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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

Tue, Nov 01, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
16.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.13

46F, 100% and calm. Great running weather, was supposed to heat back up to the low 60s this morning but it didn't happen. Due to Halloween last night, I slept in until time for the seminary run, so got started running very late. It was 9:00 by the time I finished but still comfortably cool. I ran 16.13 LHR miles in 2:40:50, average pace 9:58 per mile. My left calf is bothering me considerably, probably from running hills on Saturday, and I think that slowed me down. But I think it is excessive soreness, not an injury. It feels generally OK once I get going. But the colder weather had a different effect. I was making more detours to the facilities than a sailor coming off shore leave.

Halloween was interesting. Our eclectic cul-de-sac got together (Peru/Argentina, England/France, some Arab guy who has replaced the Mexican/Irish couple, Flatlander/Mrs. Flatlander, plus one normal couple), set out tables and passed out candy from there instead of our front doors. The Arab wasn't there (in fact, nobody has actually met him), and the French lady lit into him, her accent thickening after each glass of wine. She thinks it is suspicious that he paid cash for his house, it is his second house, he is never there, he is single with weird facial hair, and his name is unpronounceable and sounds Middle Eastern. She has "friends in the FBI" and intends to get to the bottom of it. I was shaking with laughter -- no American could talk like that. But I managed to get to the end of the night without offending her -- she is a wonderful cook and I want to stay on her good side. After all, "cul-de-sac" is very French; and who knows, she might be right about my new neighbor.

Comments

From Rye on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 23:41:19 from 174.27.124.34

Man, you have the craziest stories. Must be a Texan thing. I would be suspicious though, on the other hand, I watch more "24" than is needed. Everyone is a mole......

From JG on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 23:49:15 from 71.59.27.33

Great mileage Flat ... that Half marathon must not have been challenging for you ... you have not run less than 14 miles since! Interesting cul-de-sac party!!

From I Just Run on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 10:17:59 from 67.79.11.242

You must just cut and paste your milage each week...Wow what miles!

I'm thinking your neighborhood doesn't sound much like a Texas community, I see no Texicans live there.

I'm with the French lady, I'd keep my eye on that ME guy. I'm sure Rye would agree with me, just read his blog title!

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