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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
47.5015.259.000.0071.75
Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 71.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

It's like my body hits a wall after 7 miles and decides the HR has to go up at this point. Notice how much I had to slow down after 7 to keep my HR around 140. It may have something to do with the temperature. It was 72 when I started and 80 when I finished. Also, I hit some hills at around 7,8,9,10. I wasn't planning on running this far, the plan was 8 to 10 today and run my long run 16 to 18 on Monday or Tuesday. I was really feeling good at 6 miles so that's when I decided to go further. At the end I was disippointed with the long 9's I had to run to keep the HR down. My knee also felt really good until about 8 or 9 then it started to hurt. The weather is supposed to get cooler in the next couple of days (low 60's in the morning) so I hope my knee feels good enough to do a long run on one of those days.

I've spent most of the last couple of days pulling Kiby and his friend Parker around the lake while they wakeboard...lots of fun! I've decided not to wakeboard or ski and save my legs.

7/3/2011
Mile Time Heart Rate HR %
1 8:20:00 128 63% Ran In Illinois - Out & Back to Hwy 40 (Shooting for an Avg HR of 140 bpm)
2 8:10:00 139 70%
3 8:21:00 140 71%
4 8:37:00 141 72%
5 8:44:00 141 72%
6 8:43:00 142 72%
7 8:46:00 141 72%
8 9:20:00 143 73%
9 9:10:00 142 72%
10 9:29:00 141 72%
11 9:34:00 142 72%
12 9:43:00 142 72%
13 9:47:00 143 73%
14 9:33:00 145 74%
Total 126:17:00 141 71%
Pace 9:01:13 72Âș - 80Âș & Humid

Genesis 3:7-9

7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 14.00
Comments(1)
Race: Hillsboro, Ill 5 Mile Run (5 Miles) 00:34:03, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.500.005.000.005.50

Well...at 8:00 last night I decided to look on the internet and see if I could find any races near Effingham, Ill where we are staying. I wasn't really planning on racing while I was up here but low and behold there was a 5 Mile Race just 60 miles away in Hillsboro, Ill. I asked if anyone cared if I got up early and went to the race (it started at 8:00). No one had a problem so I got up at 5:15 and headed out. It was 72 degree and very humid but didn't seem as hot as 72 in Texas. The race was run on an out and back course with a few hills. The race was also run in conjunction with a Biathlon and all of the runners started together. I'm not sure how many were competing in the Race portion (maybe 30) and another 100 in the Biathlon.

At the beginning of the race I was determined not to go out too slow, like I did in the last 10K, but at the end of the first mile I was wondering if I had made a mistake. Most of the first mile was down hill or flat but the second mile had a long incline. I hit the hill pretty well and felt pretty good at the top. There were two guys running with me until the hill and by the midpoint of the hill they had both dropped out (ha ha...I don't think they run may hills up here in Illinois:-). On the third mile I began to labor a little and decided to slow down some and save a little energy. I really wanted to keep a 6:45 pace but kinda lost track of my pace, as you can see on miles 3 and 4. I was running completely by myself at this point with no one anywhere close to me (Sounds pretty cool at this point doesn't it...but the truth is there were about 6 or 8 of the Biathletes pretty far ahead of me and a couple of girls). Anyway mile 5 had a pretty good uphill to the finish but I pushed hard up the hill to finish strong with a 4:54 pace to the end. As you can see from my report I was the top Male (Runners only...there were a few Biathletes who actually ran faster but the run and the Biathlon were separate for the awards). I received a nice big trophy and had my picture taken with the Women's winner (who actually beat me by about a minute;-(

Overall I ran the race I wanted to run. I had run a 10K a few weeks ago and paced at 7:00 so my goal was to go for a 6:50 on this race. I still need to build my cardio, my legs seem good and I feel like I can run faster but I just labor breathing and my heart rate gets too high.

It was a fun race in a small community that has been run for the last 23 years. I got to sign the winner's podium for being the Fastest Male Runner so my name is etched in stone (well actually black permanent marker) for all to remember for generations to come!

Hillsboro, Ill -  5 Mile
7/4/2011
Mile Time Best Pace Fastest
Pace
HR HR %
1 6:32:00 6:16:00 5:35 153 80%
2 6:45:00 6:19:00 5:58 168 90%
3 6:58:00 6:23:00 6:15 171 92%
4 6:57:00 6:20:00 6:30 172 93%
5 6:51:00 6:21:00 4:54 174 94%
   
   
Total 34:03:00 168 90%
Pace 6:48:36 75Âș High Humidity
Won 1st Overall

1 Samuel 7:11-13

11 The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.

 12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[a] saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

 13 So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines.

Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 5.50
Comments(13)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

14 looong...slooow easy miles today. I had to ask a stranger sitting on his porch if I could fill up my water bottles. I went out to run 6 but after I got started I decided I needed many more miles to do any good at this low speed. I learned my lesson though, I told my wife that I would be back in an hour and if I was out more than an hour to come and look for me in the corn fields...well, she took me literally and came looking after an hour. I was in a lot of trouble...I LEARNED A LESSON TODAY..!!

