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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, Feb 02, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.07	8.00	0.00	0.00	10.07

19F, 62% humidity, wind NNW 12 mph, 7F wind chill, partly cloudy. It was already 21F when I went to bed last night, so this could have been worse. With lower than usual humidity it didn't turn out to be all that bad. Certainly the cold was a distraction, and it was tough running against the wind, but perhaps two shirts and a pullover were a little much? Had to shed the pullover after 2 miles. I considered passing on this run because I was afraid that frost bite would ruin my complexion. But I'm glad I went out there, and I'm happy to report that I look the same, for better or worse. Wind chill-wise, this is the lowest temperature I remember for a couple of decades, and it will be similar tomorrow morning.

The objective was to get this over as soon as possible, so I "warmed up" as fast as I could, 9:13 and 8:13, then hit mid-7s plus a little for the rest of the run, 7:42, 7:34, 7:34, 7:28, 7:33, 7:30, 7:35 and 7:29. I figured it was useless to try to get a heart rate reading, but as it turned out I was sweating enough I could have done it. I am estimating 165-175 for the 8 hard ones, but not sure. Total distance 10.07 in 1:18:37, average pace 7:48 and flat shoes.

Speaking of which, here they are:

This is my first pair of flat shoes and they are just about done after about 500 miles. (Regular shoes still going strong after a couple of thousand miles.) Most of the wear is on the outside ball, which is generally correct I think. But the right foot has a hole in that spot and the left foot still has a little bit of tread. I wonder if I am striking unevenly. I don't have a coach, but it would be interesting if I could find somebody really good who could take my stride apart and put it together again.

Comments

From I Just Run on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 12:26:53 from 67.79.11.242

You're obviously not a "Texan"...a true Texan couldn't endure running in 19 degree weather...! I ran the other day when it was 29, had 3 or 4 layers of clothes on and still froze to death. The next day I taped hand warmers on the top of both shoes and put one in each glove...I still froze to death. I'm obviously a true Texan and a fair weather runner....Or maybe it's the flat shoes that make you invincible...!

From Kelli on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 21:55:36 from 71.219.84.215

JUST ABOUT DONE? I see holes, doesn't that mean DONE???

Nice run, stay warm!

From derhammer on Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 10:47:31 from 192.156.110.31

First off, nice run.

You are definitely a supinator like me. I tend to wear the outer corners out though, not all the way up the shoe like you do. I am sure you can find someone who does biomechanical analysis in Houston, if you are so inclined. I have gone through one on found it to be quite helpful.

From Rye on Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 16:42:37 from 71.209.59.65

Those shoes look hammered!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 20:21:05 from 184.79.24.255

I would've expected your shoes to have at least 1 hole in them from overuse, very nice.

From flatlander on Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 22:43:59 from 76.31.26.153

IJR, I know I'm only an imposter, I will always be one. Nice to dream, though.

Kelli, OK, done.

David, I'll start looking, I think it would be beneficial.

Rye and Joe, my truck has a hole in it, too, I'll have to post that sometime. My kids hate it or would have sold it long ago.

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