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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: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
88.6547.000.000.00135.65
Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 115.65Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 86.50Altra - Green Miles: 20.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

This is my 4th 10 mile run since I started running again 2 months ago. It is the lowest HR run of any run I have done, long or short since I started back. I believe it shows good improvement in my cardio. On the negative side, my foot was really, really sore to start out today but on sore by the time I finished.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 9:06:00 133 68%
2 9:16:00 138 71%
3 9:06:00 139 72%
4 9:29:00 135 69%
5 8:52:00 140 72%
6 9:03:00 140 72%
7 9:07:00 141 73%
8 9:16:00 143 74%
9 8:54:00 144 75%
10 9:13:00 147 77%
       
Total 91:22:00 140 72%
Pace 9:08:12    
Temp 73 Humidity 88
Dew Point 73 Wind 3

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 10.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.150.000.000.0015.15

Longest run since February of this year. The I averaged 7:39 @ 153 HR. I have a way to go! The weather conditions were much better in February as you can imagine. :-)

I wasn't planning on a 15 miler but I woke up at 4:00 am and just couldn't go back to sleep. I finally decided to go out and run during the Tom Slick hours.

Avg Pace: 9:02 @ 143 HR

Mile Time HR HR %
1 9:00 135 69%
2 9:29:00 137 70%
3 9:06:00 137 70%
4 9:44:00 141 73%
5 9:06:00 146 76%
6 9:00:00 135 69%
7 9:06:00 137 70%
8 9:09:00 139 72%
9 9:07:00 141 73%
10 9:00:00 144 75%
11 8:55:00 143 74%
12 9:07:00 147 77%
13 8:59:00 149 78%
14 8:30:00 155 82%
15 8:19:00 156 83%
       
       
       

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 15.15
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

20 Miles on the road bike before church. My foot is still too sore to run after the 15 miler on Thursday.

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 20.00
Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.252.000.000.007.25

It's taken my foot a few days to recover from the 15 mile run last Thursday. It was really sore for a couple of days. so I rode my bike on Sunday instead of running. I am getting in better shape as below show "Less Effort = Faster Pace" compared to a month ago where ran the same run with the effort but 45 seconds per mile slower.

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:29:00 135 69%  
2 8:27:00 148 78%  
3 7:55:00 151 80%  
4 8:25:00 156 83%  
5 8:11:00 158 84%  
6 7:53:00 161 86%  
7 7:32:00 169 90%  
         
Total 56:52:00 154 81%  
Pace 8:07:26     WT
Temp 77 Humidity 90 162
Dew Point 74 Wind   159

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.25
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

17 Miles on the road bike in the morning. 17.3 Avg Speed. Dark and humid.

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 17.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Slow Slog today.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 9:07:00 123 61%
2 9:18:00 137 70%
3 8:51:00 138 71%
4 9:16:00 144 75%
5 9:00:00 150 79%
6 9:15:00 147 77%
7 9:15:00 153 81%
       
Total 64:02:00 142 73%
Pace 9:08:51    
Temp 78 Humidity 90
Dew Point 74 Wind  

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Planned to ron 10 today but it wasn't as cool as I expected and I also got a late start. So I only ran 8 and then a 16 mil bike ride after lunch.

8:08 - 132

8:26 - 147

8:53 - 149

8:26 - 151

8:06 - 151

8:33 - 152

8:55 - 157

8:26 - 160

8:31 Avg pace - 149 Avg HR

72 degrees - 76% Humidity - 64 Deg Dew point - 159 lbs

16 Miles on Road Bike @ 17 mph avg

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 16.00Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 8.00
Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0010.000.000.0010.00

Much better weather today but still a little warm.I feel pretty good about this run as I controlled what I wanted to do an not my body. Progress run throughout the 10 miles. It took some concise effort not to slow on the hills.

8:03 - 131

7:58 - 146

7:52 - 152

7:51 - 154

7:48 - 154

7:45 - 156

7:40 - 158

7:33 - 157

7:24 - 160

7:13 - 167

7:43 Avg Pace - 153 Avg HR - 160 to 158 Weight

67 Degrees - 75% Humidity - 57 Degree Dew Point

(My last mile is always tough)

Altra - Green Miles: 10.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles on the strip in Las Vegas. ...I really don't like Vegas very much.

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 5.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.750.000.000.006.75

6.75 more miles in Lost Wages...going home on Thrusday.

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 6.75
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.150.000.000.008.15

Back home but didn't get here until 3 am. Slept in and ran late which was a mistake. 85 degrees, 90% humidity, 70 degree dewpoint. Ran/walked 8 miles keeping my HR at 130 low and up to 142 high.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:20:00 122 60%
2 9:07:00 136 70%
3 9:20:00 136 70%
4 9:34:00 136 70%
5 9:30:00 135 69%
6 10:08:00 135 69%
7 9:30:00 137 70%
8 10:17:00 137 70%
       
       
.15 Cool-Down      
Total 75:46:00 134 68%
Pace 9:28:15    

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 8.15
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0010.000.000.0010.00

In Oklahoma for the weekend visiting some friends whose wife just turned 50.

