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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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Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.026.000.000.0012.02

46F, 87% humidity, wind NNW 8 mph, blustery and clearing.  Finally saw the moon and it was dry out there.  Felt pretty stiff from yesterday, even though it was a slow run, but no injuries, so I felt pretty much OK from the beginning today.  Turned out to be a good run.  I planned to run 5 at low heart rate, then six at GMP (7:30) then cool down one.  When I woke up my mojo failed me and I decided to go for 4 fast miles, because I have been having trouble hitting 7:30 lately.  The slow miles were uneventful except for one incident with a small dog.  at 4.75 miles I sped up and hit my stride going into mile 6.  The speed felt hard but not overwhelming and I thought maybe 6 wouldn't be so bad after all.  7:38 (156), 7:18 (163), 7:21 (167), 7:21 (170), 7:16 (173) and 7:18 (175), average 7:22 for the 6 fast ones.  I let up on the gas pedal a little bit because I want to run some more fast miles this week.  Wade and I have decided to run a half in Beaumont on the second Saturday in March.  My nephew, his wife and her father (who is from Beaumont) are also going to run it.  Original plan was to run 7:30 pace but now I think it might be possible to go faster.  One morning doesn't make a race, but today was a good omen.

OK, about this dog.  Some 8-year old girl accidentally let him out the front door and he was relentless.  Very small but wouldn't go away.  She was out there trying to chase him in a house coat, crying in the cold.  I didn't know what to do, so I just stood there while the drama played out.  Not a good situation, but I don't want to be bitten no matter how small the dog.  This one definitely wanted a piece of me and the girl knew it.  I have no idea why this poor girl's parents didn't come out and resolve the situation, some people have no manners.  But it was a small price to pay for a good run.

Comments
From lightitup on Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:42:06 from 71.37.143.96

Sorry about the little girl, sounds so sad. But Big Phat Smile over your speed. It seems it has come back.

From Preston Tatum on Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:48:18 from 67.79.11.242

Sounds like you had a really good run...! I wish I could keep my heart rate up there for that peroid of time...you're the flatlander, maybe I should call myself flatliner...Preston

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 14:59:51 from 184.79.24.255

Great run there, I'd bet money you'll be solidly under 7:30 avg for that race.

From Rye on Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 17:57:55 from 75.167.170.183

Hey flat... this is a blog...you could have wrote "a large, mean, and angry Pit Bull dog came out after me and tore my running pants into shreds....." wait, that wouldn't work....you run in Texas...shorts 12 months out of the year! Nice miles this week!

From derhammer on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 16:30:34 from 65.67.40.73

Good run, flat. You always have adventures on your runs.

There is a bend in a road I always run and I have seen a skunk scurrying about on a few occasions. I am worried he will get me one day. Hmmm..not sure what would be worse, a dog bite or skunk spray. Glad you ecscaped unharmed.

Rye, it was 32 degrees this morning and I actually wore my tights. Maybe I am getting weak. :-)

From Preston Tatum on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 16:38:46 from 67.79.11.242

I acutally wear tights if it's below 60 degrees...I'd wear a parka when it's 32 degrees, if I had one..!

From flatlander on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 18:01:11 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks E. Some of it at least, but to put things in perspective I ran a 10K at 7:07 back in November at about the same temperature.

PT, not too late to change your name! As Rye says, it's a blog, you can be anything!

Joe, we'll see. Not sure what I'm going through right now but I feel like I'm making progress so I'll keep at it.

Rye, actually saw a loose pit bull one morning. Luckily he didn't bother me.

DH, hoping to never see a skunk report, let's stick with dogs.

From Preston Tatum on Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 18:09:42 from 67.79.11.242

You know...you're probably right. I just found the Blog and logged in without much thought...Just Like I Run...! I'll try to come up with something more interesting to entertain you guys...HaHa

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