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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
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.7530.000.004.5058.25
Saucony Mirage II Miles: 8.75Saucony Cortana (Blue) Miles: 49.50
Sun, Oct 13, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.004.508.75

Today was supposed to be a long run but the weather is really yucky so I decided to go to the track instead. When I started it was about 80 degrees and extremly humid. It started raining about the time I got started and continued to get heavier as the workout progressed.

On the schedule for this week was 10-20 Min. Warm-up, 3 x (2 x 1200m @ 4:33) (6:04 Pace), (2 Min. Recovery) (4 Min. Recovery between Sets, 10 Min. Cool-Down. I got confused and ran 2 x (3 x 1200's) but that's no big deal.

During most of the repeats it was raining very hard with heavy gust of wind. The rain felt like needles on my face and chest as I ran into the wind and my shoes were filed with water. 

I was pleased with this run even though it was a little slower than the last time I did it.

Hopefully I can run my long run on Wednesday or Thursday when the weather cool off a little.

Mile Time HR HR %  
2 Warm-Up @ 8:13 Pace - HR 137
1200m 4:31:00 160 86%  
2 Min Recovery      
1200m 4:29:00 165 89%  
2 Min Recovery      
1200m 4:36:00 166 90%  
4 Min Recovery      
1200m 4:32:00 163 88%  
2 Min Recovery      
1200m 4:35:00 166 90%  
2 Min Recovery      
1200m 4:36:00 173 95%  
2 Min Recovery      
2.25 Cool-Down @ 8:44 Pace - HR 150
Avg Time: 4:33   Total Miles 8.75
Temp 75 Humidity 100  
Dew Point 70 Wind Heavy Gusts WT: 157

Saucony Mirage II Miles: 8.75
Comments(4)
Mon, Oct 14, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 Miles at the Gym...boring but not as hot.

Saucony Cortana (Blue) Miles: 10.00
Comments(1)
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(5)
Thu, Oct 17, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.5020.000.000.0020.50

This morning was much better running weather at 52 degrees. It was still a little humid at 84%.

this is the same run I did 11 days ago. I was hoping for better results but actually came up slower and with a higher HR. Last run I averaged 7:37 pace and 151 HR with the last two miles being in the 6's. I'm really not sure what the difference was as my HR was higher from the start. I did notice that my weight was down about 5 pounds from the previous run. Maybe I was dehydrated from the start?

If you compare this run to my fastest marathon the first 20 miles of the marathon are very similar averaging 7:49 and a HR of 152. I always say this but I can't imagine running another 6.2 miles on top of this 20 mile training run.

Mile Time HR HR %  
1 8:00:00 155 82%  
2 7:45:00 148 78%  
3 7:35:00 149 78%  
4 7:33:00 150 79%  
5 8:16:00 149 78%  
6 7:46:00 149 78%  
7 8:01:00 150 79% 7:50:51
8 7:43:00 148 78%  
9 7:45:00 154 82%  
10 7:25:00 153 81%  
11 7:34:00 155 82%  
12 8:16:00 157 84%  
13 7:35:00 157 84%  
14 7:36:00 157 84% 7:42:00
15 7:31:00 158 85%  
16 7:43:00 162 87%  
17 7:23:00 160 86%  
18 7:32:00 163 88%  
19 7:50:00 165 89%  
20 7:13:00 167 91% 7:32:00
0.5 Slow-Cool Down    
Total 154:02:00 155 83%  
Pace 7:42:06     WT
Temp 52 Humidity 82 157
Dew Point 46 Wind 4 154

 

2 Corinthians 10:12 

Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.

Saucony Cortana (Blue) Miles: 20.50
Comments(6)
Sat, Oct 19, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 Easy Miles around the small loop. 8:20 Pace, no HR monitor just and overall time.

54 degrees, breezy...best running weather this year!

Saucony Cortana (Blue) Miles: 7.00
Comments(2)
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.7530.000.004.5058.25
Saucony Mirage II Miles: 8.75Saucony Cortana (Blue) Miles: 49.50
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