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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

Fri, Mar 19, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.06

47F, wind ESE 5 mph, clear. Perfect running weather. Ran 10.06 in 1:50:52, average pace 11:01 per mile, low heart rate, regular shoes. So even in regular shoes only 8 seconds per mile slower than yesterday. Either that means I was better today or the differential between regular shoes and flats is not as great as I first guessed. Either way a good run.

I spent all day yesterday putting together some Ikea furniture for my daughter's friend's new bedroom. It says "some assembly required", but the desk, dresser and armoire came in boxes of pieces, little tiny pieces that look like they were collected from an explosion at a tinker toy factory. Managed to get it all put together though, even had a few pieces left over. We loaded it all up in the pickup, put on the flashers, took it over and unloaded it, got some Tex Mex and didn't get home until late, but glad it was done. Now that I think about it, all that probably slowed me down a little bit this morning. Gotta get some paying work done today.

Comments

From SlowJoe on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:31:52 from 131.59.200.82

It looks like you're making some great improvements in fitness. The flats would be a bonus; let me know if you reach a conclusion on whether they are actually worth it.

I hate, hate, hate IKEA. We used to go to the one on the Katy freeway when we lived in Houston and my wife would get so excited at the furniture and prices, but all I could think of was how many hours I would have to spend putting this together. I applaud your efforts.

From baldnspicy on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:42:55 from 167.164.3.140

Wow, nice long run! I'm impressed!

I've never done IKEA furniture, but I hear it's pretty good. It's nice of you to put that together for a daughter's friend. "Some assembly required" is similar to "batteries not included" you know it means you'll either be doing work or paying more in batteries than the thing actually cost. Neither are ideal.

From flatlander on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:25:44 from 198.207.244.102

Joe, thanks. That is the same IKEA we went to! They sell some good hot dogs there -- not good for me, but at 50 cents I had to eat one out of principle. And by the third piece of furniture I was getting pretty good at it.

Bald, yeah, batteries for things that move are a loser every time. They work OK in phones and calculators, but that pink bunny wears out a lot quicker in real life than in the commercials.

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