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Location:

Mexico

Member Since:

Oct 20, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Times: 

5k 22:10 (part of 10k race)

8k 36:59 (8 Columnas 2009)

10k 45:12 (Imagen Gdl 2009)

21k: 1:43:45 (21k Atlas 2009)

42k: 4:00:02 (42k Monterrey 2013)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Its been a while since I updated this, but my short-term running goals are simple: to keep running.


 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long term...mmm...hard one, just continue running and having the luck a running races to keep on the edge, every so often.

Personal:

Born 1969; Happily married with my beautiful wife Lety, and have two wonderful daughters.

Book lover & seller (work a bookstore).

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics Cumulus 13 Lifetime Miles: 606.16
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles: 774.85
Brooks Defyance Lifetime Miles: 646.21
Brooks Pure Connect Lifetime Miles: 771.98
Saucony Hattori Lifetime Miles: 250.12
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 591.16
Brooks Launch White Lifetime Miles: 439.82
Brooks PureConnect2 Red Lifetime Miles: 175.69
Asics Kayano 20 Lifetime Miles: 406.53
Brooks Cascadia 9 Lifetime Miles: 46.49
Fuji Roubaix 1.5 Bike Lifetime Miles: 198.47
Saucony Kinvara 4 Blue Lifetime Miles: 47.57
Nike Free Flyknit 4 Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
18.750.000.00

Asics Cumulus 10 Miles: 18.75
Comments
From RivertonPaul on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 18:15:28 from 75.169.26.101

Nice job on the longest run ever.

From beef on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 18:21:52 from 72.44.96.196

Wow - very long run, you are really getting up there!

From argentinerocket on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 19:13:22 from 98.204.54.245

If you can run 18.75 miles, you can run 26.2 - no doubt about it! Ice those knees and you'll be fine. Great run!

Hey, you need to update your running accomplishments with your latest 1/2 marathon time!

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 19:30:07 from 68.103.250.39

First of all, congrats on your longest run ever! Of course it was tiring. Yes, you can absolutely run a marathon. This was just probably an "off" day if it felt bad. We all have them. On an "off" day it is hard to get myself to go 5 miles let alone 18! With a nice taper and race day excitement, you will most certainly be able to complete a marathon!

From Burt on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 20:46:06 from 98.167.151.26

Very nice Eric.

From Eric Day on Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 21:07:41 from 189.169.237.133

Thanks guys. Still feel tired and having some hard time getting down the stairs, but I'll living another day!

18.75 to 26.2 is still a long distance specially if you are getting tired, so still have to work on those long runs. In 15 days we will try a 32k run.

From ChrisM on Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 07:42:38 from 130.88.123.4

I don't think you should read much into your legs being tired after your first 18.x miler suggesting you can't run a marathon.

When I started doing 18+ mile long runs it took a fair amount of time before I was not sore the next day.

If you go by percentages you ran 18.75 miles which is 70% of a marathon, so the jump to marathon is like going from 10 miles to half marathon, but as the distance is longer it seems worse.

You have the right approach of initially doing long runs at a slower pace (you mentioned you ran with a group before) since it will help your body adapt more easily.

Keep up the good work!

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