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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
Tue, Oct 15, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.0010.000.000.0012.00

Today's run was the same as last Thursday. 10 mile Tempo with 1 mile Warm-up and 1 mile Cool-down. I felt sluggish this morning and knew from the start that I wasn't going to do as well as last week. My legs were just tired and heavy feeling. The weather didn't help me mentally either. My effort was much less than last week with an average HR of 153 instead of 160 so maybe I was just being lazy?

Mile Time HR HR %  
1 Mile Warm-Up @ 8:36, 123 HR  
1 7:30:00 142 74%  
2 7:36:00 149 78%  
3 7:19:00 148 78%  
4 7:16:00 150 79%  
5 7:23:00 152 80%  
6 7:38:00 155 82%  
7 7:39:00 156 83%  
8 7:47:00 159 85%  
9 7:27:00 157 84%  
10 7:20:00 158 85%  
1 Mile Slow-Cool Down    
Total 74:55:00 153 81%  
Pace 7:29:30     WT
Temp 70 Humidity 88 (Fog)  
Dew Point 66 Wind   157

Proverbs 13:4 

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

 

Saucony Cortana (Blue) Miles: 12.00
Comments
From flatlander on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 08:33:57 from 76.31.9.237

That run looks very good to me. If you are a sluggard you are certainly a diligent one.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 09:09:05 from 168.215.171.129

Pretty good run for the conditions. I can never push my hr very high in the heat and humidity, just seems like there is no power in the legs, so I never try. Ok maybe it is laziness.

From I Just Run on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:55:48 from 67.79.11.242

It's kinda funny, I went back to my run log from 2010 (my first 10 mile run) and saw that I ran 10 miles at a 9:04 pace with the same HR. It's funny how much the goal has changed. It just reinforces the article DerHammer posted yesterday! :-)

From DLTheo on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 17:35:22 from 155.130.107.41

I once read a comment from a well-known coach that went something like this:

"People often say 'I felt really good today, I don't know why I ran so slowly'. That's why they ran slowly. They didn't run hard enough to not feel good."

Although this doesn't quite fit what you experienced, since you didn't feel good from the start, maybe the ways in which you felt crummy didn't have to impact your running as much as you allowed it to. I'm sure this has happened to me many times, though without wearing a HR monitor I wouldn't have noticed.

On a more positive note, the fact you were able to keep under 7:30 pace when you didn't "have it" is a really good sign!

From Tom K on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 21:08:11 from 71.203.20.181

10 miles under 7:30? You might be bummed about it, but I'm just going to say Nice Work, Man!

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