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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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68F, 96%, calm and cloudy, getting ready for the next line of thunderstorms.  Despite the moderate temperature, the air felt stifling because of all the water on the ground, it has been raining heavily for 2 or 3 days now.

Last shakeout run this morning, 2 warmup at brisk pace, 2 at tempo (7:39 (157), 7:24(161)), then 1 cooldown and that's it. 5.0 in 40:20, 8:04/mile.  

Heading to the airport in a couple of hours.  Feels like I have latent head cold symptoms, hopefully just the taper blues.

Bib number is 17192.  Starting time for my wave is 10:50 Eastern, I'm in the second corral, so a few minutes after that I presume.

Good luck to all who are running on Monday, or anytime else for that matter.

Comments
From Derunzo on Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 06:10:41 from 73.218.33.75

Good Luck Flat! Maybe I can pick you out of the 30,000 at Athletes Village!

From flatlander on Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 06:13:15 from 76.31.29.220

Likewise, friend. You are set for a very good day, I think. Looks like the wind forecast is moderating, you're doing your job, thanks for taking care of that!

From Derunzo on Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 06:16:41 from 73.218.33.75

Ha ha..... Just run and relax right?

From SonofaFlatlander on Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:51:51 from 199.87.130.129

Good luck Dad! Sounds like race day will be a lot of fun.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 16:00:18 from 104.51.208.13

Have fun - go get em!

From derhammer on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 15:27:12 from 64.245.52.2

Good luck Flat!! I'll be tracking. ;-)

From flatlander on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 16:31:08 from 50.206.204.8

Thanks all, I very much appreciate the support. I just posted one last gloomy blog entry; it reads like an epitaph but actually I haven't quite lost hope yet. Maybe something will happen and everything will turn out all right.

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