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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
49.103.0052.10
Fastwich Miles: 13.031150s Red #1 Miles: 8.83Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 7.03Saucony A4 Miles: 10.151150s Red #2 Miles: 5.02Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 8.04
Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
13.030.0013.03

39F.  7:25 AP.  Legs actually had a little life today.  Cruised along for awhile and realized toward the end I was actually kinda tired.  Going uphill and going fast (I did a few strides at the end) are still hard to do.  It typically takes me a good month to 6 weeks to get fully back to normal after a marathon so I think I'm on that track so far.

I will do a couple easy runs this week and then attempt a simpler LT workout, like a 3 x 1 or 4 x 1.  Not sure I can get down to LT yet, definitely not for a continuous tempo, so that should test the waters well enough.

Fastwich Miles: 13.03
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

61F, S 15 mph.  8:20's on the pace I think.

1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.030.007.03

52F, N 16-22 mph.  7:49 AP.

Before this cycle really starts, I am seriously going to need some new shoes.  Just noticing the mileage on all of them...

Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 7.03
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.153.0010.15

35F.  So, my first workout since the marathon.  I wanted to do a few LT miles, but didn't think I would be ready for a continuous run at that pace.  I was annoyingly indecisive about what to do though.  Road or track, 3 x 1 or 2 x 1.5...  Finally decided to go down to the track to avoid the hills and give me a good idea about how my marathon recovery was going.  Plus the wind was down today.  I decided that I would wait and see how the first 4 laps went before deciding on the workout.

So after 4 laps I was at 6:17 and not feeling bad, so I decided to keep going for 2 x 2400m, the next best thing to doing 3 miles continuous.  I jogged a 2-minute lap between the 2 repeats.

9:28, 9:26.  Right around my target, 6:20 pace.  Hopefully I can build up to doing 30 minutes continuous at this pace before my HM next month, once I have recovered the rest of the way from the marathon.  For now, this was a good re-introduction to running faster paces again; not too strenuous, but still got me breathing a bit.

Saucony A4 Miles: 10.15
Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.020.005.02

46F, S 14 mph.  8:16 AP.

1150s Red #2 Miles: 5.02
Weight: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.040.008.04

43F, N 13 mph.  7:51 AP.  Cold front is coming Sunday - this is probably the first one I won't be celebrating.

Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 8.04
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.830.004.83

43F, 8:04 AP. 

Went to the mall to see Santa today.  The kids both (maybe for the first time ever) went right up to Santa with no fear, and gave him a hug.  Then we saw this thing though, and it was kind of a different story:

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1150s Red #1 Miles: 4.83
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
49.103.0052.10
Fastwich Miles: 13.031150s Red #1 Miles: 8.83Kinvara 1 - Blk/orange Miles: 7.03Saucony A4 Miles: 10.151150s Red #2 Miles: 5.02Kinvaras - Blk/gray Miles: 8.04
Weight: 0.00
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