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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
16.130.000.000.0016.13

48F, 100% humidity, calm and foggy.  Very nice running morning, got out the door at 4:45 and ran down to the Y, met up with Wade and ran some miles with the Saturday group, then Wade and I broke off, I dropped him off at his house and ran home.  Total 16.13 miles in 2:33:40, average pace 9:31 per mile, regular shoes.  The last two miles my legs felt like they were about to fall off.  I usually have quite a bit left in my legs, it's my stomach that limits how fast I can run, but today I was still tired from a week ago.  It is now Saturday night and I feel like I ran 20 at a 9:00 pace, not terrible but certainly some residue.  Ready for a day off tomorrow.

Wade and I are talking a big game these days.  There is a 50K in Huntsville State Park on December 11.  We are thinking it would be a good training run, certainly wouldn't want to race that distance right now.  Maybe sanity will return in the morning.

Comments
From Rye on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 09:33:26 from 174.27.85.112

Once you talk about something it seems like the next step is doing it! Sounds fun?

From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 17:08:24 from 214.13.130.104

Bah, I'm pretty sure I've seen you do a 50K training run before. I agree with Rye, sounds like fun? No problem. Coming from the guy whose legs almost fell off after 18.

From Smooth on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 19:56:23 from 67.2.111.170

WOW! NICE mileage just a week after your awesome BQ performance! That 50K does sound fun! You got to enjoy the lovely weather while it lasts! :)

From flatlander on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:48:28 from 198.207.244.102

Rye and Joe, woulda been fun but I pulled out, seemed the sane thing to do with some other stuff going on that day.

Smooth, today was actually too warm but it felt nice even if it slowed me down a little. I know there won't be many of these left for the next 4 or 5 months. Warm again tomorrow morning then the temperature plunges again. I think it will be about 32 on Thanksgiving morning, which is pretty cold for that early in the year around here.

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