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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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Boston weather forecast for tomorrow at the finish, 47F, 21 mph headwind and driving rain.  Couldn’t be happier about my life right now.

I found a headband and gloves at the expo (there was a run on them, I think I may have gotten the last pair).  Also have a banana, bagel/crème cheese and baked plain potato chips for in the morning.  Eating cold pizza right now, decided that is better than traipsing around any more looking for a last carb fix.  Don’t know what else I could possibly do, other than run another one when conditions are more reasonable, like 80F and bright sun, with rising steam from a recent thunderstorm -- that would be more my type of race.  

There are people still running the sidewalks here in their marathon shirts, less than 18 hours from the start.  They don’t seem to understand that training is over.

Sleep tight everybody, I know I will, since my fate is already decided.

Comments
From Jason D on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 16:34:55 from 68.80.27.222

Good luck and enjoy it.

From flatlander on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 16:46:52 from 50.206.204.8

Thanks Jason; saw your race report for today, sorry about the screwed up awards -- if you earn something you should get it.

From allie on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 18:13:23 from 24.99.46.55

i've had success fueling with cold pizza. i think you made the right choice there.

good luck tomorrow.

From flatlander on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 18:16:16 from 50.206.204.8

Thanks! Eating the last piece now -- it was a medium, though.

From derhammer on Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 21:04:37 from 70.113.16.126

A forecast is a forecast and you never know what is going to really happen - so don't give up all hope. Those guys never seem to get it right anyway.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:38:34 from 12.182.148.249

1:43:45 at the half - super consistent splits! Looking good for sub-3:30

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 12:34:13 from 12.182.148.249

NICE WORK! Best Boston splits ever. Congrats on the PR on what had to be a tough day. Next time, try to get some better weather, would ya?

From I Just Run on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 13:52:57 from 67.79.11.242

Waiting for a great report!

From derhammer on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 15:09:35 from 64.245.52.2

Congrats!!

From Tom K on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 18:43:58 from 174.58.54.215

I tracked you and Derunzo and some local guys for the whole race. Your splits were freakishly consistent. Your killer training cycle paid off, as if the weather was irrelevant. Amazing!

From flatlander on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 21:17:37 from 50.206.204.8

Thanks everybody, so much, it was a good day, report is posted now. Catching an early flight in the morning back to a warmer place.

From Stephen on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 21:18:09 from 67.222.229.229

Yes, I'm also looking forward to your report. A PR in Boston, what a feat!

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