saucony A5 Miles: 13.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
61.4016.0077.40
Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 12.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 9.00Fastwich Miles: 12.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 12.001160s Miles: 10.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 9.00Saucony A5 Miles: 13.40
Weight: 145.76
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