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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
50.005.0055.00
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 6.00Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 20.00Saucony A5 Miles: 9.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 144.90
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

AM:  76F, 89%.  6 @ 8:37 AP.  Took the dog along to run the neighborhood construction route.  After 4 miles or so I noticed him panting differently and he seemed to have foamy drool so I dropped him off at home @ 5 miles.  While I finished up my run he went to the closest carpet (had to go upstairs) and threw up on it.  When I put him in the backyard I noticed his legs were pretty unsteady and he wasn't looking too good.  So I hosed him off outside and gave him a big bucket of water.  He's one of those dogs that would run himself to death if he thought it would please his human master...so I probably need to drop him off a little sooner next time.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 6.00
Weight: 145.60
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.0010.00

AM:  75F, 91%.  6 @ 7:58 AP.  with Lackluster Strides.

PM:  4 TM miles, with a few more 5k strides.  Workout tomorrow.  I guess.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 146.20
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.503.509.00

Decided to do my workout on the TMs at the gym at work - my fragile psyche can't take another workout fail on the track.  So I did 10 x (2 min on / 1 min off).  Increased the speed every rep - the on's started at 10.0 and ended at 11.0 (skipped 10.1 when I realized my kindergarten counting skills were rusty).  The off's were all @ 6.7.  Works out to a solid 20 minutes total at ~5k avg.  The most important thing is that I actually did what I set out to do, which makes this an atypical workout.

Alright, laying low the rest of the week to be ready for supercompensation on Monday...

Saucony A5 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 144.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  77F, 82%.  6 @ 8:27 AP.  Last mile or two I had to pick it up a little to > recovery pace, as a couple people were trying to race me (in my mind).  We all know I don't take too kindly to that (trail rage).

PM:  4 mile TM plod.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 145.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  76F, 87%.  6 @ 8:42 AP.  yyyyyyyyyep.

PM:  95F.  4 @ 8:23 AP.  Sticker burr season is here, adding a degree of difficulty to my soft-surface running attempts.

Beautiful, really.  If you listen closely, you can hear Mother Nature whispering, "Stay the &@$! away from me."  

Fortunately I can take my shoes off without untying them.  My plan is to pay one of my kids to take them off.  What is a fair price per burr?

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 144.40
Comments(9)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.500.5010.00

AM:  77F, 87%.  6 @ 8:29 AP.  Legs still cruddy and tired....why, I don't know.  I'm running a total of 12 miles the entire weekend, so that should fix me.  Sometimes I think I have one foot in the grave already.

PM:  4 TM miles with fast strides...although all the stride speeds feel the same on the stupid 'mill.  I was just too pooped to do them this morning outside.

Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 144.20
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
50.005.0055.00
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 6.00Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 20.00Saucony A5 Miles: 9.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 144.90
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