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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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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 36.47 | 8.33 | 44.80 |
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New Blue Asics Miles: 20.93 | 1140s #1 Miles: 23.87 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Treadmill, 3:45am. EZ 8 - 8:34 pace plus a 5-minute toilet break in the middle. Since I started running, this is the first time I haven't been able to fend off a turd. Combination of caffeine and Gatorade, I think. |
New Blue Asics Miles: 8.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.52 | 0.00 | 10.52 |
| Outside run, over 90 F according to the airport but it felt like upper 80s. I met Mike from the blog, and his friends Antonio and Pete at 4:30am. It was nice running with other people, and it kept me going. Once we hit 8 miles (my max so far since April) I started dying and we all sort of split up around mile 9. I shuffled in around a 9:00 pace for the last mile or so while Antonio took off and Mike tried to catch him. They are definitely in great shape and I definitely have some work to do. 8:44 AP. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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4:30 am, 90 F. Recovery miles, 9:03 AP. Even that felt a little tough at the end; this transition from TM to outside has not been kind to me. It's hard to believe that I ran 6-7 hard weeks on the TM and somehow got slower. Hopefully there is a payoff at some point.
On the plus side, I had been getting a little PF on my right foot. It had been getting slowly worse over the last month but never affected my running. Now after running a few days outside, it's pretty much gone, just like that. My hip also feels better than it has in awhile. Maybe it's the slower paces, but I thought it usually worked the opposite way (TM being better for injuries). |
New Blue Asics Miles: 6.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.25 | 1.25 | 5.50 |
| 4:30am, 90F. About a 3.25 mile warmup, then 10 x 200m hills with Mke and Antonio, followed by 1 mile cooldown. I had one good sprint (the first) then 9 painful efforts watching Mike and Antonio from behind. I'm not smart enough to figure out the avg paces, but the points along the graph show everything from 3:52 pace at the beginning of the 1st one to 7:04 pace toward the end of #8. Guess that data isn't too useful, other than to show my inconsistency and maybe some sandbagging toward the end. Good workout for sure - Mike's a little sadistic I think, which is probably a good thing for running. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Thankfully, a day off. Yesterday I used muscles that apparently have not been used since the 1990s because I am sore. Butt, hips and upper quads, in that order, are most sore.
I'm working night shift tonight but there's a 5K tomorrow (Friday) morning. If I get off in time, and regain back normal use of my legs, I will give it a go. |
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Fallen and Wounded Warriors' 5K (3.14 Miles) 00:22:04 | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.71 | 3.14 | 7.85 |
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86 F, 5:30am. I worked night shift last night but got off early enough to go do this race. 2.4 mile warmup jog to get there @ 8:47 pace. I was still sore but it wasn't really affecting me while running so I decided to actually race it.
My splits were 7:08, 7:06, 6:56, and the last .14 at a 6:15 pace. Mike was there, and he passed me right before mile 1, calling me a sandbagger again. He stayed about 5-10 seconds in front of me after he passed by, and I could never seem to quite catch up as he stayed the same distance in front. We both passed a lot of people toward the end.
Anyway, I improved my 5K time, soft as it was, by almost 30 seconds yet once again fell 5 seconds short of cracking a barrier, just like the HM I ran in April. There should be plenty more 5Ks here where I can improve further when the temps go down and where maybe I will have slept sometime in the past 24 hours. Stupid night shift.
2.31 mile cooldown back to my base @ 8:43 pace. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.99 | 3.94 | 6.93 |
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86F. There was another race this morning - a 3.92-mile race (for the 392d farewell). I had to pull another night shift last night and did not remotely feel like racing but they were offering free t-shirts so of course I signed up. I took the lazy way out though and took it easy, doing a little progressive tempo run instead. So no race report this time...
1.4 mile warmup @ 9:03
3.94 mile tempo @ 7:30 AP (7:51, 7:35, 7:30, 7:02 pace for the last 0.94)
1.59 mile cooldown @ 8:58
Good week of running; my overall mileage took a small step back, but there was a lot of quality in there, and 5/6 were outside. |
New Blue Asics Miles: 6.93 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 36.47 | 8.33 | 44.80 |
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New Blue Asics Miles: 20.93 | 1140s #1 Miles: 23.87 |
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