7/5/2011
Mile Time Heart Rate HR %
1 9:54:00 121 58% Ran a Crazy Route Around Lake Sara in Illinois
2 10:09:00 123 59%
3 10:11:00 125 61%
4 10:20:00 127 62%
5 10:44:00 125 61%
6 10:29:00 126 61%
7 10:31:00 126 61%
8 10:27:00 127 62%
9 10:23:00 127 62%
10 10:43:00 128 63%
11 10:41:00 128 63%
12 10:59:00 129 63%
13 10:37:00 129 63%
14 10:49:00 132 65%
Total 146:57:00 127 62%
Pace 10:29:47 84Âș 

Oh...my knee was kinda funky sore today.

 

Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 14.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0010.000.000.0010.00

The weather was a little cooler this morning. The 66 degrees felt good but the humidity was still really high. Got out the door at 6:30 for a little earlier run than the last few days. We were going to a little country hamburger joint called Moonshine, it is kinda famous in the area. It's a really run down house that the lower floor has been converted into a restraunt and grill. They're only open for a couple of hours each day but sell as many as 2,000 burgers some days. I must say the burgers are pretty good, I had a double cheese burger and couldn't quite finish it.

My run today was going to be another really slow run but I just couldn't take it and had to speed up after the first quarter of a mile. It ended up being a pretty good tempo run at 8:04 pace. The interesting thing is that my HR overall was quite a bit lower than my previous 10 mile tempo run. I'm not sure if it's all because of the -5 degree temperature or something magical about the looong easy run I did yesterday that gave me a boost :-)

7/6/2011
Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:21:00 129 63% Out & Back Run in Illinois
2 7:57:00 140 71%
3 8:09:00 141 72%
4 8:10:00 143 73%
5 7:58:00 147 76%
6 8:07:00 148 76%
7 8:08:00 150 78%
8 8:08:00 153 80%
9 8:04:00 155 81%
10 7:39:00 159 84%
Total 80:41:00 147 75%
Pace 8:04:06 68Âș - Humid

Proverbs 23:6-8

    6 Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
   do not crave his delicacies;
7 for he is the kind of person
   who is always thinking about the cost.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
   but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten
   and will have wasted your compliments.

Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 10.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.005.250.000.0013.25

My plan was to run 13 miles trying to maintain less than a 9:00 pace and a HR below 140. Did good through 8. I think about that time I realized I was not going to be back home when I said I would so I think my heart rate jumped :-) ...No I think I just couldn't accomplish my goal and also it was starting to get really hot. Anyway good milage for me. I may not get in as many miles then next few days since we are working in Joplin.

7/7/2011
Mile Time Heart Rate HR %
1 8:49:00 125 61% Ran in Illinois - Out and Back
2 8:49:00 130 64%
3 8:50:00 132 65%
4 8:56:00 132 65%
5 8:48:00 133 66%
6 8:51:00 137 69%
7 8:43:00 138 70%
8 8:48:00 139 70%
9 8:55:00 143 73%
10 8:58:00 144 74%
11 8:53:00 147 76%
12 8:36:00 152 79%
13 8:24:00 154 80%
13.25 2:02:00 161 85%
Total 116:22:00 139 70%
Pace 8:46:57 75 to 79 Deg.

Colossians 3:23

23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,

Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 13.25
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.004.000.008.00

Here's the details...

7/8/2011

Mile Time Heart Rate HR %
1 7:30:00 137 69% Ran In Effingham, IL
 (1 Fast/ 1 Slow)
2 9:14:00 130 64%
3 7:19:00 151 78%
4 9:44:00 137 69%
5 6:32:00 154 80%
6 10:03:00 139 70%
7 6:18:00 161 85%
8 9:13:00 144 74%
Total 65:53:00 144
Pace

8:14:07

1 Chronicles 28:19
“All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the LORD’s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details of the plan.”

 

Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 8.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Trying to catch up on all the details.... I was happy with this recovery run, my speed was up from normal while my HR stayed lower than normal.

7/9/2011
Mile Time Best Pace Heart Rate HR %
1 8:12:00 128 63% Ran In Joplin, MO
2 9:03:00 133 66%
3 8:57:00 133 66%
4 8:45:00 136 68%
5 8:52:00 135 68%
6 8:56:00 138 70%
7 8:49:00 140 71%
Total 61:34:00 135 67%
Pace 8:47:43

Exodus 7:13
Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 7.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
47.5015.259.000.0071.75
Brooks Launch (Retired) Miles: 71.75
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