| 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 | | 35.40 | 34.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.40 |
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| 60F, 91%, NW 6 mph. The rain from Saturday passed through and left cool air behind it. So on a whim I thought I would take another shot at 20 at 7:45. Failed again, but not by as much. I was fine through about 12, but then I couldn't hold the pace any longer so I quit rather than stumble in the last 5. I mapped out a course that was a little over 2.5 miles. By the Garmin (which was showing each loop at a little less than 2.5) I had a 7:43 pace, by Google Earth I had 7:35, so 8 seconds difference -- this course is a little straighter, so the discrepancy was not as bad as the 14 seconds from last Friday, but it is still significant. Uncorrected splits/HR as follows: 7:44 (159), 7:40 (162), 7:40 (164), 7:23 (167), 7:40 (168), 7:37 (169), 7:42 (168), 7:48 (168), 7:37 (169), 7:49 (168), 7:43 (170), 7:49 (169), 7:55 (169), 7:40 (170) and 7:46 (167). Cooler air made a big difference, but not quite enough. Probably could have averaged 7:45 for the 20, especially corrected to actual distance, but the point is to hold pace throughout. I'll try again. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 63F, 81% and calm. Thought I would run a quick 6 and then go do the track workout with my running group. Ripped off the first mile at 10:18 and quickly changed plans. Legs were fatigued from yesterday, which is understandable. Speed work today would have certainly resulted in an injury. Ran about 12 at about 9:10 pace, and it felt fast. Heart rate average was 136 and it never broke 146, so at least my body knew it was slow. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 57F, 100% and calm. Probably the best weather in a year. Got a late start due to some work complications. Ran 3 medium then 4 fast: 8:35, 8:12 (143), 8:05 (151), 7:24 (165), 7:07 (173), 7:16 (176) and 7:10 (180). I need to run more miles at GMP, heart rate is still too high for this speed to be anything better than a 10K. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 61F, 100% and calm. Nice again today. Supposed to be 65F tomorrow morning, I was going to do my long run tomorrow but I might wait until Saturday, forecast 55F. I am signed up for a 5K on Saturday, but the hard long run is more important, so I dunno. But in any event I ran 10 slow today, trying to get rested. 1:27:51, 8:47 per mile (8:58 on my lame Garmin, it was the curvy route.), 140 bpm. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 65F, 100% and calm. 10.0 miles in 1:26:34, 8:39/mile, 141 bpm. Thought of going long today but decided to wait until tomorrow in hopes it would cool down. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.40 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.40 |
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64F, 100%, NW 3 mph. I skipped a 5K to launch once more at the 7:45/20-mile barrier, didn't make it over the top. Weather wasn't quite cool enough and I didn't have enough endurance. Haven't run enough miles this year. Warmed up for 0.4 then ran 15.0 as follows: 7:40 (151), 7:43 (156), 7:35 (158), 7:43 (158), 7:37 (158), 7:50 (161), 7:49 (162), 7:35 (162), 8:02 (162), 7:39 (165), 7:38 (167), 7:38 (167), 7:50 (168), 7:37 (169) and 7:52 (169). Overall 1:55:49, 7:43/mile, 161 bpm. I know I am done when I try to speed up and slow down instead, that is a totally reliable metric. Once my heart rate approaches 170 I can't go much further, not sure how I did a 169 average for SGM exactly a year ago. Last long fast run will be in two weeks. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 35.40 | 34.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.40 |
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