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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.010.000.000.008.01

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

Conditions

Mile 4

Mile 5

04.09.14

45F, 93%, calm

8:30 (154)

8:19 (159)

04.11.14

64F, 93%, S 5

8:34 (159)

8:33 (160)

04.12.14

Upper 60s, SW 10

9:19 (147)

9:05 (148)

04.14.14

74F, 87%, S 9

9:18 (149)

9:21 (150)

04.15.14

44F, 78%, NNW 9

8:48 (149)

8:31 (151)

04.17.14

32F, 43%, S 7*

8:51 (157)

8:44 (157)

04.18.14

61F, 83%, N 1

8:25 (157)

8:34 (158)

04.19.14

54F, 98%, NE 1

8:10 (157)

8:11 (158)

*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.

Comments
From I Just Run on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 15:51:39 from 67.79.11.242

Keep up the good work...I see improvement!

From SlowJoe on Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 15:16:31 from 66.69.93.8

You definitely have some solid proof there, very encouraging to see.

From Rye on Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 18:48:19 from 97.121.10.224

Nice to see some things don't change. Love the details!

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