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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
Thu, Mar 05, 2015
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

AM:  32F, N wind, 20+ mph.  6 @ 8:01 AP.  I felt a little better today, though my right leg is still kind of dead.  The imbalanced feeling is a little disturbing but it's the kind of thing that will probably work itself out after a few more recovery runs.

PM:  45F.  4 @ 7:49 AP.

There is a local trail 50k called the Prickly Pear on the 14th (in 9 days, yikes) but I dunno...if it takes all this week to get well after the HM, what am I going to do next week, taper again?  I've spent the whole winter tapering and recovering, and any semblance of legitimate training is pretty far in my rear view mirror at this point.  If I had a brain, I'd ditch any race plans and spend the last month or two of decent temperatures getting in some solid miles and training.  But then I'd have to admit I accomplished nothing in races all season.  I think if I fall in love with the either of the weather forecasts for Prickly Pear or Hells Hills, then I'll sign up and give it a shot.  If I don't then I can enjoy some nice long runs on my own before summer slogging season starts.  

Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Miles: 10.00
Weight: 144.20
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 08:49:31 from 159.212.71.17

Would you get TWO Cowtown certificates if you did both of these other 50Ks?

I can definitely understand wanting to get a race in. If the weather is good at either of those, it's probably worth giving one a shot.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 18:30:19 from 104.51.208.13

So far looks mildly cruddy for the 14th but not horrible. Almost every decision I've made running-wise this season has been wrong so maybe I should just flip a coin.

From Tom K on Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 06:13:11 from 73.27.178.76

Maybe you should go the other way, distance-wise, and try to find a 1 mile race. That way, if the weather is garbage, the race will only be bad for, like, 5 minutes.

Also, does someone get paid to come up with intimidating names for these ultras? Prickly Pear and Hells Hills? Sounds scary!

From SlowJoe on Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 18:15:27 from 104.51.208.13

Tom, I think they do try to make it scary. Check out this course video - Last of the Mohicans music?? And then it's this nice looking, smooth dirt path that actually looks like a joy to run on.

http://www.pp1050.com/eventdetails.htm

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