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Austin Distance Challenge Status Update

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Howdy folks!  Just wanted to give a quick update where I stand in the Austin Distance Challenge rankings.  After the Decker Challenge the ADC contestants were broken into “half” and “full” buckets based on the LIVESTRONG Austin Half Marathon and Austin Full Marathon.  I’m running the Austin Half, so I’m in the ADC Half Track.  Got it?  Good.

Bear with me as I break it down:

In the Male 25-29 Age Group Half Track, I’m in first.  By a mile.  By ten miles.  It’s a small field, made even smaller by splitting the runners into Half and Full groups.  After adding up the four race times I’m leading by about an hour and nine minutes.  And yes, I’m in first out of five remaining runners.

Overall in the Half Track I’m sitting in 8th.  Best case scenario I can move up to 7th but no more than that.  It’s shocking to me that my age group is the slowest group below age 55.  For the record, I’m in eighth out of 64, so that’s at least pretty good!

I’d say based on where I stand now, I’m not looking to set a new PR in the Austin Half.  The final times will be updated after the Austin Marathon weekend.  Looking forward to wrapping things up and getting fully into training for Vermont!

Let’s Get Things Started [brief]

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I just kicked off my first week of marathon training for Vermont!  So far we’re rocking the schedule.  8 miles, 12 miles, 5 miles, 9 miles.  That’s the first four days (out of six).  The crazy part about this schedule is that this week will finish up with 55 miles.  That’s where the peak of my previous training planned topped out.  It’ll be a delicate balance between increasing mileage and staying away from injury.

Visual Accountability (aka Humble Brag)

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Now that I have my public goal of running 2012 miles in 2012, I decided to keep it public by putting it up on my whiteboard at work. Every day I’m updating it with my most recent mileage for that month, plus listing how much is remaining.

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After January it looks like it will end up being a pretty easy soft sandbagging attainable goal, but I’ll leave it as it is. Continue reading →

Time to Try Again [UPDATE]

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It’s that time of year again.  No, not when I decide to switch to triathlons.  The Capitol 10K is coming up on March 25th (right before the Texas Independence Relay).  That means my company (National Instruments) needs to field it’s elite team of runners to defend its title.  We’re going on 7 years in a row winning the Corporate Challenge.  So the call for tryouts has been sent out and I have answered that call.  This year it sounds like the competition will be fiercer.  Early estimates show there could be as many as ten people vying for five spots.

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Are You Ready for a Relay?

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Texas is a big place. Bigger than most (damn you, Alaska). So why not have a big race run from one major city to another? The Texas Independence Relay is a 203 mile journey from Bastrop (right outside of Austin) to Houston.

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It’s setup to have teams of 8 – 12 runners make their way east, completing each of the 40 relay legs. Why am I telling you all of this? Because I just registered myself onto a team!

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Goal Check: One Month Into 2012

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Well January is behind us and I thought it’d be a good time to revisit how I’m doing on one of my running goals–namely, run 2012 miles in 2012. Over twelve months (which is exactly how many months are in 2012) it comes out to 168 miles per month. So far we’re looking good with January coming in at 189 miles.

Now that the 3M Half Marathon is behind me, I’m going to be getting into some serious mileage in training for Vermont. Between now and May I’ll have no shortage of miles. In fact, if all goes to plan, I’ll be closer to 250 miles per month for the next four months. That’ll set me up nicely to take the rest of the year a

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bit easier. Of course this is all on the premise that I achieve my other goal, which is to qualify for Boston. Dare I say, if I don’t hit my goal, we’ll be ramping up big time for an early Fall race to give it another shot.

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p>So as of now, all systems are a-go and goals are on track. Stay tuned for some news on the race calendar front!

3M PR FTW NBD V2.0

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Ah, the sweet, sweet feeling of victory (relatively

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speaking). Sunday’s 3M Half Marathon in Austin showcased some ideal weather (and ideal elevation) to set new personal records. It was this race last year where I set my current PR. For me I had the dual goal of beating Colin’s PR, which would inherently set my own new PR. The goal? 1:27:30. The result? Read on.

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3M Half Marathon Preview, 2012 Style

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Well it’s the first race of the year, so I think it’s only appropriate to do exactly what I’ve been doing for the last three years: set sandbagging goals and act surprised when I crush them.  You know what?  No.  Let’s start things off right in 2012.  I ran 3M last year and in my preview I humbly hoped to set a new PR of 1:35.  Instead I finished just a shade under 1:30 and had to come up with some explanation to all my readers.  Not this time.

I’m setting a very aggressive goal for this race.  One that I have no real reason to think I can hit.  But that’s how it should be, right?  My goal is 1:27:30.  That gives me a solid 8 second buffer to beat Colin’s PR from a few months ago.  What that also gives me is a blistering 6:40 minute per mile pace to follow.  If the weather forecast holds, we’ll be in good shape*: high 62, low 44.

I have a small army of amazing friends and family who are going to be out there cheering me on along the course.  Don’t worry, I’ve warned them that I won’t be looking too good.  I’ll let them know to just pretend I’m a rockstar and let me go on my way.

*and by “good shape” I mean 1 less excuse to lean on.

Are You a Vermonster?

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I am a Vermonster, or at least that’s the goal. Because I just signed up for the KeyBank Vermont City Marathon! Colin and I will be taking on

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Austin Distance Challenge – Decker Update

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Now that the 10K, 10 Miler, and first Half Marathon are behind us, I figured I’d give a quick update in the standings.  Since my lackluster, not-trying IBM 10K, I’ve been moving up in the standings nicely.  The results still need to be split out into the Half and Full tracks, so it’s possible there could be a shake up at the top.  In the meantime, I’m sitting pretty in 3rd place!  Now, if the two guys ahead of me are doing the Full challenge, then I’ll be in 1st place all by myself with no intention of looking back.  Regardless I should be happily perched upon the podium when the challenge comes to an end after the Austin Half Marathon in February.