| 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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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.01 |
| 54F, 98%, NE 1 mph. I think today is the last sub-60 day until November, lucky to have made it this far. Ran 8.01 miles in 1:06:42, 8:20/mile. 155 bpm average, 169 max. Miles 4 and 5 were 8:10 (157) and 8:11 (158). Got two sub-8 miles at the end. Heel is feeling pretty good this week, not really a factor anymore so long as I honor the fact that it is still in recovery mode. Went to the Y for a spin class and got trashed as usual, but I kept up fine. I hit 174 heart rate a couple of times. Started to wonder how long a particular sprint was going to last then realized I could hold it as long as the instructor, which was a good feeling. I feel like I am improving pretty quickly right now, getting my fitness back. Here is a table I made up of my speed and heart rate at miles 4 and 5 for the last 8 or 9 runs. Earlier in the week and last week I was running those miles at a lower heart rate, so not a lot of conclusions, but the last 3 days are pretty instructive, starting with the Utah run:
Date
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Conditions
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Mile 4
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Mile 5
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04.09.14
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45F, 93%, calm
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8:30 (154)
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8:19 (159)
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04.11.14
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64F, 93%, S 5
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8:34 (159)
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8:33 (160)
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04.12.14
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Upper 60s, SW 10
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9:19 (147)
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9:05 (148)
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04.14.14
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74F, 87%, S 9
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9:18 (149)
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9:21 (150)
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04.15.14
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44F, 78%, NNW 9
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8:48 (149)
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8:31 (151)
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04.17.14
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32F, 43%, S 7*
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8:51 (157)
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8:44 (157)
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04.18.14
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61F, 83%, N 1
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8:25 (157)
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8:34 (158)
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04.19.14
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54F, 98%, NE 1
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8:10 (157)
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8:11 (158)
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*Jordan River Parkway, 100th S., Sandy, Utah
I did significantly better at sea level despite being 30 degrees warmer, then even better today when it was slightly cooler, despite lifting weights yesterday. I am definitely a flatlander.
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