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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
15.000.000.000.0015.00

55F. 15.0 miles at 8:14/mile. Was planning on 20 even though I got a late start (6:30 a.m.), which I didn't regret. Then at the HM mark I started to chafe (forgot the body glide, last time this summer I will do that) and my feet started to get sore. I caught the 8:30 guy at mile 3, the 8:20 guy at mile 11 and the 8:15 guy at mile 14. Average HR 151, max 164, last mile 161 bpm. At these heart rates I had enough stamina to push through, but my body is a little bit short of absorbing 20 miles worth of pounding right now. Bad news, I am starting to get in the PR frame of mind again. Getting on a plane tonight, gone for about 2 weeks, so mostly TM miles for a while.

Comments
From Dan on Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 09:18:30 from 71.72.159.140

Forgetting glide is the worst! Safe travels and I like the PR mindset.

From Yasir on Sat, May 14, 2016 at 22:12:50 from 99.20.240.16

Just checking on you

From I Just Run on Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 13:25:31 from 108.178.73.170

Just because I've been out doesn't mean you can drop out too...! How are your?

From Burt on Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 11:55:07 from 70.176.85.97

Happy New Year!

From flatlander on Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 13:04:14 from 208.87.239.202

Thanks Burt, I hope you and your family are doing well. Am still running, quite a bit slower, but thinking of re-activating my blog.

From Tom K on Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 14:02:06 from 174.58.51.37

ALL HAIL THE FLATMAN! Come on back, bro!

From Dan on Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 14:18:03 from 74.140.172.126

Come on back!!

From Dan on Sat, Feb 03, 2018 at 21:48:25 from 74.140.172.126

Probably time Flat, groundhog seeing is shadow is icing on the cake.

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