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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
61.695.5167.20
Kinvaras Miles: 30.511150s Red #1 Miles: 21.631140s #3 Miles: 10.061150s Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.003.0015.00

82F, S 10 mph.  Track day.  12 x 400 (200m active recovery) was the workout, was not looking forward to it.

I ran to ACU and jogged around campus for awhile, then hit the track with about 8 miles on the watch; fairly slow warmup.  It's funny, during the week the track is unlocked at every entrance but on Sunday everything is locked except for one gate, and I always have to jog around to find it as they seemingly rotate which gate is open.  Finally found a way in, and started the intervals.  My goal was just to run smoothly and keep it below 5k pace.

1:31.8, 1:31.7, 1:28.0, 1:33.9, 1:30.8, 1:32.7, 1:33.5, 1:33.7, 1:32.7, 1:32.1, 1:32.2, 1:29.0.

Average 400 was 1:31.8 (6:09 pace), and much slower for the 200s.  The 200m recovery jogs got slower and slower, paces started in the low 8:00s and eventually almost hit 10:00 as I got tired.  So painful.  Not smooth at all once I got to 7 or 8 repeats.  I told myself I could go ahead and give up if I couldn't keep at least 1:35, but the splits kept unfortunately coming in below.  I had to walk a good 100m after the last one to collect myself, then slowly made my way home.

Anyway, the real highlight today is my oldest daughter's birthday party (she turned 5 earlier this week).  I have only been around for 1 of her birthdays so far, so this one will make me 2-for-5.  Poor kid!

Kinvaras Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

82F, S 15 mph.  8:57 AP.  Legs were pretty crushed from yesterday's workout, so I let them go whatever pace they wanted.  They were not too ambitious.  I'll do more easy running like this tomorrow and will hopefully be ready to tackle the rest of the week on Wednesday.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.060.0011.06

AM - 82F, S 12-18 mph.  6 more easy miles at an 8:54 avg.  I'll do a few more this evening.  Should be awesome with a high of 107 today.

PM - 104F, SSE 14-24 mph.  5 @ 8:55.  I thought if I left at 7pm the sun would be low enough to give me some shade.  I thought wrong.

1140s #3 Miles: 6.061150s Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
14.630.0014.63

81F.  8:07 AP.  Slog miles.  I actually felt pretty good to start and found a solid pace early, but unfortunately forgot half my gatorade.  I was almost sure that the 20 oz I had would not cut it for me for a 2-hour run in the heat, but I decided to keep going anyway and (not surprisingly) faded badly as I dried out.  Oh well, next time I'll turn around to retrieve the fluids I need...lesson learned.  Took the direct route home which cut out about 0.4 miles, thus I was a little short of the planned 15.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 14.63
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

Treadmill...  I flew last night and by the time I got home it was almost 4am so the run just wasn't happening this morning.  I just did 4 on the TM later @ 8:41 pace, pretty much just for the sake of putting up something instead of getting a goose egg for today.

1140s #3 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.002.5115.51

78F, 72% humidity.  This was the first time in a couple weeks that we actually dipped below 80 in Abilene, although it came with a little humidity.  Definitely not complaining though!

7:44 AP today - felt good today so did the standard feel-it-out-but-not-too-crazy progressive run.  First 7 miles in the low 8's, then 7:40, 7:40, 7:38, 7:32, 7:27, 7:24, 7:15, 7:03, 3:11 (for the last 0.51).  Good way to end the running week after the stinker on Wednesday.

Kinvaras Miles: 15.51
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
61.695.5167.20
Kinvaras Miles: 30.511150s Red #1 Miles: 21.631140s #3 Miles: 10.061150s Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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