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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
8.5018.000.006.1032.60
Brooks Racer ST 5 (Race Shoes) Miles: 7.00Saucony Ride 4 Miles: 18.00Saucony Kinvara 2 (Race Shoes) Miles: 7.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.003.007.00

Another great day at the track. Lots of fun!

The last two Mondays there has been this kid at the track working out. I spoke to him and found out he is a 10th grader. He has a guy (probably in his 20's) coaching him. It's so sad to see this young man struggle, he probably weights 300 pounds and is 125 pounds overweight. How have we gotten so out of shape as a society. It's just sad to see people like this. This poor kid was struggling to run at a pace that I could walk.

My recoveries are too long but the speed was good. I was sweating like a pig! Wait, I've heard that pigs don't sweat :-)

Date Run
Mile Time HR HR %  
2 Warm-Up @ 8:04 Pace - 135 HR  
1600m 5:57:00 162 87% 170
2 Min Recovery  
1600m 6:06:00 164 89% 175
2 Min Recovery  
1600m 6:07:00 167 91% 177
2 Min Recovery  
2 Cool-Down @ 8:32 - 151 HR  
   
   
   
   
   
   
Total 18:10:00 164 89%  
Avg. Pace 6:03:20 Total Miles 7
High School Track
72Âș - 80% Humidity
Target:
Repeats - 10-20 Min. Warm-up, 3 x 1600 @ 6:12 pace, 1 Min. Recovery between each, 10 Min. Cool-down.
Notes:
Recoveries were 2 min. and cool-down was much slower than last time.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Brooks Racer ST 5 (Race Shoes) Miles: 7.00
Comments(14)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0018.000.000.0018.00

Where do I start? I was supposed to run a Tempo Run today and my Long Run on Saturday. I am heading to a Team Roping competition tomorrow and will be competing on Saturday morning so a long run that day is not an option. I got the bright idea to run my Long Run today and then squeeze in my Tempo Run on Friday while I'm on the road to the event.

Maybe this was a bad idea...? or maybe it's just more of the same old thing I've been struggling with all along, I don't really know. The first few miles seemed great, my HR seemed good and my times were where I thought they should be but about mile 12-13 I felt like I was getting really hot. By this time my shoes were full of sweat to the point I was slinging water out of them every stride. Finally at mile 15 I decided this was not worth the effort and I stopped, rested and tried to cool down. Sweat was pouring off of me like I was a soaker hose. From that point on in I ran and walked and tried to cool down. My muscles got tight during this time making the last four miles misrable.

Not a very sucessful run but I got it in the books. I am going to try and go and find some different shoes that don't have as much padding as this holds all the sweat (do you know how much a soaked pair of Saucony Ride 4's and socks weigh?...a lot!). I also need to figure out my fueling better too. I drank 112 oz of fluid before and immediatly after the run and still lost 6 lbs.

6/20/2012
Mile Time HR HR %  
1 7:42:00 133 68%  
2 7:39:00 155 82%  
3 7:51:00 154 82%  
4 7:47:00 154 82%  
5 8:27:00 152 80%  
6 8:06:00 154 82%  
7 8:07:00 156 83%  
8 8:08:00 155 82%  
9 8:21:00 156 83%  
10 8:14:00 153 81%  
11 8:39:00 157 84%  
12 8:32:00 159 85%  
13 8:02:00 159 85%  
14 8:08:00 158 85%  
   
15 8:35:00 159 85%  
16 8:54:00 154 82%  
17 8:58:00 147 77%  
18 9:02:00 151 80%  
   
   
   
   
   
Total 149:12:00 154 81%  
Pace 8:17:20      
Small Loop + Smallville (Clockwise)
75-82Âș - 90% Humidity
Target:
Long Run - 18 Miles @ 8:11

Notes:
Started getting overheated at about mile 12-13. Miles 15-18 I had to take a few breaks and ran slow.

Proverbs 20:17

17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man,
    but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

Saucony Ride 4 Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.003.107.60

On the road and using my Pad so entries are a little harder.

I seemed to recover from the hot/humid 20 miler on wednesday pretty well.

I flipped my long run and my tempo this week because of the travel.

6/22/2012
Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
2.25 Warm-up @ 8:15 - 139 HR  
1 6:46:00 157 84%  
2 6:45:00 168 91%  
3 6:16:00 173 95%  
0.1 0:38:00 177 97%  
2.25 Warm-up @ 8:25 - 148 HR  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Tempo Miles 20:25:00 166 90%  
Pace 6:35:10   Total Miles 7.6
Gatesville - Out and Back
72Âș - Calm
Target:
Tempo Run - 2 Warm-Up, 3 Miles @ 6:45 pace, 1 Miles Cool-Down. 
Notes:
This was a good Tempo Run. 1-1/2 mile out is mostly uphill so the return is mostly downhill (about 125' elevation change).

I ran 3.1 to make the tempo a full 5K. My fastest 5K was only 7 seconds faster than this run. This run was tough but I wouldn't call it a "killer" workout. (I know I can break 20:00 on a 5K :-) 

The weather was a little cooler, 72 degrees when I started.

Hope you all have a good weekend. I'm off to the roping tomorrow. 

Saucony Kinvara 2 (Race Shoes) Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.5018.000.006.1032.60
Brooks Racer ST 5 (Race Shoes) Miles: 7.00Saucony Ride 4 Miles: 18.00Saucony Kinvara 2 (Race Shoes) Miles: 7.50
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