The weather is a little better here than in texas at 70 degrees, 56% humidity and 54 degree dew point.

10 mile rum

7:41 - 132

7:47 - 148

7:38 - 153

7-42 - 153

7:58 - 155

7:54 - 152

8:46 - 157

8:06 - 157

7:38 - 160

7:56 - 166

7:55 Avg Pace - 153 HR

This was a little tougher run than last Sunday, it was pretty hilly and windy.

Altra - Green Miles: 10.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.255.000.000.0010.25

Drove home from Oklahoma yesterday so no running.

A little tired this morning but managed to get out for a 10 miler. I'm still waiting on a nice cool front so I can have my break-thru run. :-)

Nothing special on this run but I did manage a decent progressive effort run from start to finish. I am definitly putting out less effort and running faster than a month ago. I have gained about a full minute per mile with the the same HR Average. Now if I can work it down another 30 seconds with the same effort I'll be where I want to be.

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:38:00 128 64%  
2 8:30:00 140 72%  
3 8:22:00 145 76%  
4 8:21:00 147 77%  
5 8:07:00 150 79%  
6 7:58:00 151 80%  
7 8:01:00 153 81%  
8 7:58:00 154 82%  
9 7:48:00 155 82%  
10 7:27:00 164 87% 172
.25 Cool-Down        
Total 81:10:00 149 78%  
Pace 8:07:00     WT
Temp 73/70 Humidity 94/88  
Dew Point 72/66 Wind   163/159

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 10.25
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Although slow (intentionally) my HR has dropped almost 20 BPM over the last two months on the same run. Now if I can just get this foot healed I can start some real training. After this run I had to take a day off as my foot was really hurting. It seems these slow runs hurt it more than the faster ones.

Mile

Time HR HR % Max HR
1 9:11:00 120 59%  
2 9:08:00 132 67%  
3 8:46:00 130 65%  
4 9:25:00 132 67%  
5 9:15:00 133 68%  
6 8:53:00 133 68%  
7 9:23:00 135 69%  
         
Total 64:01:00 131 66%  
Pace 9:08:43     WT
Temp 66 Humidity 68 160
Dew Point 55 Wind    

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Had to take another day off of running because of my foot so I rode my bike into the darkness of the morning for about an hour and a half.

23.5 Miles @ 17 MPH Avg. - 133 Avg HR

I translate this ride to about a 7 mile run @ 9:00 Pace.

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 23.50
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.254.000.000.007.25

I am in much better shape than I was exactly two months ago. Below is my run today and then the same run results two months ago. 7:57 pace today verses 9:40 pace two months ago with virtually the same effort. Now if I can just get this foot problem worked out!

9/25 Run

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:09:00 131 66%  
2 8:13:00 146 76%  
3 7:49:00 144 75%  
4 8:16:00 149 78%  
5 8:10:00 151 80%  
6 7:42:00 154 82%  
7 7:20:00 164 87%  
         
Total 55:39:00 148 78%  
Pace 7:57:00     WT
Temp 72 Humidity 73 160
Dew Point 63 Wind   159

7/26 Run

 

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 9:24:00 130 65%  
2 9:39:00 141 73%  
3 9:12:00 142 74%  
4 10:10:00 145 76%  
5 10:03:00 149 78%  
6 9:44:00 151 80%  
7 9:33:00 156 83%  
.25 Miles Cool-Down        
Total 67:45:00 145 75%  
Pace 9:40:43     WT

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.25
Comments(7)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.6016.000.000.0016.60

I was planning to run 10 yesterday but I went to visit my parents and forgot my running shoes. So today my plan changed from 10 to 12 to 14 and eventually 16 when I woke up at 5 am and couldn't sleep. Probably shouldn't be uping the milage this much at one time but it felt good. 1. 7:45 - 128 HR 2. 8:17 - 144 3. 8:05 - 148 4 7:49 - 150 5. 8:04 - 150 6. 7:57 - 149 7. 7:53 - 148 8. 8:00 - 150 9. 8:17 - 145 10.7:58 - 146 11.8:10 - 154 12.7:56 - 156 13.7:57 - 157 14.8:04 - 155 15.7:39 - 158 16.7:29 - 165 Avg Pace- 8:00 Avg HR - 150 68 Deg, 78% Hum, 61 Deg Dew Point, 160 LBS (.10 mile warm-up and .5 mile cool-down)

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 16.60
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Foot was sore but I wanted to do something so I just rode my bike this morning.

10 miles @ 15 mph.

Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 10.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

My foot was pretty sore today so I just ran easy and shorter than originally planned.

Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 9:11:00 127 63%  
2 9:02:00 137 70%  
3 8:48:00 133 68%  
4 9:03:00 135 69%  
5 8:50:00 138 71%  
6 8:44:00 136 70%  
7 8:45:00 140 72% 145
         
Total 62:23:00 135 69%  
Pace 8:54:43     WT
Temp 66 Humidity 88 161
Dew Point 63 Wind   159

Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 7.25
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
88.6547.000.000.00135.65
Brooks Glycrib 13 Miles: 115.65Trek (Road Bike) Miles: 86.50Altra - Green Miles: 20.00
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