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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
43.042.7545.79
New Blue Asics Miles: 29.791140s #1 Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.500.508.00

EZ 7.5 @ 8:30 AP, then a fast half-mile in 2:58.  That brought the overall avg down to 8:20.  Today was a lot easier since I ate a normal lunch at work and also got the coveted TM with the fan in front.

New Blue Asics Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.750.258.00

I decided to continue my weekly quarter-mile-sprint-to-failure test today.  Did 7.75 miles at 8:27 AP, then 11.5 mph (5:13 pace) for the last quarter mile.  Felt pretty much like 11 mph did last week, no issues.  The TMs go up to 14 mph so I'm confident I will get flung off at some point, just hasn't happened yet.  Next week, 12.0.

The exciting piece of news for the day was that Danielle and I were selected in the Houston lottery - so I will be doing a full marathon on January 30 and she's doing the half.  It's now setting in that I haven't run more than 8 miles at once since my HM in April.  Scary...

1140s #1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Took it easy today (8:29 AP) instead of doing hills because I have an opportunity to run outside tomorrow thanks to a later morning showtime at work.  It's supposed to be in the mid 90s around sunrise but I gotta suck it up and take what I can get.  I'll just push my rest day back one and jog slowly since there will only be 12 hours separation between this run and tomorrow morning.  I'm still hoping that I switch shifts at work in about a week so I'll be able to run in the mornings more often.  It's still about 110 in the evenings so I'm not ready to take that on yet...

New Blue Asics Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.790.005.79

I did get to run outside this morning: 9:05 pace, felt like death.  It was 88 degrees, so not terrible, but my pace was bad yet it felt almost like a tempo; I even cut it short.  I'm hoping it has more to do with the fact that I just ran 12 hours ago, and not that I have somehow adapted to the TM and "learned" how to go faster on it.  If it's the latter I might be in trouble.  It wasn't a good sample though (short rest, 7th running day in a row, 1st morning run in 6 weeks, 1st outside run in 6 weeks, etc) so I won't draw conclusions yet, based just on that 1 run.

New Blue Asics Miles: 5.79
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

Another outside run - it felt like a nice cool morning.  I checked later and the airport tower (which is a couple miles away) was reporting 86, so I guess 86 is cool now.

I found out one loop around Lost Lake (I think that's what it's called) plus one loop of Z-lake, then back home gives me 8 miles.  This run was a lot better - 8:20 AP.  I definitely would not call it easy though.  I think I pushed a little since the difficult 9:00 pace the other day scared me.  By the end of this run I was definitely huffing and puffing.  My upper quads were sore all day yesterday, so I'm pretty sure at this point that I run differently on the treadmill than outside.  Either that, or the hard-surfaced roads make you work differently.  Hopefully I will get used to it quickly and 8:20 will feel a lot easier than it did today.  I'll definitely back off the pace a little until I get used to it.

Having said that, I will be stuck with the TM the next couple days since I have to be at work early.  It's probably not a bad idea to ease my way outdoors anyway.

New Blue Asics Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.002.008.00

Treadmill, 3:30am.  At least the gym was a lot cooler.  6 @ 8:34 (7 mph);  1 @ 7:30 (8 mph);  1 @ 6:40 (9 mph).  AP 8:12.

1140s #1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
43.042.7545.79
New Blue Asics Miles: 29.791140s #1 Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
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