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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
54.2510.2564.50
Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 12.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.50Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 7.50Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 11.001160s Miles: 11.00Fastwich Miles: 3.50Saucony A5 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 146.52
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.001.0012.00

75F, 88%.  7:30 AP.  I almost got hit by a guy on a bike wearing a pirate eye patch who was swerving along the trail.  You can't make this stuff up.  Good 90-minute run followed by 90 minutes of yardwork.

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.5010.50

AM:  75F, 85%.  6.5 @ 8:44 AP.  Might not have time for the PM 4-miler today, so I added a half mile to this run.  That oughta do the trick.

AM2:  fit it in, yesssss!  4 mi

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.50
Weight: 146.20
Comments(7)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.501.007.50

AM:  73F, 74%.  7.5 @ 7:22 AP.  Really cool and dry today, felt great.  I was going to do 400s today, but my left butt muscles are sore, from bowling.  Yeah, you heard me.

PM:  0 miles @ 4:00 pace.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 7.50
Weight: 146.20
Comments(11)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.252.7511.00

AM:  72F, 76%.  Continuation of the cool, dry air.  My butt is still sore, but I decided to give the 400s a go, as I'd missed the last couple go-rounds of this workout for various reasons, and this is a fun workout.  So 8 x 400 @ mile pace, 90 sec rest.  I knew my workout PR from May was 75.8 and probably raced it a bit today, usually not a good thing.  Today I averaged 75.1, but with a lot more effort.  Splits were 75.5, 73.9, 74.3, 75.6, 74.9, 76.6, 74.5, 75.1.  I bit off slightly more than I could chew in the 2nd and 3rd reps and had to make a heroic effort at the end to maintain 75s, but it worked out.  Usually on these, I can run the first 200 without hurting and then have to really focus the second 200.  By the 6th rep, I was hurting after 100m.  Good results though.

AM2:  seized the opportunity for a double this morning after striking out yesterday.  4 mi w/ a few pickups to 10k pace.

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 11.00
Weight: 147.40
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.001.0011.00

AM:  78F, 81%.  6.4 @ 9:13 AP.  I went exploring a little today, on the mountain bike trails along the greenway.  Some of it was perfect hard-packed dirt, and some of it was a lot more than I bargained for, but still a nice change from the same ol' same ol'.

PM:  4.6 on the TM with different strides.  Found an awesome hole-in-the-wall Mexican food place for lunch - $4.99 and it was awesome.  After living here a year, I've found the trick is to stick your head inside and make sure there are no white people inside.  It's a bonus if no one is speaking English.  Anyway, I bring this up because the charro beans were amazing, but quite the troublemakers once I hit the TM, and there was nothing I could do to protect the people next to me once I started speeding up for strides.  Sorry people!

heres my monthly chart - holding steady!

 

1160s Miles: 11.00
Weight: 147.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.504.0012.50

AM:  78F, 63%.  Super dry air!  9 mi total.  I went to the track for a CV workout today: 8 x 800, 200 active recovery.  Didn't have any expectations for pace, just tried to feel it out since conditions were weird for me (warm, a little breezy, and my sweat actually cooled me off for once).  I averaged 3:01.6 (3:03, 3:02, 3:04, 3:03, 3:03, 3:02, 3:01, 2:55).  Very solid pacing throughout.  Recoveries are supposed to only be 60 sec, though toward the end they were closer to 70.  I'll give myself a pass on that one though.  Definitely a workout success today.

PM:  30 min easy on the TM.

Fastwich Miles: 3.50Saucony A5 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 145.80
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
54.2510.2564.50
Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 12.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.50Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 7.50Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 11.001160s Miles: 11.00Fastwich Miles: 3.50Saucony A5 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 146.52
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