| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 50.50 | 5.50 | 56.00 |
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| 1140s #2 Miles: 35.00 | New Blue Asics Miles: 12.00 | 1140s #1 Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Nice temps, about 48F! I'm going to quit looking them up to post them since they're not affecting me anymore. From here on out, if the weather is anything but perfect, I'll be sure to complain.
Today starts official marathon training week 1, and I just did an easy 8, 8:15 AP. Tomorrow I'll tackle the first workout. Felt really strong this morning, and I'm loving that the old "easy run pace" is finally dropping. Seems like it's been 8:30-ish forever, no matter what kind of shape I was in. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 4.50 | 11.00 |
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I'm doing "key workout 1" each week from a marathon training plan April gave me a link to. Today was 3 x 1.5 tempo with a half-mile active recovery in between. First I ran 5 miles warmup @ 8:23. Then the 1.5 mile repeats (goal < 11:00 which is 7:20 pace):
10:49 (7:13 pace)
4:03 recovery
10:48 (7:12 pace)
4:03 recovery
10:29 (6:59 pace)
4:16 recovery
Pretty hard effort by the last repeat. Felt like the end of my last 5K where I was struggling against the 7:00 guy. AP 7:51 for the 11 miles. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 8:35 pace. Gotta start working in recovery-type runs now that I'm back up to 6 days/week. |
| New Blue Asics Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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Didn't really have a plan today. I ended up running the first 4 in the 8:10s and the next 4 in the 7:40s, followed by a cooldown mile. 8:02 AP. Felt sluggish and heavy-legged but probably got a decent workout anyway.
I'm thinking of changing up my plan and making my recovery runs shorter (and slower) to be fresher for these MP and tempo runs. So next week I'd do something like: 8, 11, 6, 10, 6, LR, rest...with the 8 and 6 milers being easy-paced. The 11 and 10 milers will have some faster stuff. I know a lot of people say it's better to get the consistent mileage though (like 8, 8, 8, 8, etc). Clearly I don't know what I'm doing...any thoughts? | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Easy 5 @ 8:36 pace. Should help me out for my 16-miler tomorrow, as my legs have felt tired and dead this week.
Last night I saw people lining up for something; sure enough it was to sign up for a race - there was a 10K this morning. So obviously I go get in line to sign up, but then realized that it might not be a good idea to replace a desperately-needed recovery run with an all-out 10K race right before a 16-miler (a distance I've never before reached). I almost had to give myself a Tonya Harding to the kneecaps to get out of that line, but I eventually left. Eyes on the prize SlowJoe, eyes on the prize.... There will be more races (at more conveinient times). Actually, there is yet another 5K on Sunday, so I'll be fresh for that after a rest day and can go after that sub-21 to scratch that itch. |
| New Blue Asics Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 1.00 | 16.00 |
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Another world-record distance PR, 16 miles. Overall 8:14 AP.
I did the first 10 easy (8:27 avg), then did the last 6 progressively (8:18, 8:15, 8:04, 7:52, 7:42, 7:01). Lots of energy at the end, which is good. My plan was to just run tempo pace for the last mile, but I checked my watch at 15.92 miles and it said 7:08. I put in a quick burst of speed but it was too late to get the sub-7 finish. The fact that I could tap into some pretty good speed at the end was a nice confidence boost.
I'll rest tomorrow, then maybe a 5K on Sunday...maybe. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 50.50 | 5.50 | 56.00 |
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| 1140s #2 Miles: 35.00 | New Blue Asics Miles: 12.00 | 1140s #1 Miles: 9.00 |
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