| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 22.18 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 28.18 |
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48F, windy and rainy, wind chill 41F, out the door very early to run 20.23 in 3:31:29, a 10:27 overall pace. It did this run a little differently. I ran 5 miles at low heart rate, then thought I would try running 10 or 12 at a little faster than Boston pace, which is 8:35 per mile for me and faster than my last marathon pace by about a minute. I kept up the pace for a while, but had to stop after 6. Those splits and heart rates were 8:26 (157), 8:23 (166), 8:29 (171), 8:31 (172), 9:03 (172), 8:32 (173), for an average pace of 8:37, so I almost made it. It was that 5th split that tanked my overall pace, and also the point where I knew this boy was not doing 10 of these today, much less 12. I'll probably try it again in a week and go for 8 or 10, working up to this milestone a little more gradually. Then maybe try for this pace for a entire half marathon which I am running in two weeks. Whether I make it or not in the short term, I have enough time to get my time down this year.
So after bailing on the fast run at mile 11, I still had 9 to go. Uh oh. Death march to the end, starting out in the high 11s and ending up in the high 9s. I'm not sure how much good I got out of those last miles, it was more a matter of principle. I finished in just enough time to make some stake meetings at 9:00, but it was weird sitting in a suit and tie with quads still burning and a couple of sweat beads sliding down my back. (Fully showered and hygenic, of course.)
P.S. My son has a plan to get ready for the half marathon in Phoenix in two weeks. Very simple, 8 miles today and 10 miles next Saturday. His original plan was 8, 10 and 12, but last Saturday he got busy with a video game and then his friends called, so he revised his plan. Disgusting, especially since it will probably work. Last night he came home late under questionable circumstances, but I held back, something I am getting used to. Instead I ran his 8 with him, it was actually 7.95 but close enough. He thinks I am certifiable, but he was the one struggling. We started out in the low 10s and ended up in the high 10s. It wasn't like I was feeling good, but I could have held that pace for longer and he collapsed on the lawn. Anyway, the point is that it was the thing to do, at his age parents don't get many chances to engage in memorable activities, and he won't soon forget this one. | | |
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