| 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 | | 213.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 213.83 |
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| 64F, 100% and calm. 10.00 miles in 1:41:45, 10:10/mile, 140 bpm, 145 max, 55 RHR. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 47F (41 WC), 70%, NNW 14-22. 10.00 miles in 1:36:41, 9:41/mile, 146, bpm, 154 max. Record low temperature. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
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41F, 96% and calm to start, 56F, 60%, SW 10 mph at end. Went to bed and 9 and woke up at 5, one of the better night's sleep I have had in a while. RHR in bed was 60, but got it down to 53 sitting in a chair after stretching and just before heading out at 5:50, late for a long run.
This morning's temperature was a record low for the month of May by 3 degrees. Funny thing, though, the same website that posted the 41F this morning is now saying the low for the day is 48F. I'm totally suspicious, I don't think record lows mesh well with certain political viewpoints. I know how it felt going outside, and it was not 48F.
But great running weather regardless. Around here there are not a lot of people running May through August, the big marathons in Texas are in the first quarter of the year, so this isn't anybody's training cycle. I did see Coach Eric out there, though. He was running quite a bit faster than me and I didn't try to join him. I am still fat and slow. I ran 20.00 miles, from my house down to the Y and back the long way. I took two detours on the way down totalling about a mile, and I had 10.5 when I got to the Y. On the way back I took a different detour for a tenth a mile so that I would finish before I got to my front door. Speed on the way down, slightly downhill overall, was 10:05 per mile. 9:25 on the way back for an overall speed of 9:45/mile. One water break at the Y, did not carry any water with me.
On the way back there was a woman leaving the Y just before me and running pretty well, so I chased her until she turned around at 3.5, then I maintained speed the rest of the way. Overall 20.00 miles in 3:15:00, 149 bpm, 171 max. RHR 53. Weight 169, down 2 pounds from last week but still 12 pounds over my best weight. My mileage is almost back, but at this weight my speed will take a while. I took some comfort in knowing that at race weight I would have been a lot faster.
I'm pretty happy with where I am right now, got in a good run on a fantastic day. The people who didn't run today because it is off-cycle missed a historic day, my first 20-miler since January 1 (also the record low, don't forget that). | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.80 |
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57F, 50%, NNW 4 mph. In Chicago for a conference, 10.8 miles @ 8:50 pace, had to extrapolate some because the Garmin did not like the new location. Ran from downtown south along the lakefront, past Soldier Field and McCormick Place out onto a point then back. Good run. Got hot at the end in the sunlight, even though the temperature was very moderate. 158 bpm, 171 max. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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52 F, 72% and calm, Chicago again. 6.0 miles at 9:50 pace, 141/152. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.18 |
| 71F, 84%, SSE 5 mph, back in Houston. 6.18 miles in 1:00:19, 9:46/mile 57 RHR, 145/152. Then ran 6.0 from work in the daylight, 82F, 75%, SSE 9 mph. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.18 |
| 69F, 86%, NE 11 mph, 6.18 miles in 59:01, 9:33/mile, 56 RHR, 143/153, ran one windsprint at the end, which was pretty awkward. That's how I know I'm out of shape, no smooth 5K pace. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.03 |
| 61F, 88%, NNW 6 mph. Visiting daughter and family in Temple. Got up late and ran 13.03 miles in 2:09:31, 9:56/mile. RHR 55, 143/157. Was planning on 10, then started texting with my daughter close to the end, and she came out and joined me for 3 more. The speed fell precipitously (my fault, not hers), but the conversation improved dramatically. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.11 |
| 56F, 100%, SW 5 mph. 12.11 miles in 2:02:30, 10:07 per mile. 53 RHR, 141/148. Got sick later in the day and didn't run again until Saturday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.18 |
| 75F, 92%, S 9-18 to start; 77F, 83%, S 12-16 at end. 6.18 miles progression run in 53:52, 8:33/mile, fastest 7:53, two pretty funny-looking wind sprints. RHR 56, 161/187. Top end is highest heart rate in two years -- alltime best is 193. Felt heavy and out of shape from not running, but weight is actually down a little, to 168. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.18 |
| 75F, 88%, SSE 9 mph. 6.18 miles at 10:00. On a whim I took the family dog, a border collie. I wonder if 6 miles in the humidity was a good run to break her in? She did fine, but had sore paws later in the day, which probably amounts to some kind of a violation on my part. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.22 |
| 78F, 87%, SSE 9-19. 10.22 miles in 1:39:24, 9:44/mile, 60RHR, 150/167 bpm. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 70F, 97% and calm. 10.0 miles in 1:37:1, 9:46/mile, 57 RHR, 144/158 bpm | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 72F, 97% and calm. 10.00 miles in 1:39:25, 9:56/mile; 62 RHR, 143/150 bpm. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| 76F, 94%, SSE 3 to start; 78F, 90%, SE 5 to finish. 14.0 miles in 2:13:46, 9:33/mile, 154/171 bpm. Trying to get back on track for 70 for the week, meaning I need 20 on Saturday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.77 |
| 73F, 94%, E 3. 10.77 miles in 1:51:53, 10:24/mile. 55 RHR; 140/150. Worst run in a while, just too much fatigue left from yesterday, I assume, though it wasn't like I ran hard yesterday or today. Left the house and headed to the YMCA the long way. My back was starting to speak to me and I needed to help my nephew move, so I called it a day -- woke my wife up and she drove to the Y and picked me up. Did not feel good at all despite intentionally taking things very slow. A run like this makes me wonder what is going to happen, but it's only one run. | | Add Comment |
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73F, 94%, SSE 4 to start, 77F, 89%, S 8 to end. Out the door at 5:00 for a re-do of Saturday's run. This time my run for the day before was 0 instead of 14 and it made a big difference, had no problem with the run other than the last 2 miles which were in the broad daylight, but that is a matter of conditioning. I hope to run quite a bit in the daylight this summer and get more acclimated to the heat than I have in other years. But despite liberal body glide all of the sweating has left me raw, very painful post-run shower. 20.00 miles in 3:21:27, 10:04/mile, 56 RHR, 149/172.
About 2 miles in there was a huge emergency response going on in the neighborhood I was running through. I was most of the way through the neighborhood when a cop car looked like he was trying to turn in front of me. I moved out of the way but eventually realized he wanted to talk. He asked me if I had seen a black male, but I hadn't seen anybody. He said somebody had been shot and that I should go home. I explained that I would have to go back through the neighborhood to do that and I might as well continue. He said OK and left. I have been unable to find any details. | | Comments(8) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.18 |
| 74F, 91%, SSE 8 mph. 6.18 miles in 1:01:59, 10:02/mile, 55 RHR, 140/145. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
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77F (81F finish), 88%, SSE 8-17. 10.0 miles in 1:36:13, 9:37/mile, 149/163.
PM Vitamin D run: 5:00 p.m. -- 88F, strong south wind, 10:0 miles at 9:38/mile, 157/170. Big solar run, was OK until the last two miles then died. Need to do more of these. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 213.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 213.83 |
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