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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
33.606.0039.60
1160s Miles: 12.10Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 18.00Saucony A5 Miles: 9.50
Weight: 150.40
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

61F, 8:22 AP.  Hobbled through a few miles.

1160s Miles: 4.00
Weight: 153.60
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

58F.  7:29 AP.  Today was the first day I semi-felt like running since "the incident."  By the end I was on a nice runner's high.  Time to hit the track tomorrow and make up Sunday's missed workout.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 8.00
Weight: 152.40
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.506.009.50

47F.  Down to the track for 3 x 3200m @ HMP.  400m recovery between reps.  As a fitness indicator, this was pretty disappointing.  Here's what I did:

12:44 (6:23, 6:21)

12:50 (6:22, 6:28)

12:57 (6:29, 6:28)

I went back and looked at similar workouts in the past; this is definitely a far cry from where I was this spring.  The bright side is that I got a great stimulus from pushing through at the end.  After the 2nd rep, I spent the entire recovery lap debating whether to quit the workout.  With a few meters to go I decided this is where you really make the fitness deposit, when your legs are full of lactic acid already.  I ran the pace I thought I could handle in my depleted state and survived it.  I will definitely need to earn back my fitness, and this workout will help.  Hopefully the remnants of the boot camp debacle will be gone next week and I can redeem myself!

Saucony A5 Miles: 9.50
Weight: 149.60
Comments(8)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.100.008.10

47F.  Garmin died but it was slow.  I do felt like I had a pretty good recovery though, despite nearly maxing myself out yesterday.

PM - 75F; got in 2 miles or so jogging around the soccer fields while Elle was at practice.  It would have been more but on my last pass I saw her sitting in my chair while everyone else was practicing.  Apparently she was goofing off and got in trouble...so had to correct that and keep an eye on things after that.

1160s Miles: 8.10
Weight: 149.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

53F, 7:56 AP.  Weird week physiologically.  I've been tracking my weight for the last month or so and Monday was the highest reading so far - I think the reason was every muscle in my body was trying to heal from boot camp and there was probably a lot of fluid involved.  Today was the lowest I've recorded, and I think I was either dehydrated or glycogen-depleted or something because this run felt really bad.  I think the moral of the story is to pay better attention to hydration and eating the right things...

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 147.40
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
33.606.0039.60
1160s Miles: 12.10Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 18.00Saucony A5 Miles: 9.50
Weight: 150.40
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