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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
76.508.2084.70
Fastwich Miles: 28.201160s Miles: 10.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 11.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.50Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 11.00
Weight: 144.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.200.0015.20

62F, 91%.  7:46 AP.  Legs were a little tired but the run felt great, nice and cool outside.  One of those where it's just fun to be outside running.  I was surprised to be able to run at all, as bad as my ankle looked yesterday.  800 mg of "Vitamin I" before I went to bed last night, and again this morning, and I was cured.

Fastwich Miles: 15.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  70F, 90%.  6 @ 8:51 AP.  yyyep.

PM:  4 mile TM plod

1160s Miles: 10.00
Weight: 146.60
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  52F!  6 @ 8:20 AP.  Cold front day!  Didn't even need my buttsweat towel!  I still need today to recover from this weekend's runs, but tomorrow will still be nice and I'll do my big 2 x 5k.  Kinda want it to go well - the 5k has me a bit rattled (the 2 miles where I wasn't lost).  Mile 2 was a 6:06, which is the pace I want for 13.1...not good.  I looked, and it was a bit more than 40' net uphill, but still...c'mon man!

PM:  4 mile TM plod

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.806.2015.00

AM:  52F.  11 mi total.  Today was my big 2 x 5k @ HMP, 1 lap recovery between the 5k’s.  The goal was to just run 92/lap for the first 5k, then max effort, run my eyeballs out for the last 5k.  It went as planned – 19:08, 18:51.  Splits below are 1600s, plus the last 200.

19:08 – 6:08, 6:08, 6:07, 45

Lazy lap ~2:25

18:51 – 6:01, 6:05, 6:05, 40

The 5k’s together average right at 1:20 pace for a half, just under 6:07/mile.  If I were running Houston, with cold weather, I’d say I have an excellent shot at 1:19:xx.  Need to be a little more careful with this race though – should have some hills and most likely warmer weather than today.  Before Houston Half I ran this workout in 19:40, 19:28 (6:18 AP), then proceeded to run the race at a 6:19 AP.  So the good news is I'm way faster now (11 sec/mile).  The bad news is it'll be tough to convert that into a sub-80.  We shall see!

Just lost a month of entries..?  Hope that doesn't mean I just imagined running the last month.  I kinda remember running but if it's not on the blog, did it ever happen?

PM:  4 mile TM plod

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 11.00
Weight: 144.40
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.500.0010.50

AM:  58F.  6.5 @ 8:43 AP.

PM:  4 mile TM plod

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.50
Weight: 143.40
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.002.0011.00

AM:  59F.  8 @ 7:23 AP.  Couple miles in the 6:40s on the way back, no reason, just enjoying the cool weather.

PM:  25 min on the TM between meetings...cut it close but I made it...still sweating but on time

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 11.00
Weight: 143.60
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.000.0013.00

71F, 88%.  7:50 AP.  They harvested a big cotton field on my route between today and last weekend.  Whatever machinery they use must take the whole shrub, because all that was left were little sticks poking up from the ground.  Just thought everyone would want to know that.

Fastwich Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
76.508.2084.70
Fastwich Miles: 28.201160s Miles: 10.00Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 11.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.50Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 11.00
Weight: 144.50
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