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Location:

Kingsbury,TX,USA

Member Since:

Jan 10, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

 

Some day I will not be able to do this...today is not that day!

Started Running (6/1/10) @ 50 Yrs Old

  • 5K:
    • 22:26 (7:14 pace) McAllister Park 8/14/10
    • 22:24 San Marcos (7:13 pace) 10/19/10
    • 21:09 San Marcos (6:49 pace) 11/20/10
    • 20:19 San Marcos-Faith Run (6:33 pace) 5/26/12
    • 20:06 Fentress (6:26 pace) 10/20/12
    • *19:21 Gruene (6:20 pace) 11/22/12 (*Short Course)
    • 19:42 San Marcos-Faith Run (6:21 pace) 5/25/13
    • 19:42 San Marcos-Faith Run (6:21 pace) 5/24/14 (Not a Typo, exactly same time as last year)
    • 21:38 New Braunfels Orange Leaf (6:58 pace) 7/19/14
    • 19:33 Gruene Turkey Trot (6:18 pace) 11/27/14
    • 19:43 Kyle-For the Love of Go (6:27 pace) 2/14/15
  • 5 Miles:

    • 34:03 (6:48 pace) Hillsboro, Ill 7/4/11
  • 10Ks:
    • 43:24 (7:00 pace) Gatesville, Tx 6/4/11
  • Half Marathons:
    • 1:42:16 (7:48 pace) Austin Livestrong  2/20/11
    • 1:36:23 (7:21 pace) Moe's Better Half  3/6/11
    • 1:35:55 (7:19 pace) Chosen Half Marathon for Adoption 10/29/11
    • 1:30:10 (6:53 pace) Austin 3M 1/2/12
    • 1:43:13 (7:54 pace) Orange Leaf  7/14/12
    • 1:33:44 (7:08 pace) Chosen Half Marathon for Adoption 10/27/12
    • 1:32:23 (7:03 pace) Austin 3M 1/13/13
    • 1:35:16 (7:16 pace) Marathon for Adoption 10/26/13 (Ran off-course .3 miles)
    • 1:36:48 (7:23 pace) SA Rock-N-Roll 11/17/13
    • 1:37:06 (7:25 pace) Chosen Half Marathon for Adoption 10/25/14
    • 2:00:28 (9:11 pace) Long Beach Half Marathon (Paced Callie) 10/11/15
    • 1:39:29 (7:35 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/21/15
    • 1:34:06 (7:11 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/19/16
    • 1:37:43 (7:37 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/18/17
    • 1:36:30 (7:22 pace) Marathon for Adoption 11/17/18
    • 1:45:10 (8:01 Paced Callie) Surf City Half Marathon 2/2/20
  • Marathons:
    • 3:38:09 (8:19 pace) Oklahoma City Marathon 5/1/11
    • 3:30:16 (8:01 pace) Ft. Worth Cowtown 2/26/12
    • 3:30:53 (8:03 pace) Oklahoma City Marathon 4/29/12 
    • 0:00:00 (DNF) Ft Worth Cowtown Marathon 2/24/13 (Ran off-course)
    • 3:22:56 (7:44 pace) Temple Army Marathon BQ 4/21/13
    • 3:27:24 (7:55 pace) Boston Marathon BQ  4/21/14 
    • 3:18:40 (7:35 pace) CIM Marathon BQ 12/7/14
    • 3:33:07 (8:08 pace) San Antonio R&R Marathon BQ 12/7/16
    • 3:25:32 (7:51pace) The Woodlands Marathon BQ 3/3/18
    • 3:26:17 (7:52 pace) The Woodlands Marathon BQ 3/2/19
  • Triathlons:
  • (1:12:23) Martindale (Sprint) Tri For Old Glory 7/1/12
  • Ragnar Relay:
  • (28:24:24) SoCal Ragnar 4/6-7/18 

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Running Boston Marathon with Callie 2020 ...!!!
  • Break 19:00 in the 5K
  • Break 1:28 in Half Marathon
  • Hit 3:16:00 in the Marathon

Upcoming Races: 

  • Boston with Callie...!!! (my daughter)

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Win 1st in the World Series Team Roping Finals Dec. 2020
  • Run Boston with Callie, My Daughter
  • Run Sub-18:00 5K (Ouch)
  • Run Sub- 3:10 Marathon  Run 3:16 Marathon
  • Compete in a Full Iron Man (Not sure since my two major bike accidents)

Personal:

Married, two kids  Kirby (Baylor University, Married not a a Runner), Callie  (TCU University, Married and Runner).

