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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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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
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Blue Asics Miles: 24.00New Blue Asics Miles: 12.00
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6@ 8:41.  Last mile was 3.5% incline (held speed at 8:41) which was tougher than I thought it would be.  It ended up just being a 185' climb but I predict some soreness from it which is probably a good thing since I've never really run much on hills.  Need to build those muscles..

Blue Asics Miles: 6.00
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Started at 6.8mph (8:49) and added 0.2 after each mile with the last at 7.8 (7:41).  Average came out to 8:13.  Changing things up a little (something different every mile) helps me get through the 6 TM miles easier, I think.  Soon I will be up to 7...soon...

The Army guys at the gym (I'm at an Army camp) all seem to like to hop on the TM, sprint until they're red in the face for 10-15 minutes, then get off.  I had like 3 of em use the TM to my right in the 50 or so minutes I was on.  I think they probably like to show the slow Air Force guy how it's done - we have to wear PT clothes that represent our branch so I stick out a bit.

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Felt good again today - I definitely run hot and cold a lot lately and never know how I'll feel until a couple miles in.  Maybe it's mental?  Anyway AP was 8:10 today.  Last mile was 7:10 (0.75@8.0mph and the last quarter-mile at 9.5mph).  I figure I'll keep taking advantage of the good days with speed, and just chug slowly through the bad ones instead of planning out specific speed days like I did before (and then forcing things when it clearly wasn't my day).  Maybe things will dampen out a bit after I get a solid base under me.

Blue Asics Miles: 6.00
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Guess what, I ran on the treadmill today.  I'm willing to run outside in mid-upper 80s in the morning but I have to be at work too early.  You can't really run here before the sun comes up because nothing is really lighted; it's pitch black and I would definitely fall down a lot considering I'm already a clutz and don't know where I'm going anyway.  The good news is I think I'll be changing jobs in a month or so and could show up a couple hours later, we'll see.

For my run I did 3.5 mile warmup @ 8:39 avg pace.  Then a tempo, 2.5 miles @ 7:12 avg pace.  The tempo was broken down into 1.5 @ 8.0mph;  0.75 @ 8.6mph;  0.25 @ 9.5mph.  The whole run averaged to somewhere around 8:00 pace.  Crunching the numbers, the last mile was 6:48.

Blue Asics Miles: 6.00
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ez 6 @ 7mph.

New Blue Asics Miles: 6.00
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AP was 8:14 for this run.  Started at 7 mph and started increasing it bit by bit after about 3 miles, out of boredom.  Last mile @ 7:30 (which I'll arbitrarily log as "fast") included a quarter-mile with 3% incline.

Another 36-mile week in the bag, so I'll start sprinkling in some 7-milers next week.

Blue Asics Miles: 6.00
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Blue Asics Miles: 24.00New Blue Asics Miles: 12.00
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