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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, Mar 17, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.60	0.00	2.50	0.00	10.10

49F, clear. Ran 10.10 miles in 1:39:04, average pace 9:49. I warmed up for 3 miles then ran 20x200 with equal rest intervals. The fast legs averaged about 7:35 - 7:40 (slowest 7:54, fastest 7:27). The intervals weren't exactly 200 meters since I didn't have that distance set as my automatic lap counter, but the paces are pretty accurate because that's what Garmins do. These weren't terribly fast, even for me, but I was concentrating on keeping good form (pushing off instead of reaching out) and not pulling too hard on my left groin. I think I did OK in that regard but even so I might could have taken them a little faster, I just wasn't sure what to expect. I am on a quest to be less identifiable as an old man from a distance, and I think doing short fast intervals is a way to lengthen my stride, to coin a phrase.

At the end I ran another 2.1 cooldown at 10:29 and 9:29. Overall I seem to be OK.

Comments

From SlowJoe on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:46:11 from 131.59.200.80

I like that "quest to be less identifiable as an old man from a distance." I was just thinking the other day that my I bet my warmup shuffle makes it seem like I'm 80. 20 200s is quite impressive, especially since it looks like you only rested for 200 (or less) inbetween.

From lightitup on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:58:41 from 67.185.20.107

I wonder how you would do with Yasso 800s....

From flatlander on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 17:30:16 from 76.31.26.153

Joe, thanks, but it really wasn't much. I was happy to get through it with no obvious damage, but I need to get better. Someday I'll post video of my form, but only when I can do it in a "before and after" format.

E, I hear conflicting opinions about Yasso's. I haven't tried them myself but I'm almost thinking that I should be doing mostly MP and all-out short sprints, for those days when I am not running long and slow or lifting. What is the theory on Yasso's?

From lightitup on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 17:36:30 from 67.185.20.107

I have too but thought they were enticing, I started my running by being an 800 meter runner...Bart Yasso stands by them. If nothing else they are a confidence builder that you are capable of attaining a certain time. In your case when you are worried about speed, being able to do 10 800s at 3:45 with 3 minutes and 45 seconds of rest between each should boost the morale. Then again, I haven't done them myself! I've been meaning to ask my coach about them.

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