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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
43.504.5048.00
1140s #1 Miles: 40.00New Blue Asics Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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5:15am, 72F.  I think cooler weather is coming later this week...  I cranked out a 10-miler today, 8:12 AP.  Pretty good negative split (42:08, 39:56).  Now to sit back and enjoy a few hours at the top of the mileage board.

1140s #1 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

5:15am, 72F.  8:19 pace.  Kinda sluggish.  My lungs were demanding more air than usual today.  Stupid lungs.  I forced a few quicker miles toward the end to teach them a lesson.  Hopefully they got the message.

New Blue Asics Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.000.008.00

5:15am, 64F.  8:18 pace.  Same course, same time of day, same pace as yesterday but half the effort.  Gotta be the awesome temperature this morning, although I had the shoes I prefer today too.  And there was a nice breeze that made it feel even cooler.  I fought the urge to just rip off an 8-mile tempo, and held back since I'm planning on a 14-miler tomorrow.  Should have nice temps for that too.  It will tie my record for longest run ever, set about 6 months ago.

1140s #1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
14.000.0014.00

5am, 64F.  It went pretty good - AP was 8:19.  First 8 were easy (averaged 8:32), then 8:21, 8:14, 8:09, 7:59, 7:49, 7:48.  I was pretty spent after that.  I should have been doing more long runs.  The thought of running 12.2 more miles makes me want to puke all over my laptop.  But I only have 1 laptop and I need it, so I'll try not to think about it.

1140s #1 Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(10)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.503.508.00

5:30am, 70F.  Plan was 4 warmup, then 3-4 tempo miles (based on how I felt).  My mistake was giving myself the option.  But, I managed to push a little longer and do 3.5 tempo, so I can say I improved from last week's 3.0.

Easy 4 avg 8:29.  Then, 7:18, 7:16, 7:14, 3:34.  7:15 AP for the tempo.  Then a half-mile cooldown @ 8:50 pace.

I started to get sloppy with form, and my legs started that warm, "lactate-y" feeling (I knew exactly what you were talking about Flatlander) a half-mile later this time.  So maybe some improvement.  My target is 7:20 on these tempos, so it's weird that I panic when I see 7:20 on the watch and speed up.  But if I could slow 'er down and average 7:20 I think that would help too.

I saw lows in the 50s on the forecast for next week.  50s!  There were also these white puffy things in the sky today that I remember from back in the states.  Forgot what they were called, but the weather is showing signs of changing at least.  Summer is almost over.

1140s #1 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
43.504.5048.00
1140s #1 Miles: 40.00New Blue Asics Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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