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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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Tue, Sep 28, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.13	6.00	0.00	0.00	7.13

56F, 86% humidity, calm and clear. Beautiful out there. I am not yet getting the cool weather pop I had hoped for. Ankle still feels weak when I land on it, but I stubbornly went out there anyway, it was actually a little better today. Ran 7.13 in 1:00:36, average pace 8:30 per mile, 8:12 per mile after taking out the warmup lap, regular shoes.

Jury duty yesterday was something else. My strategy for not getting picked is to go in dressed to the max, makes me look educated which is not a good quality in a juror. Lawyers are not exempt in Texas like in some states, but we almost never get picked. Would have been a personal scheduling disaster if I had been. I got on a panel for a murder trial for a teenager who spoke no English, juror No. 1 in a panel of 64. Right out of the box the Assistant DA asked somebody what they would think if juror No. 1 shot juror No. 2 just because I didn't like him. I chimed in that I was just putting him out of his misery so he wouldn't have to do jury duty. Everybody laughed except for the DA. It went downhill from there, but I didn't get picked, so something worked. I was worried, though. Most of the men on the panel either wanted to fry the kid or set him free, all without knowing any facts about the case whatsoever. I thought they might have to pick me out of desperation, but they ended up picking 10 women and 2 men. They had to go all the way to the back row to get their 12 but I think they somehow came up with a good jury.

Comments

From Rye on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:36:08 from 71.209.52.139

Enjoyed your comments on the jury duty. I like your sense of humor! Your training is going well! Man, 56 degrees what a cold front!

From derhammer on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 16:40:44 from 65.67.40.73

Nice runs. I would be careful running too many MGP miles this close to the marathon. You do want to throw in one or 2 fast paced workouts to keep the legs fresh but that's it. You don't want to be worn out before you get to the starting line. I think this to be especially true if your ankle is flaring up. Here are a couple good articles I found: http://www.ironman-triathlon-training-programs.com/marathon-ironman-triathlon-taper.html

and http://pfitzinger.com/labreports/marathontaper.shtml

-just my 2 cents worth :-)

From Mack on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 19:15:16 from 71.111.186.66

Cool jury duty story Flat.

I have a sister in law that was in the same type of situation as you not too long ago. She said to the court "I personally believe that if someone is arrested then they must have done something wrong..." She wasn't picked either.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 19:33:02 from 214.13.130.104

Looking good!

The most interesting trial I served on in Houston was aggravated assault though it was pretty open and shut, as they say. Is that what you say? What do I know. Most importantly it got me out of work for a couple days. I like your strategy though!

From baldnspicy on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 22:48:16 from 72.77.68.219

Didn't the two lawyers know you?

You could have said that you were killing him because he looked like competition for your upcoming marathon. You're looking great, Flat! I'm really impressed and can't wait for the report!

From flatlander on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:04:41 from 76.31.26.153

Rye, yeah I am ashamed to admit it but it really does feel cold out there! I am such a wimp.

DH, good advice as usual. I had seen the Pfitzinger one but not the other one. I backed off today. In the past I have tapered too much, hard to get the correct balance.

Mack, that is one prevalent view that drives me nuts. There are good cops and bad cops, just like the cliche says. Some are highly reliable and others have an agenda.

Joe, we say "book 'em, Dano". How much time did you give him?

Bald, no didn't know any of them. That would have been great because around here you are done if you know either lawyer, they just show you the door.

From Burt on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 14:31:09 from 206.19.214.144

You are a such a smart alleck.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 15:56:10 from 214.13.130.104

25 yrs. Actually it was aggravated robbery now that I think of it.. a car-jacking. I forget whether he was a "Blood" or a "Crip" but there was quite a history.

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