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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
73.001.0074.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 24.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 5.00Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 35.00
Weight: 146.60
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
24.000.0024.00

61F -> 66F.  24 @ 7:51 AP.  Double long run, day 2 is complete.  Had to get it in off of only 4-5 hours of sleep but once the caffeine kicked in I was ok.  This one went pretty much like yesterday, except the first few miles were slower and more painful, and the back half was faster (~7:40/mile for the last 12) and oddly felt better.  So there we go, 48 miles in 2 days.  Now 50% of my ultra-specific workouts (1 of 2) are complete.  In a few weeks, I'll do a 30-35 miler and call it good.  It would also be wise to, you know, run on trails eventually, since it's a trail race.  I don't have time for that during the week, but I hope to make the rest of my weekend long runs on something more technical than sidewalk.

Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 24.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

70F.  4 @ 9:05 AP.  You know that 85-year-old guy you see in races in the last mile, and you don't know whether to cheer for him or beg him to stop running so you can call an ambulance?  That.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 4.00
Weight: 146.60
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

5 @ 8:18 AP

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

8 miles, watch ran out of juice.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

71F, 89%.  10 @ 8:13 AP.  Left home @ 4:30am and got back from work @ 9:30pm....one of those days.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

73F, 88%.  6 @ 8:59 AP.  Regressive run, felt horrible.  Can't tell if I'm getting sick or just exhausted from a crazy week.  I never thought an "office job" could possibly be tiring after some of the crazy jobs I've been through, but lately...ugh!  One more week until our Jamaican cruise...countdown is on!

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
16.001.0017.00

AM:  67F -> 74F.  17 @ 8:35 AP.  Fun morning on the trails.  I debated skipping this run since I felt like crap yesterday, but I wound getting almost 8 hours of sleep last night and felt pretty good when I woke up.  So I headed to Government Canyon (worst park name ever) and ran around until I hit ~2.5 hours on the watch.  The trails there are no cakewalk and I was definitely working (possibly even werking)...I'd say moderate to hard aerobic effort, most of the time.  Legs feel nice and beat up - I made sure to go careening out of control on every good downhill stretch.

Went through 40 oz of liquids during the run and was still really thirsty at the end.  So I weighed myself when I got home and saw 139.8!  Pretty sure the last time I was that light, my face was covered with zits and I was listening to the new Soundgarden album (Spoonman!!).  Obviously way dehydrated today, but an interesting note nonetheless.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
73.001.0074.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Miles: 24.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 5.00Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 35.00
Weight: 146.60
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