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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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Sat, Nov 05, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.47

37F, 99%, E 1 mph. Very nice morning, wore gloves, long sleeves and a beanie but no long pants and that turned out about right. Wade picked me up at 5:15 and we did 10 from the Y starting at 5:30. Only one other guy showed up, Dave, who I hadn't met before. He took off fast. We took the first 5 at about an 8:00 to 8:15 pace, then Dave went a different direction and Wade and I immediately slowed down to a 9:00 pace. After Wade left I ran home from the Y, with enough detours to make another 10 miles. But my left calf had stiffened from the first 10 and it was painful the whole way, never really got back to normal. I ran about 9:30s on the way home, some splits even slower. I'm worried but it feels better today after a long "fall back" 9 hours of sleep.

Altogether 20.47 miles in 3:10:25, average pace 9:18 per mile. About 2 miles from the house I saw another runner staring at my shoes, which isn't unusual, because my shoes are unusual. Then I saw he didn't have any shoes at all. I have heard all about these guys, but this was my first actual sighting. He appeared normal from the ankles up.

Comments

From SonofaFlatlander on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 17:13:57 from 99.30.108.173

Props to that guy. I'd like to try that but it seems unwise in the dark.

From JG on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 21:40:55 from 71.59.27.33

Are you training for an Ultra? Crazy miles the last couple weeks, nice job! Bare feet in 37 deg, that's even crazier!

From Stephen on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 09:52:43 from 204.182.3.236

You're not giving any "normal" people a chance to compete with your kind of mileage. But for health's sake, we keep trying.

From I Just Run on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 11:12:13 from 67.79.11.242

Yikes...37 degrees and no shoes, that's crazy. Not to mention the wear and tear on your feet! I didn't see any of the top runners in the NYC marathon barefooted. You sure are running a lot of miles, have you ever thought about running an Ultra-Marathon?

From SlowJoe on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 16:07:22 from 132.3.53.68

He must've been lost - I hope you gave him directions back to California.

Nice 20.

From flatlander on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 17:27:46 from 64.129.54.210

SF, um, your wife just joined the blog, thought I should tell you.

JG, nope, not yet anyway. I don't really have any way to train on trails consistently around here. Funny though, when I started out I thought that was what I wanted to do, and someday I just might once I have done everything I can with street racing.

Stephen, the miles mean nothing. It's just base work and trying to do a lot of it. There won't be any payoff until I start doing speedwork again, and at my age there might not be any payoff then either.

Preston, no ultras in my future, although I am seriously considering pacing Crockett when he comes to Huntsville in February for the Rocky Raccoon. But that would be one lap, or two at the most.

Joe, that's funny. I have been in various neighborhoods before and been told that I must be lost.

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