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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
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22º, 11ºWC, wind NW 12 mph, humidity 70%.  Second coldest morning this winter for us.  But it was dry.  I didn't get to bed until 1:30 last night due to work issues, but my sweet wife offered to do the seminary run for me this morning, so I slept in until 7:30 and woke up refreshed.

The cold didn't seem so bad in the daylight.  I warmed up for 4 miles, 9:08, 8:20, 8:17 and 8:13.  Then launched into 10 x 400 (400 rest interval) as fast as my legs could do it.  I got faster as my legs loosened up.  Mile-equivalent paces for the quarters were 6:57, 6:49, 6:28, 6:43, 6:28, 6:24, 6:23, 6:14, 6:09 and 6:17.  Then a 1-mile cool-down.  I was happier with the last five than the first five.  I got more speed by trying to push off harder so as to get longer strides.  That seemed to smooth things out and helped me to pick up the pace.  Was actually nauseous when I finished but managed to eat a nutritious breakfast on schedule.  Overall run was 10.09 miles in 1:23: 45, average pace 8:18, flat shoes, ditched my heart rate strap after 2 miles, didn't really need it today anyway and there was no hope of getting a read-out in these temperatures.

Found a new pizza dive yesterday, best I have had in my 30 years in Houston.  Serving the best pizza in Houston is not a high standard, but it's always good to get a PR.

Comments
From Stephen on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 15:16:41 from 204.182.3.235

WOW!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 15:34:28 from 131.59.200.82

Those are great 400s, especially with such short rest. Way to get out there in the cold, I was not so ambitions this morning.

From I Just Run on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:25:19 from 67.79.11.242

My problem with trying to run in 22 degree weather is that I could run for 40 miles and never warm up! Maybe I need to move to Arizona!

From Mack on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:30:12 from 71.111.188.189

Nice job getting in an impressive workout in chilly weather!!

Now I'm hungry for pizza.

From derhammer on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 22:58:37 from 24.28.82.222

Nice! I like it. :-)

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