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Porcupine Promenade 5K

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Location:

Springtown,TX,USA

Member Since:

Feb 02, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Firsts:

  • First marathon - White Rock, Dallas, December 2005 (4:01)
  • First BQ - St George, 2007 (3:20)
  • First Boston - 2008 (3:30)
  • 1st Place Clydesdale - Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon - 4/2007
  • 1st Place Ultracentric 6-Hour Champ 2007 - 38.75 miles
  • 1st Time Leading Pace Group, Cowtown '09 (3:39:41)
  • 1st Place Overall, Porcupine Promenade 5K (20:10) - 4/2011
  • 1st Trail Race. Grasslands Half Marathon. 1st Overall Masters (1:53) - 3/2013
  • Leadville LT100 MTB '16 - on a mountain bike, but the toughest challenge, so far!

Marathons Run (27):

  • Dallas White Rock ('05, '07,'09,'14)
  • Chicago ('06, '08)
  • OK City Memorial ('07)
  • St George ('07,'09,'11)
  • Waco Miracle Match ('07)
  • Ft Worth, Cowtown ('08, '09,'10,'11,'12,'13,'15**)
  • Boston ('08 '09*, '10, '13)
  • Park City ('08)
  • San Antonio Rock 'n Roll ('08)
  • Steamboat ('09)
  • Utah Valley ('10)
  • Houston ('12)
  • * - PR

Ultras (3):

  • Ultracentric 6-Hours ('07 - 38.75 mi)
  • El Scorcho 50K, Ft Worth (('08, '09)

PRs:

  • 5K - 19:27 (6/2008)
  • 10K - 41:49 (5/2008)
  • 15K - 1:04:14 (9/2011)
  • Half Marathon - 1:33:12 (1/2011)
  • Marathon - 3:19:47 (Boston 4/2009)
  • 50K - 4:35:53 (7/2008)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep injury-free.

2016 Races

Ft Worth Cowtown Half Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be age-group competitive for many years!

Have fun running!

Make some great friends along the way!

Personal:

Married to the same wonderful woman since March 1988. 3 adorable kids.

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Asic Nimbus 8 Lifetime Miles: 502.00
VFF Trek Lifetime Miles: 98.10
Kohls Asics Lifetime Miles: 234.74
Asic Trailshoes Lifetime Miles: 82.36
Nike Air Lifetime Miles: 10.00
Saucony Lifetime Miles: 508.16
Brooks Ravena Lifetime Miles: 117.75
Asic (orange) Lifetime Miles: 83.75
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
36.5017.1053.60
Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 29.00Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 3.10Asic Nimbus 8 Miles: 4.50
Weight: 188.38
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.0010.00

Ty texted me at 7am and asked me if I was running today. I was kinda thinking about it, but his text got my butt out of bed. I met him at the trailhead at 8am for an easy 10 miler. We started with an 8:30 mile, then sped up a little to about 8:00s. At 9 miles our avg pace was 8:05, I told Ty I was going to run the last one fast to see if I could get my avg under 8:00 for the 10 miler. I needed about 7:15. I was a little surprised when I check my watch at the end and ran a 6:17 last mile with an AP of 7:54.

Next weekend Big-D Half Marathon. We'll see if the weather dictates a PR attempt.

Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 10.00
Weight: 190.00
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Lunchtime run w/ Darin. We didn't have a plan before we headed out, but wanted a "kinda fast" run.

15MPH headwind on the way out. At 4 miles had an AP of about 7:30. Decided to see if I could run run the final 2 sub 7:00. It wasn't too bad with a strong tailwind!

60F, SE 20, 40% humidity, sunny

AP:  7:11

last two were 6:17 and 6:34 (5K race pace).

Weather looks like a repeat of Cowtown weather for Sunday's Big-D...looks like it will be the Half Marathon with no hopes of PRing ;)

Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 6.00
Weight: 188.00
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2.002.004.00

4 lunchtime miles. 2 with the wind, 2 against the wind. Last 2 were fast.

Weight: 188.00
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An easy 4 miles with Dave (who is nursing a sore calf)

 

AP: 8:00s

75F, sunny, low humidity

Weight: 0.00
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2.502.004.50

Solo lunchtime 800m x 4 intervals. 

