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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
56.407.1063.50
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 5.50Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 7.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 Red Miles: 10.001160s Miles: 6.00NB MT101 Trail Miles: 10.00Saucony A6 - Red/blue Miles: 15.00
Weight: 148.60
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.501.005.50

50F.  Mostly around 8-min pace, legs felt heavy and stuck, so I dropped in a 6:09 toward the end.  It actually felt good.  It's like my 8-9 minute muscles are tired but my 6 min muscles are fresh.

Right now I'm signed up for a half in January and Cowtown 50k at the end of February.  I kind of regret signing up for the half.  I want to do well at cowtown so I'm preserving the weeks leading up to that one.  But I'm also thinking about maybe a 50k @ Bandera on 1/9, which is 2 weeks before my January half...if I do, there's probably no chance for a HM PR.  Really feeling like I don't care about that though.  Or getting a marathon PR this season - might replace Providence with another trail ultra.  Always feels like the racing season is so short, so I'm trying to maximize my "fun."

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

46F.  7 @ 8:05 AP.  Legs still have some kinks and stiffness.

Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 148.60
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  48F.  6 @ 7:57 AP.

PM:  60F.  4 @ 7:28 AP.  Lunch run.  Felt better, but far from smooth.  Next week, I think I'll start a mini speed block.  Impossible to go worse than the last one, so I'm excited.

I saw a guy running shirtless on the PM run, meaning that for the first time in 2.5 years of living in San Antonio, I was MORE clothed than another runner.  The apocalypse is upon us.

Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.903.1010.00

43F.  10 @ 7:06 AP.  I can't find my light gloves.  Every year this happens.  Anyway, it was ok today...no wind and 95% humidity.  I have my "Oklahoma gloves" which are thick, but left them in the bag.

Regardless, I liked the temps and put on the type A's today, encouraged by yesterday's PM run, and did a 5k in 19:33 (6:25, 6:20, 6:13, :35) on the way back (downstream - 15-20'/mile downhill).  Recovery is definitely still needed from the race, but I gotta say my muscles needed a lot less recovery from that 50-miler than ANY marathon I've done.  I guess plodding around on dirt is easier than running hard on concrete, even at twice the distance.  Either that or maybe I underperformed...I wonder if you had perfect pacing and somehow maximized your effort if it would be worse?  I'm happy either way - either I can go ahead and run a bunch of ultras since the recovery isn't bad, or I can go a lot faster when I run 'em.  Mighta found my direction...

As a side note I got access to the Rockhoppers group (SA trail running club) and got some of the backstory of the race from a guy that was directing traffic at a transition point; the winner was adjusting his pace based on this guy's intel of how far back I was.  I definitely need these guys on my side!

Saucony A5 Red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

AM:  39F.  6 @ 8:07.  Take a look at JG's team in training page below:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ma/boston16/jgillette

 

1160s Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  36F.  6 @ 7:49 AP.

PM:  63F.  4 @ 7:26 AP.

Tested out my new trail shoes!  I bought them on specs alone (7.5 oz, 10mm toe drop) but I think they'll work fine.  Going to take them out to Bandera in a couple weeks, so that's the real test.  If I can do a long run without creating a gaping hole in my shoes, then these are the winners.

My AM run was on pavement but my PM run was a pretty hard effort on trails.  I don't know, somehow, somewhere along the way, I let myself believe I was done recovering from the 50.  No.  Legs were crushed after the PM run, and I need to start taking the recovery more seriously.

After a big race, for me, one of two things will happen.  Either I will get unbelievably lazy, or unbelievably motivated.  Fortunately, the latter happened this time, but I need to de-motivate until my decrepit body says it's ready.  Lots of fatigue today...not ready quite yet.

NB MT101 Trail Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.003.0015.00

39F.  15 @ 7:22 AP.  Broke in my other pair of new shoes.  Tried to keep the pace moderate, and did so until the last 3 miles, which were around MP...so hard to run in the Type As and NOT go fast.  Probably save these new ones for a couple workouts then shelf 'em until the HM next month.

Up next, 3 days of real, actual recovery runs.

Saucony A6 - Red/blue Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
56.407.1063.50
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 5.50Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Miles: 7.00Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00Saucony A5 Red Miles: 10.001160s Miles: 6.00NB MT101 Trail Miles: 10.00Saucony A6 - Red/blue Miles: 15.00
Weight: 148.60
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