ADELANTE!

Monday, 9-29-2008 56:33 relaxed around the Seabrook Trails ~ 8M Tuesday, 9-30-2008 AM: 53:50 min up and over Kemah Bridge, 8 x 100m uphill ~ 8M PM: 33:37 easy around La Porte ~ 5M Wednesday, 10-01-2008 2.5 mile warm-up, 1 mile cool-down 10 x 800m in 2:36, jog 400m rec. in 1:40 2:35 (1:44), 2:38 (1:45), 2:38 (1:43), 2:43 (2:18), 2:36 (1:39), 2:38 (2:05), 2:35 (1:51), 2:38 (2:07), 2:40 (2:12), 2:38 (1:37) 12 km in 45:29 [2:37 / 1:54 avg.] Thursday, 10-02-2008 1:25:19 easy around White Rock Lake (Dallas) ~ 12M Friday, 10-03-2008 AM: 52:36 steady around Bike Paths at White Rock ~ 8M PM: 36:28 easy around Sylvan Beach ~ 5M Saturday, 10-04-2008 1:08:33 easy around Seabrook with Chad, 8 x 100m uphill ~ 10M Sunday, 10-05-2008 2:05:01, last 30 min fast around Memorial Park ~ 19M Total 86 Miles * Alright, finally a solid week of training that I applaud internally. It had all the elements of a sound training program, but I am beat up. I am awaiting a shipment of new shoes, which will help substa...

Gabriel Rodriguez , Joe Amburn, Joe Oveido and Abe Zavala posted an eight-mile time of 42:25 as they held off a Luis Armenteros-led team by just three (3) seconds to capture Saturday's HARRA Cross Country Relay, hosted by the Tornados Running Club . The team of Jose Lara, Vaughn Gibbs, Ray Caesar Martinez and Luis Armenteros came up just three seconds short of victory at Saturday's HARRA Cross Country Relay; however, they chipped away at a 30-second lead set down on the first lap of 10:05 by Gabriel Rodriguez .But Armenteros couldn't hold off the stronger finishing charge in the sand by former Sam Houston State star Joe Amburn even though the former Rice Owl started his 2-mile lap five seconds down.

Monday, 9-22-2008 AM: 48:32 easy around the Seabrook Trails ~ 7M PM: 47:47 jogging around the Seabrook Trails ~ 7M Tuesday, 9-23-2008 Fever Wednesday, 9-24-2008 45:51 steady around the Seabrook Trails, 8 x 100m uphill ~ 8M Thursday, 9-25-2008 54:01 out to the Kemah Bridge ~ 8M Friday, 9-26-2008 47:24 easy around the Seabrook Trails, 8 x 100m uphill ~ 8M Saturday, 9-27-2008 20 min warm-up, HARRA XC Relay 2M in 10:05 4:56 / 5:09 * Fastest Overall Split of the Day Sunday, 9-28-2008 2 hr, last 30 min fast (3M split, 17:50) throughout Memorial Park ~ 18M Total 60 Miles * Finally something to write about... I decided to be a mercenary and join the Tornados, a local running club in Houston primarily comprised of crazy Mexicans. They have been wanting my wife and I to be members for years now, but the timing was never right, and now it is, and I teamed up with Abel Zavala, Joe Oviedo, and Joe Amburm to take on the Luke's Locker teams. Warm-up was horrible. I had to stop at the Mile and st...

Monday, 9-15-2008 AM: 40:46 around the City of La Porte ~ 6M PM: 42:46 around Sylvan Beach Loop ~ 6M Tuesday, 9-16-2008 1:19:55 with Rudy on the Baytown XI ~ 11M Wednesday, 9-17-2008 AM: 40: 39 around the Sylvan Beach Loop ~ 6M PM: 40:26 around the Sylvan Beach Loop ~ 6M Thursday, 9-18-2008 1:16:32 with Rudy on the Baytown XI ~ 11M Friday, 9-19-2008 AM: 40:02 around the Sylvan Beach Loop ~ 6M PM: 41:12 around the Sylvan Beach Loop ~ 6M Saturday, 9-20-2008 1:14:27 with Rudy on the Baytown XI ~ 11M Sunday, 9-21-2008 31:16 around the Seabrook Trails ~ 5M Total 74 Miles

Monday, 9-08-2008 41:42 around the Seabrook Trials ~ 6M Tuesday, 9-09-2008 AM: 22:49 around Seabrook Backside Loop ~ 3.5M PM: 23:28 around Jenkins Park ~ 3.5M Wednesday, 9-10-2008 40:43 around the Seabrook Trails ~ 6M Thursday, 9-11-2008 AM: 21:09 around Sylvan Beach ~ 3M PM: 20:19 around Willis, TX (Evacuation) ~ 3M Friday, 9-12-2008 39:19 in Willis, TX, prior to Hurricane Ike ~ 5.5M Saturday, 9-13-2008 25:59 in Baytown with Rudy, post-Ike ~ 4M Sunday, 9-14-2008 38:23 around Sylvan Beach Loop (damage assessment) ~ 5.5M Total 40 Miles