AP: 6:00/mi  (2:50's with the wind, 3:05, 3:08 against wind)

65F, S15, cloudy

Weight: 189.00
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Race: Porcupine Promenade 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:20:10, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
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0.003.103.10

A friend of mine told me about this race a few weeks ago. It's a new race to raise money for a local school PTA. As it is 10 minutes from my house, AND I wasn't going to be in Boston this year, I signed up my two boys and I.

The weather was perfect. 45F, low wind, low humidity. Some people seemed a bit overdressed wearing long tights, long-sleeved shirts, and gloves.

The fun run for the boys went off at 8AM. My 8 year-old (Ethan) took off to the front of the pack, while my 7 year-old and I took a more leisurely pace. The fun run was an out-and-back loop, with a water stop at the 1/2 mile mark. Ethan ran most of the race, with some walk breaks, and finished in about 10 minutes. Christian and I walked when we had to...and finished a few minutes behind. I was proud of both my boys. That was my warmup.

The 5K started at about 8:30. I lined up on the front row, surrounded by grammar school kids. Where were the adults? It seems like the few adults that were there opted to start back behind the kids. Not me..I planned to get ahead of these kids before I ran one over.

The race started, and I quickly got up to my 5K race pace. I was in 3rd place at about a quarter mile, and then we started the long, gradual hill, where I took the lead. I glanced at my watch and saw I was at about a 5:45 pace..which, at this point in my running life, is not sustainable for 3.1 miles, so I dialed it back a little. I crossed the first mile at 6:15. That wasn't so bad, and I was in first place. I never looked back, but I could tell there was no one behind me. I got to follow the motorcycle cop!!!! Yes, the motorcycle cop was leading ME! At the 1.55 mile mark, I turned around and headed back. This was my first view of the chase pack...which consisted of a guy about my age about 30 seconds behind me, and nobody even close to him. I thought to myself that I could possibly win this thing. Is he just holding back?

The second mile as a 6:38. I was heading up hill now. I knew that with 1/2 mile to go it would be a nice gradual downhill to the finish, so I just chugged along. I saw a few of my friends coming the other way, which is always fun!

I never looked back and just ran my own race. The last 1/2 mile seemed fairly easy. As I rounded the corner, someone said "here comes the leader", and a few people clapped, as I crossed the finish line (no tape..I always imagined there was a tape to break...but I guess not :). 20:10. I had just won my first race since grade school!!!!

My oldest boy, Ethan, ended up 3rd overall in the fun run and won his age group and got a medal. Christian was a little disappointed that he didn't get anything. But, I got the "Overall Fastest Male in the first ever Porcupine Promenade" 2 foot trophy!!!  (Which I am entrusting to Christian to take good care of for me....it made him happier.)

Most of my other buddies that were there (not my usual speedy buddies from work, but rather the up-and-coming speedsters from my church) took home some hardware, too! It was a fun day, and I'm grateful all the really speedy guys were running another race in Ft Worth or Boston! :-)

 45F, Sunny, 5MPH

Here are the results: http://clinesrunningcorner.com/results2011/porcupinepromenade_april16_2011.pdf


Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 3.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

6 easy miles solo at lunchtime.

AP: 7:50

82F, 30% humidity, S15, sunny

Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 6.00
Weight: 188.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.502.004.50

Intervals with Mike and Dave at lunchtime

800 - 2:50 (with the wind)

800 - 2:45 (with the wind)

400 - 1:25 (into the wind)

400 - 1:27 (into the wind)

200 - 0:37 (into the wind)

400 - 1:25 (side wind)

65F, NE10, 57% humidity, cloudy

Asic Nimbus 8 Miles: 4.50
Weight: 188.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.502.004.50

Interval Wednesday w/ Darin (Dave is still nursing a sore calf)

1 mile warmup 7:58

800m - 2:51 - 5:41/mi

2 min jog

800m - 2:49 - 5:40/mi

2 min jog

400m - 1:25 - 5:41/mi

3 min walk/jog

400m - 1:27 - 5:52/mi

1.5 min jog

200m - :38 - 5:00/mi

1 min jog

415ft - 22:37 - 4:45 (slower than Boston Marathon winning pace :)

60F, N10, Cloudy



Weight: 188.00
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Still fighting a sinus infection. It doesn't seem to impact my lungs, but I've been coughing quite a bit (especially at night).

Lunchtime 7 miler. Enjoying some cooler temps.

Sunny, 70F, N3

Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 7.00
Weight: 188.00
Comments(11)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
36.5017.1053.60
Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 29.00Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 3.10Asic Nimbus 8 Miles: 4.50
Weight: 188.38
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