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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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29F, 77% humidity, wind ENE 5 mph.  Stellar morning.  Out the door early, ran 4 before the seminary run, then took care of some work duties and ran 8 more in the bright sunshine.  It was nice out there.  Ran slower than normal after going hard yesterday:  12.24 miles in 2:07:17, average pace 10:24 per mile, flat shoes and LHR.  We have another weather system coming in, but so far I am unimpressed.  What impresses me is the number of sub-30 days we have had this year.  Must be 10 or 15 by now and we should have a couple more this week.  Some winters here it never freezes.  Either way, though, I have yet to see it get so cold you can't run, although last Wednesday was close.  Pretty much, we get to run year-round here, although a lot of locals take the summer off.

My legs hurt more today than they did after running hard yesterday.  Part of it must be delayed onset, and part of it is going out again after cooling down completely.  But the bottom line is that slow is not the same as easy.

Comments
From I Just Run on Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 15:30:34 from 67.79.11.242

Hey...I take exception to your comment "I have yet to see it get so cold you can't run"... To me below 40 is too cold...Oh yeah...I'm not a "real" runner...ha ha

Good thing I don't mind running on the treadmill.

IJR

From SlowJoe'sGrl on Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 23:45:12 from 184.79.24.255

You definitely haven't really been getting the Abilene weather if it hasn't been too cold to run yet. Single digits is too cold! But, then again anything below 32 and I will not go out.

From Burt on Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 14:12:37 from 206.19.214.144

I hope the tree in my front yard didn't freeze to death. The leaves are all dying. Any suggestions?

From I Just Run on Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 14:47:53 from 67.79.11.242

Burt,

Just cut it down and you won't have to worry about it!

From Burt on Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 14:50:56 from 206.19.214.144

Ha! I'll only have to worry about my landlord.

From flatlander on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 15:47:03 from 198.207.244.102

IJR, too funny, the only important thing is to get in the run. If you can tolerate a TM, consider yourself lucky.

SJG, looks like you got the worst of it up there by far. Hopefully the weather is clearing out today.

Burt, don't ask me, every plant I have owned is dead, not counting the grass. All I can say is water it and if that doesn't work turn it into firewood and invite the neighbors over for a BBQ.

From I Just Run on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 15:51:23 from 67.79.11.242

I changed my mind regarding what to do about the tree.... Burt, I think you should just cut it down and then run about 10 miles...then everything will feel right.

From Burt on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 15:56:00 from 206.19.214.144

Running does make everything feel okay.

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