| 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)
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* - 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!
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El Scorcho 50K - Ft Worth (31 Miles) 04:43:29, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 9 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 30.90 | 0.10 | 31.00 |
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This was my second time running this race. Not sure why I ran it,
really. I fell for the "sign up early or pay more later" trap. I spent
the bucks so I was comited. I went into this midnight event as a "long
training run with benefits". I secretly wanted to beat last year's
time, but I knew that was a long shot, as I haven't been training a
whole lot lately.
This race is run completely in a park in Ft
Worth, and starts at midnight. There is a 25K flavor (La Scorchita) and
the 50K both running the same 5K loop. There were about 400 runners in
both events. Nice 10MPH breeze, temps started in the low 80s, and by
the time I finished were in the upper 70s.
Like last year, I got to
Trinity Park (in Ft Worth) about 2 hours early. Set up my aid station
right along side the trail. Met up with a few friends, and sat around
awaiting the stroke of midnight.
I was going to try to run as
even splits as possible. I was also planning to walk through each of
the aid stations, every 1.5 miles.
The 5K laps slowly ticked away.I kept talking to myself along the way.
1 down ("10% complete").....2 down ("only 8 to go")....3 down ("almost
10 miles...only 20 miles to go...uggg..why am I doing this?"). 4 down
("40%...1 more lap an you're halfway")...5 down ("half way...15.5
miles..that's the longest you've run since..should I quit now and call
it a 25K training run?" ... 6 down ("only 4 to go...that's 12.4 miles
remaining...that's longer than you've run since Steamboat in June"...
On
the 7th lap, I ran about 1.5 miles with a guy from Houston. I thought
he looked much faster than me, and was surprised to find out he was on
the same lap. That 1.5 miles just flew by as we talked about our other
races. I assured him that I wasn't going to try to race him for a spot,
but just "wanted to finish". As we crossed the line with 2 laps to go,
he must have stopped a while at the aid station, because I lost him,
and wasn't about to wait up for him. He ended up finishing a few
minutes behind me, but I credit him for lighting a fire under me to get
my rear in gear!
The last 2 laps flew by..and my times improved.
As I crossed the finish line at 4:43AM, I was surprised to find out
that I placed in the top 10 -- which earned me a pretty cool shoe
bag/back pack thingy (though it only has a single strap)..anyways it's
the closest thing to hardware that I've earned this year.
I broke a few cardinal rule of running (and I didn't pay the price):
I wore a brand new pair of shoes (and socks). (but my feet felt great the whole way) I ate/drank stuff I didn't train with. They had Heed gels and drink. Not great, but didn't make me hurl.
Overall place: 12th out of 119 (I placed 11th out of 90ish last year)
I was 9th male overall.
Overall,
I was pretty happy with this event. Organization was excellent. The
course was pretty well lighted this year, and it was fun to see so many
other crazies out there after midnight doing what they love!
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