| Location: Cypress,TX, Member Since: Oct 10, 2009 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 5K: 24:22 (March 2010); 22:33 (October 2010); 20:47 (May 2011); 21:05 (May 2012); 21:33 (September 2012); 21:23 (November, 2013); 22:31 (September 2014)
5M: 39:22 (November, 2012); 35:54 (November, 2013); 36:03 (March, 2015)
10K: 44:08 (November, 2010); 49:20 (July, 2013); 44:07 (April, 2015)
12K: 56:03 (December, 2013); 58:58 (December, 2014)
10M: 1:11:58 (October, 2012); 1:15:24 (October, 2014)
Half Marathon: 1:53:xx (London's Run 2010); 2:05:21 (Cowtown 2010); 1:37:04 (Gusher 2011); 1:42:19 (Huntsville 2011); 1:33:47 (Baytown Jailbreak 2012); 1:33:50 (The Woodlands 2012); 1:42:52 (Texas 2015); 1:49:17 (Jailbreak 2015); 1:38:34 (The Woodlands 2015)
25K: 2:01:47 (Fifth Third River Bank, May 2014)
Marathon: 5:51:35 (Texas Marathon 2009); 6:21:36 (Ogden 2009); 4:58:29 (St. George 2009); 4:13:45 (Texas Marathon 2010); 4:04:12 (Utah Valley Marathon, 2010); 5:11:14 (Hartford ING, 2010); 3:41:43 (Richmond SunTrust, 2010); 3:39:27 (Texas Marathon 2011); 3:41:46 (Utah Valley Marathon, 2011); 3:30:35 (St. George 2011); 3:41:51 (Richmond 2012); 3:49:15 (Texas 2013); 3:46:59 (Paavo Nurmi, 2013); 3:34:04 (St. George 2013); 3:49:51 (Texas 2014); 3:31:59 (Richmond 2014); 3:28:34 (Boston 2015) Short-Term Running Goals: 3:20, 1:30, 0:20 Long-Term Running Goals: I'm 60, there is no long term. Personal: I live, work and run in Houston, Texas. I have run 17 marathons, some good ones and some others. I prefer straight, flat, cold, sea-level marathons, still waiting for my first one. I feel like there are more PRs out there. When I have them, I am told it is time to dial it back, run for healthy reasons. I'm sure that's right, and I'm sure it won't happen.
My wife and I are from the mountains of the west. We have five kids, three granddaughters and three grandsons. The kids and grandkids are native Texans but we are not -- you have to be born here.
As for my blog title: I run most of my miles before sunrise, sometimes hours before. On the back road of my neighborhood two hours before daylight, I can depend on a pack of mutts behind the boundary fence lighting up when they hear my footsteps. I have wondered what they wanted; but according to Hemingway I needn't ask. |
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John J. Eikenburg Law Week 8K Fun Run (5.05 Miles) 00:36:03 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 5.05 | 0.00 | 19.05 |
| 64F, 95%, NW 2 mph swinging to N 7 mph, starting to rain but never got there. Wanted at least 14 and quit when I got there, 8:42/mile, 142 bpm average, 151 max. Still dark when I quit, a strange feeling.
So sitting at the computer entering my run, looked at my watch and it was only 6:45. Law Week fun run starts at 8:00 and I am already entered. Had decided not to go because of rain and because I needed to get some miles today. But I already had my miles, and was planning another 5 hills on the TM later on. Ephiphany -- changed clothes, packed up and headed downtown to run the 8K, which is on a somewhat hilly route anyway. Thought it would be a success if I could get a couple under 7. Got to the start line 2 minutes before the gun, couldn't see anyboy I knew but did recognize lots of competing law firm teams with cute matching shirts. Just made it that much easier to pick them off, one by one, never saw any cute law firm shirts after 2 miles, wish it was that easy to get their clients. I, on the other hand, after much deliberation in the dark before leaving the house, decided on my race-day shirt -- only time I have ever done that, and today I was the only runner I could find wearing the 2015 Law Week Fun Run official sort-sleeved t-shirt, light gray, modest logo on left shoulder, 50% cotton, 50% polyester. Splits were 7:09 (164), 7:00 (176), 6:59 (181), 7:11 (182), and 7:25 (182). In my defense, the second half was generally uphill, got to the point where I was playing mind games with my legs and only objective was to maintain heart rate. Might have warmed up a tad too long. Overall 5.05 miles in 36:03, 7:08/mile, heart rate 177/185 max.
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