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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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60F, 84% humidity, wind N 4 mph.  The cool air came in and it was wondrous out there.  Only problem is that I have some severe leftover stiffness from Saturday, very surprising since I didn't think I ran that hard.  My legs are definitely lagging my heart in the fitness area.  Actually ran with an altered gait for much of the run trying to get comfortable.  It evened out some but not a good run.  Went 7.10 miles in 58:56, average pace 8:18 per mile in regular shoes, actually 8:12 per mile if I throw out the first warmup mile.  Harder than it should have been but I got it in.

My daughter does early morning seminary, this is her first year, and friends have been driving her in order to accommodate my running schedule.  This week and next I am returning the favor since I only have to run an hour now that I am tapering.  This morning was tough, though.  I ran at 4:30, did the seminary run at 5:45 and somehow made it downtown for jury duty at 8:00 a.m.  The things we do.

Comments
From baldnspicy on Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 22:42:25 from 72.77.68.219

Whoa! You get out of taking your daughter to seminary because you're a runner?? When do I get to call myself a runner and get out of it?

That's impressive to get up at 4:30am and run before all that. I am lucky to get up at 5:15am to take her. If I stay up once I get home it's usually because I got more than 6 hours of sleep which hasn't been often lately, so I head back to bed for some restless and practically useless "sleep" for an hour when I have to get up for the day. I need to get my runs in instead of going back to bed! I'm getting lazy in my old age!

You're a great dad to sacrifice and still manage to get all of YOUR duties and needs met. Great job! Enjoy that beautiful weather!

From flatlander on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:51:54 from 76.31.26.153

Bald, I have finally got it into my head that my run starts the afternoon before. That is when I have to start hurrying to get everything done so I can get to bed so I can get up, etc. Yes, everybody around me is very supportive about my obsession. I very much appreciate it and it is going to leave me in a quandry if I qualify for Boston -- go for more or back off? I like to think my running doesn't inconvenience other people but here is a case where it does.

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