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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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Sat, May 14, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.80	8.00	0.00	0.00	20.80

59F (70F at end), 50%, NNW 11-18 mph. Another picture perfect running morning, looks like we will have a couple more of these next week before normal temperatures return. Went to bed at 9 and set the alarm for 5 but woke up at 4:30, seems I don't need 8 hours any more. I drove down to the Y and met Wade and the group. I told Wade I needed to go 8:30 to 9:00 for the 12 miles they were doing, and the whole group responded. Everybody was feeling good in the dry cool air and running fast. This is a group that usually does 9:30 pace, today everybody ran together and as a group they averaged 8:40. I had to peel off for a restroom break, caught up part of the distance but not all. I am putting my average at 8:35 for the first 12.3. Wade was keeping time because I was conserving battery life on my Garmin. They all went to breakfast and I headed back out for the fast miles. I warmed up for about a half mile then took off. The course out was into the wind and slightly uphill, so was happy to hit everything in the 7:30s, nothing faster than 7:33 though. Coming back I was around 7:25 the whole way, 7:15 (182) on the last mile, average 7:31 for the 8. In some ways it was easier, but without the wind in my face it was hot and it was close to 9:00 by this time anyway. I had my EFS flask with me to practice taking on calories and electrolytes. Gave me slight nausea, especially coming back in the heat. I am used to running hungry and it is more comfortable that way, but I need a little bit in order to make it through the marathon distance, so I have to practice it. I stopped as soon as I hit 8, the fast miles are not a rounding error. I knew it was right on the button because my 1-hour clock went off just before I stopped.

This was a big run for me, never seem to hit it but I got it today. Those last two miles I am putting in the bank, I will need to make a withdrawal at UVM. Hopefully the teller lines at the Bank of the Mountain Running Gods are not too long that morning. In two weeks if all goes well I hope to do this run again as a 10/10 instead of 12/8 before the UVM taper, and maybe try to get a little more speed on the last two. My legs are trashed but my groin gave me no problems today, during the run or afterward, and my achilles is no worse than usual. So all is well.

Comments

From derhammer on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:53:21 from 70.113.125.159

Great run! - has to be a big confidence booster. I have tried the EFS stuff - too strong for me. Definitely needs to be taken with water, just like a gel.

From SlowJoe on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 13:48:20 from 184.79.24.255

Great long run, you are clicking on all cylinders at the right time.

From flatlander on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:00:37 from 76.31.26.153

DH, yeah, didn't want to haul water too, so I ran the first 12 only taking EFS. Yuck. After that I took a long drink and then for the last 8 brought a water bottle with about 4 or 5 ounces in it and that worked a little better I must say.

Joe, you're right, something is clicking. There is a tap-tap sound every time I turn a corner to the right. That's the only time I hear it.

From SlowJoe on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:11:41 from 131.59.200.82

Check the CV joint.

From JG on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:19:48 from 74.176.224.159

Great job ... hopefully UVM only has left hand turns! lol Good luck, sounds like you will be ready to rock n roll!

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