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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Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.10

48F, weather moving in. Ran 10.1 at slow pace, but no heart rate monitor or GPS, which are on the fritz again. Average pace about 10:40 per mile. Still not feeling too great. This morning it was my outside left hip, back again after bothering me some last week. I almost stopped at 8, then decided to go on and it started feeling a little better. Funny thing is, it disappeared immediately when I stopped, which indicates something like an ITB (doesn't the ITB band go the whole length of your leg?). I'll have to do some internet sleuthing and see if I can figure out what it is. My left groin also started out sore, but didn't bother me once I got going. Neck and shoulder still sore from the fall and still have a little bit of a headache. Other than that, everything is peachy.

I was accosted three separate times by dogs let out the front door by owners too lazy to walk them. Incomprehensible to me why anybody would think that is OK, much less three different people on the same morning. I am sure there must be something good to say about these particular dog owners. Maybe no cavities?

Comments

From Burt on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:16:51 from 206.19.214.144

When the dogs come after you again, just play dead. Throw yourself on your back as quick and hard as possible so they really buy it. They'll be sure to leave you alone, especially if they can sniff your virgin footprints.

From flatlander on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 15:26:42 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks for the advice, I have been mulling it over all morning. You're right, the only thing missing from that sorry scene in Albuquerque was a mutt sniffing at my face. Funny thing, though, I was in that particular location because I changed routes to avoid some dogs that were out running around -- no dogs, no fall. Trying to decide the meaning of me and dogs.

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