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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
66.175.0071.17
Kinvaras Miles: 30.001150s Red #1 Miles: 15.631150s Red #2 Miles: 10.00Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 15.54
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
17.000.0017.00

59F, overcast.  7:44 AP.  Enjoyable 17 this morning.  I had a self-imposed 7:40 floor to keep the effort easy since I tend to get carried away on long runs, so the last 10 miles or so were all right on 7:40, give or take a second.  The one exception was a 7:29, when I was daydreaming about my next race.

My new thing on long runs is that they will either be easy, or long MP tempos - this is what Pfitz suggests.  I think it will help me from going through these cycles where I am running well, then push too hard, then break down and need recovery weeks.  So we'll see how long I stick with that...

Kinvaras Miles: 17.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.110.004.11

76F.  8:38 AP, a nice trot around the neighborhood as it was getting dark.  I'd planned to take a rest day today but it didn't feel like I needed rest so I ran (obviously not much).  I like the flexibility of not being tied to a daily plan.  Hopefully when the shoe is on the other foot and I need an unscheduled rest day, I will let myself take it.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.11
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

68F, S 16-25 mph.  8:01/mile avg.  I think we have one more warm morning (tomorrow) and then it's cool weather from here on out.  In other possibly related news, my tempo run just moved from tomorrow to Friday.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(12)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.540.0015.54

71F, SSW 14-21 mph.  7:53 AP.

Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 15.54
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.520.005.52

47F, N 13 mph.  9:00 AP.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 5.52
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.005.0013.00

44F, NNW 10 mph.  Workout was 8 easy, followed by 5 tempo, aiming for 6:35-6:40 on the fast miles.

8 easy avg 7:51/mile

5 tempo avg 6:36/mile (6:38, 6:37, 6:36, 6:37, 6:34)

Overall AP for 13 was 7:22.

Meh, I did the paces I was shooting for (a little faster than HM goal pace) but it was a lot of work.  I did finish with some gas in the tank so I would recover faster, but my goal pace in 8 days is 6:43.  I'd honestly be a little surprised if I can pull that off.  I'm hoping that I owe some of the toughness of this workout to the fact that it's coming at the end of a pretty high-mileage week for me.  I will be doing a 2-day taper for the Abilene half so I'll be a little more rested, but it will probably be warmer.  We'll see, I think I'll need a lot of race day magic to break 1:28.

Kinvaras Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

59F, SW 14 mph.  Ran after noon, how about that?  8:27 AP.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
66.175.0071.17
Kinvaras Miles: 30.001150s Red #1 Miles: 15.631150s Red #2 Miles: 10.00Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 15.54
Weight: 0.00
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