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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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Wed, Oct 22, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	16.00	0.00	0.00	16.00

64F, 90%, NE 3 mph. Notably warmer than last Wednesday when I did this run. Just like last week, this morning was after a day off due to an excessive work schedule. Got to bed at midnight last night, so a short night on top of everything else.

After a short wu, I ran 16 in 2:07:32, essentially the same as last week. Average heart rate 159, max 170. I was kind of agitated during the run about how difficult it was starting to get, hit 8:07, 8:11 and 8:07 around the 2/3 point even though I was pressing somewhat to take the splits back down. After that I had to dig quite a bit deeper to get my speed back, but when I finished and checked the metrics against last week I realized that I had improved. Overall heart rate and max both went down by 2 - 3 bpm even though the dew point this morning was 12 degrees higher than last week. So I am revising my assessment, it appears that I making progress. Richmond morning temps are running in the high 40s right now, and I can see finishing out the full distance if hitting the splits becomes a little easier, which should happen from a combination of a little bit more conditioning, rested legs and cooler temperatures.

Comments

From Tom K on Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 06:46:51 from 68.56.238.126

Making progress! Sweet!

You are doing the half on the 8th, right?

From flatlander on Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 14:06:33 from 76.31.29.220

Thanks Tom. I am registered for the half but made a late decision to switch to the full, it will give me a long lead time to get ready for Boston. The on-line switching deadline was the end of last month, so I have to do it at the expo, and won't be able to if the full is over-subscribed.

Are you going to be there? I believe you said you have run this race in the past. My son lives in Richmond now and he is running the half, but as a new resident he hasn't had enough time to do get in more than a couple of 6-mile and 8-mile runs. Too bad about that, he is a fine runner.

From Tom K on Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 06:34:15 from 68.56.238.126

No, I have never been to Richmond. A while back, I was trying to convince you to run Savannah with me on the 8th, but you said you were doing a half somewhere else. And now, I'm not running Savannah. You could run it with me next year! Come on, man. I know it's a long time out, but Flat, Sea-level, Saturday, huh? Huh? Sounds good, right?

From flatlander on Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:00:21 from 76.31.29.220

OK, Savannah, yup, I remember that now. Next year might be a good time to try it, if I am still running fulls by that point. Lots of pressure around here to switch to shorter races. It would be a lot of fun to do something like that, but you have to guarantee it is perfectly flat. My sensitive legs can detect the slightest upward tilt.

From Tom K on Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:01:29 from 68.56.238.126

Course Profile:_________________________

From flatlander on Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:05:29 from 76.31.29.220

I'm in.

From Tom K on Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:09:27 from 68.56.238.126

seriously:

http://findmymarathon.com/race-detail.php?zname=Rock n Roll Savannah Marathon

From flatlander on Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:27:47 from 76.31.29.220

Interesting that the course comparison tool rates Boston almost 2 minutes faster. But I think a flat course is always going to be faster than Boston. I'll know better after I actually run Boston, but I don't see too many people reporting PRs there. I also noticed that Savannah has a half, so even if I have sworn off the marathon elixer by that point there is still plenty to do.

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