My main sport is Team Roping, I've been doing that all my life. 

I started running in the spring of 2010.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 2.00 Year: 2.00
Brooks Racer ST 5 (Race Shoes) Lifetime Miles: 146.57
Saucony Kinvara 2 (Race Shoes) Lifetime Miles: 430.23
Swim Time Lifetime Miles: 26.00
Trek (Road Bike) Lifetime Miles: 989.00
Altra-Instinct-Blue Lifetime Miles: 551.67
Altra Instinct Black Lifetime Miles: 520.10
Altra Paradigm Black Second Pair Lifetime Miles: 7.00
Saucony Kinvara 2 Green (Race Shoes) Lifetime Miles: 145.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
104.757.000.000.00111.75
Altra - Green Miles: 7.00Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 117.75Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 97.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles @ 8:46 Avg pace - 149 hr.

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:42:00 122 60%  
2 8:58:00 148 78%  
3 8:49:00 151 80%  
4 8:49:00 151 80%  
5 9:09:00 156 83%  
6 8:59:00 155 82%  
7 7:57:00 163 87%  
         
Total 61:23:00 149 78%  
Pace 8:46:09     WT

Altra - Green Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

New shoes to try and alleviate some of the pressure and pain. (Brooks Glycerin 13) 3 miles @ 7:59 Avg pace - 153 hr (max 175) After church: 26 miles on the road bike @ 17.9 Avg speed - 144 hr

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:28:00 138 71%  
2 8:13:00 157 84%  
3 7:17:00 156 83%  
         
Total 23:58:00 150 79%  
Pace 7:59:20     WT

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 26.00Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 3.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Still... More Effort = Faster Pace

By HR this was my hardest effort for the 5 seven mile runs I have made in the last 10 days and since I've really started running again. My foot is not getting worse but it does get sore and I have to lay off it for a day to let it quit hurting. I am running over a 1 minute off my normal pace for this effort (when I'm in shape) right now...got a way to go.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:37:00 143 74%
2 8:56:00 149 78%
3 8:26:00 150 79%
4 8:57:00 155 82%
5 8:57:00 157 84%
6 8:39:00 159 85%
7 8:13:00 166 88%
       
Total 60:45:00 154 81%
Pace 8:40:43    

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Out and back Old Lehmann Rd on the Road Bike this morning. 15.8 Avg Speed. Medium effort.

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 16.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Out to Prarie Lee then Kingsbury and Home.

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 42.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

I'm getting SLOWER...this is killing me!!!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 9:00:00 130 65%
2 8:59:00 146 76%
3 8:51:00 145 76%
4 9:22:00 152 80%
5 9:31:00 154 82%
6 9:40:00 151 80%
7 9:31:00 158 84%
       
Total 64:54:00 148 77%
Pace 9:16:17    

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:34:00 132 67%
2 8:44:00 153 81%
3 8:31:00 152 80%
4 9:24:00 156 83%
5 9:20:00 157 84%
6 8:55:00 160 85%
7 8:33:00 167 89%
       
Total 62:01:00 154 81%
Pace 8:51:34    

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Left my watch at work...Ran the small loop in just under 63 minutes. Not too happy with my non-improvement over the past month. This is starting to piss me off!

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.252.000.000.0010.25

Breakthrough run...10 miles @ 8:15 pace. A couple of miles were below 8:00 so I'm calling them marathon pace. First run I've been happy with in a while!

Running in Gatesville. There to visit my parents and help Kirby (my son) move to a new apartment at Baylor.

Mile Time
1 8:15:00
2 8:03:00
3 8:23:00
4 8:17:00
5 8:31:00
6 8:23:00
7 8:17:00
8 7:52:00
9 8:47:00
10 7:40:00
.25 Cool-Down  
Total 82:28:00
Pace 8:14:48
Temp 81
Dew Point 61

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 10.25
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

 

Just slow recover pace. Running in Gatesville while visiting my parents.

