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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
8.252.7511.00

AM:  72F, 76%.  Continuation of the cool, dry air.  My butt is still sore, but I decided to give the 400s a go, as I'd missed the last couple go-rounds of this workout for various reasons, and this is a fun workout.  So 8 x 400 @ mile pace, 90 sec rest.  I knew my workout PR from May was 75.8 and probably raced it a bit today, usually not a good thing.  Today I averaged 75.1, but with a lot more effort.  Splits were 75.5, 73.9, 74.3, 75.6, 74.9, 76.6, 74.5, 75.1.  I bit off slightly more than I could chew in the 2nd and 3rd reps and had to make a heroic effort at the end to maintain 75s, but it worked out.  Usually on these, I can run the first 200 without hurting and then have to really focus the second 200.  By the 6th rep, I was hurting after 100m.  Good results though.

AM2:  seized the opportunity for a double this morning after striking out yesterday.  4 mi w/ a few pickups to 10k pace.

Saucony A5 - Blue Miles: 11.00
Weight: 147.40
Comments
From Jake K on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:41:50 from 159.212.71.77

Nice work. That 4:00 pace training yesterday paid immediate dividends.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:18:48 from 168.215.171.129

Yep, it doesn't take a lot, and the recovery is quick.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 20:39:20 from 66.17.102.175

Nice repeats today Joe. Speedy!

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