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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
10.0712.000.000.0022.07

46F, 55% humidity, wind NNE 7 mph.  It was supposed to be 41F this morning but was happy to see it a little warmer, left my gloves at home and ran pretty much in perfect temperatures, together with low humidity.  Ran the first 9 at 8:55 pace (GMP + 1) then ran 12 at GMP and 1 cooldown.  GMP miles were 8:17 (150), 8:03 (155), 7:56 (160), 7:50 (165), 7:59 (165), 8:05 (165), 7:54 (165), 8:03 (162), 8:15 (156), 7:57 (164), 7:29 (170) and 7:18 (176), maximum heart rate 182, average 7:56 for the 12.  Overall 22.07 miles, average 8:27 per mile, almost exactly the pace I ran at Richmond.  Flat shoes.  This was a hard run, stopped at mile 17 for water and took a phone call in mile 18.  Was happy to stop both times but it was hard getting back up to speed, my legs freeze up almost immediately when I stop.

My youngest daughter turns 14 today and she had a houseful of friends spending the night.  They got to bed at 3:30, but I didn't hear a thing.  They were up already when I got back and came down and joined me for breakfast.  They asked me how far I ran and had a look of incomprehension when I told them.  It was like explaining calculus to my granddaughter.

This is it for this training cycle.  Off to Argentina tonight, I plan to run there on Monday and Tuesday and I will miss Wednesday's run traveling back.  They have mid-summer temperatures going, not sure what the humidity is like.  There is a chance I may have to skip my New Years Day marathon because of a year-end business trip, but that is OK if it happens, the economy is back!

Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 02:33:32 from 109.70.68.174

Really great run and super-impressive finish to a 22-miler. Hope you still get to run the marathon; you sure go to some cool places for work though - I tend to end up in the various armpits of the world on my trips.

From Burt on Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:50:01 from 206.19.214.144

#3 on the mileage board for last week. Impressive. Your daughter's friends have every right to look at you in utter uncomprehension-ness. Argentina? Geez! That sounds fun.

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