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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
54.5014.5069.00
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00Saucony A5 Red Miles: 27.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 16.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 146.04
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.503.5017.00

AM:  70F, 91%.  13 miles.  I've missed/failed so many workouts in this 5k block, that I wasn't sure what kind to do today...so I did the pu pu platter - a little of everything.  First about an hour of easy running, then hit the track:

1600 in 5:53

1200 in 4:16 (5:43/mile pace)

2 x 800 (2:46, 2:44)

2 x 400 (75, 76)

2 x 200 (33, 33)

Recovery was a 400 after each rep, except after the 400s and 200s (200 recoveries there).  Also the second 400 and the second 200 had a few extra meters in them - 2 ladies showed up toward the end of my workout and decided they would own lanes 1 and 2...and they looked like they could easily beat me up so I just went around them.

Glad to get in another solid weeekend workout.  I wish I could run like this during the week, but it has been pretty stressful lately and it's pretty much all I can do to just get in a little exhausted slogging.  Fortunately I should be able to finally just lay around today, and after Monday, the work week looks lighter as well.  So hopefully I can get the mileage and sleep levels back up.

PM:  90F.  4 @ 8:46 AP.  Sunset with the mutt.

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00Saucony A5 Red Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(9)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

AM:  73F, 90%.  6 @ 8:49 AP.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 6.00
Weight: 147.60
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.0010.00

AM:  68F, 83%.  6 @ 8:43 AP.  Getting cooler!

PM:  4 on the TM with long strides

Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 145.80
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.003.0012.00

AM:  68F, 91%.  8 @ 7:32 AP.  On the way back, I did 7 x (2 min on, 1 min off), then a harder quarter mile to finish it.  Most repeats around 5k pace.  Not quite a workout, but definitely harder than just doing strides; that's about right for what I felt like I could handle without killing myself this morning.

PM:  4 on the TM.  A little more uptempo than usual, on account of the fast shoes and higher-than-usual caffeine levels.

Saucony A5 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 146.60
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  65F.  6 @ 8:42 AP.  I ran with a shirt on this morning.  It was kinda weird.

PM:  4 ez on the TM.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 145.40
Comments(8)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.007.0014.00

AM:  70F, 72%.  14 @ 7:12 AP.  Last 10 @ 6:53.  My wife is having a birthday weekend away from the kids, so I needed to move up my normal harder weekend run, which I decided would be aerobic in nature.  It's not really in the SlowJoe repertoire to do a workout without at least 2 easy days preceding it but I figured I could just go a little slower at first and ease into it, which I did.  Felt pretty good considering there is some sleep debt this week again, but it took a really long time to catch my breath after the run.  This weekend I should be able to get 2 pretty good nights of sleep, and minimal running.

Saucony A5 Red Miles: 14.00
Weight: 144.80
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
54.5014.5069.00
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00Saucony A5 Red Miles: 27.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 16.00Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 146.04
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