For Whom the Dogs Bark

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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

Sat, Apr 16, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
18.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.13

48F, 78%, calm and clear. Weather could not possibly be one bit better, it was almost magical out there. I left the house at 4:29 and ran down to the Y to meet up with Wade and the rest of the group at about 6. Got there early, running very low heart rate which in the cool air worked out to about a 10-minute pace. Nobody there yet, so I went out for another small loop. They had arrived and were just leaving on the run when I got back. Wade and one of his friends from his previous work place led out, chattering away. I met a guy named Stan who is about my age (OK, three years younger, but close enough) and we hung back just a little and talked running war stories. He doesn't run marathons anymore, but his PR is a little better than mine, which I say makes him a good runner.

With all the talking I kept thinking that the pace had picked up quite a bit, checked my watch and sure enough, we were in the low 8s. Stan turned back after 4 miles and I sped up and caught Wade and his friend. We went another mile then turned back and booked it in, we were in the 7s by the time we finished, the last quarter about mid-6s. It was one of those mornings you don't want to miss, so much fun, made me grateful to be a runner. Total 18.13 miles in 2:48:47, average pace 9:19 per mile, flat shoes.

When we got back to the Y they were setting up for a fun run. We never did find out how far they were running, but we took a clue by the location of the first water stop, just to the right of the start line below. We skipped the fun run.

Comments

From Rye on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 13:07:46 from 71.32.181.43

Sounds magical.... Enjoy the moment. 48 degrees and no wind...wow! Way to keep that mileage up. You are amazing.

From rockness18 on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 13:08:16 from 75.16.160.230

Wow...great week of running! You've topped the leaderboard as well.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 14:53:47 from 184.79.24.255

They say never skip a water stop, but wow...

Nice job on another great week, I love those kinds of runs.

From PRE on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 22:20:31 from 99.50.214.225

Hi Flatlander,

You are putting in some amazing mileage. Do you have any races scheduled?

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