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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
22.0019.000.000.0041.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.005.000.000.007.00

I seem to be getting faster, we'll see how it is when the temp drops this week!

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:18:00 128 63%
2 8:02:00 142 73%
3 7:57:00 145 75%
4 7:49:00 144 74%
5 7:51:00 151 79%
6 7:57:00 154 81%
7 7:24:00 157 83%
Total 55:18:00 146 75%
Pace 7:54:00    
Temp 70 Humidity 93
Dew Point 68 Wind 2

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.002.000.000.004.00

10/7/2019
Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:30:00 125 61%  
2 8:17:00 137 70%  
3 7:52:00 140 72%  
4 7:22:00 149 78%  
Total 32:01:00 138 70%  
Pace 8:00:15     WT
Temp 72 Humidity 79  
Dew Point 65 Wind    

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.003.000.000.0010.00

Finally we got a break in the weather for a day. 61 Degrees and it was nice! Stepped it up to 10 miles to celebrate!

10/8/2019
Mile Time HR HR % Max HR
1 8:48:00 124 61%  
2 8:43:00 136 69%  
3 8:13:00 134 68%  
4 8:33:00 142 73%  
5 7:52:00 140 72%  
6 8:10:00 141 72%  
7 8:12:00 142 73%  
8 8:15:00 148 77%  
9 7:31:00 149 78%  
10 7:39:00 152 80%  
         
Total 81:56:00 141 72%  
Pace 8:11:36     WT
Temp 61 Humidity 93 160
Dew Point 68 Wind    
Out and Back to Smalllville to make 10. Too hot.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Mile Time HR HR %
1 9:03:00 117 56%
2 9:01:00 132 66%
3 8:45:00 132 66%
4 8:21:00 136 69%
Total 35:10:00 129 64%
Pace 8:47:30    
Temp 70 Humidity 93
Dew Point 68 Wind  

Back to swampy weather, 72 degrees and really humid. Cool weather didn't last long.

 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Wanting to run 12 today but it was 77 degrees at 6 am. I still overheated with these slow paces.

Mile Time HR HR %
1 9:33:00 120 58%
2 9:33:00 125 61%
3 8:37:00 122 59%
4 10:00:00 122 59%
5 9:44:00 129 64%
6 9:39:00 121 59%
7 9:37:00 125 61%
Total 66:43:00 123 60%
Pace 9:31:51    
Temp 77 Humidity 90
Dew Point 73 Wind 7

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.009.000.000.009.00

Wow...Wow...Wow...!!! What a few degrees cooler makes...!!! Finally a cool front blew in. It was windy but much, much better and my paces reflects that!

Got me a pretty fast mile at 7. :-)

Mile Time HR HR %
1 8:01:00 140 72%
2 8:01:00 148 77%
3 7:38:00 146 76%
4 7:56:00 156 82%
5 7:55:00 155 82%
6 7:47:00 155 82%
7 7:12:00 155 82%
8 7:21:00 156 82%
9 7:26:00 156 82%
Total 69:17:00 152 79%
Pace 7:41:53    
Temp 57 Humidity 43
Dew Point 35 Wind 16

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.0019.000.000.0041.00
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