Mile Time
1 9:04:00
2 9:04:00
3 9:05:00
4 9:05:00
5 8:59:00
   
Total 45:17:00
Pace 9:03:24

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.003.000.000.007.00

 Logged, what I'm calling 3 marathon pace miles. Although they are slower than actual marathon, with the effort, I think that's what they really are. the 5th mile was hard. I did rest a few seconds before and after the faster miles.

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 9:09:00 131 66%  
2 9:00:00 142 74%  
3 7:41:00 153 81%  
4 7:39:00 159 85%  
5 7:55:00 165 88% 171
6 8:54:00 153 81%  
7 8:47:00 156 83%  
         
Total 59:05:00 151 80%  
Pace 8:26:26     WT
Temp 75 Humidity    
Dew Point 66 Wind 0 161

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:51:00 132 67%
2 9:07:00 142 74%
3 8:39:00 143 74%
4 9:27:00 146 76%
5 9:23:00 146 76%
6 9:14:00 147 77%
7 9:28:00 148 78%
       
Total 64:09:00 143 74%
Pace 9:09:51    

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

8:04, 8:04, 7:50, 7:17 last mile

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 4.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

Running in Atlanta.

8:36, 8:29, 8:29, 8:32, 8:27, 8:33, 1:50 @ 148 HR.

Nice rolling hills.

Entered the Long Beach Half Marathon on October 10th. Hope the foot holds up and I can make some BIG improvements in running.

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 6.25
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Took yesterday off. I was able to run 6 days last week.

10 miles today in Atlanta :

8:55/132, 8:30/144, 9:00/149, 9:04/148, 8:21/151, 8:55/150, 8:52/150, 8:47/156, 9:45/154, 8:08/159

AVG = 8:50/149 HR

(83 degrees / 73% humidity / 73 degree dew point)

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 10.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.251.000.000.0010.25

After a long stay in Georgia I'm back in Texas. I didn't have much time to run there so I lost some ground.

Just as an update my foot is still about the same. It's very sore to walk barefooted but with a good shoe it's just uncomfortable. After a run it's sore for a while but tolerable. The toe is just stiff and sits there and doesn't do much. The pain is really on the bottom of my foot.

Today was a better day to run than it's been in a while but the humidity still made it feel hot and I sweated a ton. The last miles were tiring because of the effort you can see by my HR. I'm ready for the 7's to be easy and the 6's to the hard and not 8's.

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:31:00 135 69%  
2 8:40:00 146 76%  
3 8:30:00 150 79%  
4 8:53:00 155 82%  
5 8:12:00 154 82%  
6 8:27:00 155 82%  
7 8:28:00 158 84%  
8 8:34:00 161 86%  
9 8:13:00 161 86%  
10 7:46:00 169 90% 175
.25 Cool-Down        
Total 84:14:00 154 81%  
Pace 8:25:24     WT
Temp 64 Humidity 82  
Dew Point 61 Wind   160

 

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 10.25
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Rode with a new friend Cody, and his friend this morning. They are "real" cyclist and compete regularly. I am definitly not in condition to ride with them. I slowed them up quite a bit but made the 33 miles in a decent time. I was tired afterwords. I am also very uncomfortable riding with others, especially at high rates of speed.

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 33.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.001.000.000.007.00

LESS EFFORT ... FASTER PACE ... !

One month ago the same effort, under the same conditions, yielded a 1:20 slower per mile average. I felt much better at the end and actually pushed the pace to a reasonable marathon pace on the last mile. No way I could have done two marathon pace miles but ones a start!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:44:00 129 65%
2 8:38:00 144 75%
3 8:12:00 143 74%
4 8:43:00 147 77%
5 8:22:00 150 79%
6 8:14:00 152 80%
7 7:37:00 160 85%
       
Total 58:30:00 146 76%
Pace 8:21:26    
Temp 72 Humidity 78
Dew Point 64 Wind 0

Entered two Half Marathons in the next few months. The first one will basiclly be a training run and hopefully the second will be to push the pace!

I'm unsure about entering Boston this year eventhough I have a qualifying time 20+ minutes faster than my qualifying standard. I would like to go but the expense may keep me from doing it this year. 

Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
104.757.000.000.00111.75
Altra - Green Miles: 7.00Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 117.75Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 97.75
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