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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
50.771.2752.04
Blue Asics Miles: 7.201140s #1 Miles: 24.60New Blue Asics Miles: 20.25
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.200.007.20

Treadmill, 3:45am.  All at 8:34 pace, alternated incline between 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%.  I lost the battle with nature again in the last mile and had to abort.  I fought valiantly but I think I was literally 1 more step from a disaster; I had to jump off to the side of the TM while it was still running.  Decided it wasn't worth it to go back and finish the last 0.8.  No more nasty energy drinks for these early morning go's.

Blue Asics Miles: 7.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(14)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.520.009.52

Started at 4:45am, 86F avg.  Did an extra loop around Lost Lake for an easy 9.5 or so @ 8:35 AP.  Started slower, finished a bit faster.

1140s #1 Miles: 9.52
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.110.008.11

4:30am, 91F.  Ran up to Liberty to meet the running group (2.6 miles), then did another 5.5 or so with them before I peeled off to get back to my room.  AP overall 8:51.  Nice pleasant run this morning.

Hit 200 miles for the month for the first time ever.  50 miles is a possibilty too for this week, which would also be a first.

New Blue Asics Miles: 8.11
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.801.278.07

86F, 4:30am - Hills with Mike and Antonio.  Did 3.4 warmup and 3.4 cooldown with 10 x 200m up a hill in the middle.  This time I cleared my watch so I'd have a baseline to compare it too later, to see if I ever get faster; I just started the clock at the bottom and stopped it at the top (well, 200m up anyway).  It came out to 1.27 miles in 6:56 (5:27 pace avg).  So we'll see if it improves.  I lasted a whopping 3 reps this time before I started lagging behind the other two guys, so there is improvement already (last week I kept up for only 1 rep).

1140s #1 Miles: 8.08
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.140.0012.14

86F.  Worked nightshift and was there too late to join Mike and Antonio but I saw them about halfway through the run and did Signal Hill with them.  I did the first 9 miles in the 8:40s, then stopped paying attention to pace, and sped up naturally.  8:33 overall AP.

New Blue Asics Miles: 12.14
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

81F with a nice, slight breeze - felt amazing.  Not surprisingly, my pace dropped a bit: 8:21 avg.

That tops off a 52-mile week, my best by over 6 miles.  Kind of a big jump, so I'll keep the increases slower...maybe.

1140s #1 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
50.771.2752.04
Blue Asics Miles: 7.201140s #1 Miles: 24.60New Blue Asics Miles: 20.25
Weight: 0.00
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