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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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62F, 78% humidity, wind SSE 8 mph.  Warm and slightly muggy out there, but not summer-warm.  Kind of nice actually.  I ran 2 slow miles, 2 GMP miles (8:01 (148) and 7:51 (152, maximum heart rate 155)), then 2 more slow miles.  Total run was 6.04 miles in 55:34, average pace 9:12 per mile.  Happy that my heart rate stayed low for two miles at least.  Got some sort of low-grade bug moving through my system and a couple of people at my house are out for the count with a high-grade bug, so everything is up in the air for this weekend.  Weather forecast is holding, though.  Tomorrow is 76/63, which would be a disaster.  Friday is 72/44, not ideal but acceptable; and Saturday is 61/33, which would be pretty much perfect.  The warm weather is here right on schedule, so maybe it will leave on schedule, like a well-mannered guest.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 00:22:43 from 109.70.68.174

Keeping fingers crossed for your health and the weather.

From Stephen on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 15:43:11 from 204.182.3.235

Which marathon are you running?

I'll be cheering for you.

From KP on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 15:53:19 from 65.208.22.25

Gooooooooooooooo Flat!

P.S. That "straight, flat, cold, sea-level marathon" you are looking for sounds like my hometown race, Rocket City Marathon. Well, it isn't that straight. But, all of the other things are spot on. You should look into it... December 2011!!! Lots of people PR there.

From Smooth on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 23:41:58 from 67.2.79.80

GOOD LUCK on Sat. I'm with SlowJoe! You're gonna do GREAT!

My daughter (from Kingwood) had her baby 5 weeks early, on Dec 27. Man, if I'd known, I would have come and run the Texas Marathon!

Looking forward to your HAPPY NEW YEAR race report!

From lightitup on Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 04:20:33 from 71.37.143.96

Good luck on Saturday. I will be driving to take a son to college, thinking (enviously) of you. Let me know how it goes!

From Rye on Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:40:15 from 75.174.3.56

Good luck flat....with the race and fighting off the crud...tis the season. Enjoy that weather!

From flatlander on Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:15:05 from 76.31.26.153

Joe, cross your toes too, please. Hope you get home soon!

Stephen, it is called the Texas Marathon, but is is a small (300-400) marathon in a neihborhood park in Kingwood, which is in northeast Houston. I know your foot is bad right now, but I kind of hope you don't give up on running, you have quite a bit of speed that is just waiting to get out.

KP, thanks. Rocket City, huh? Not sure if I want to run on a perfect course, because then I would have no excuses, always have to keep at least one excuse in the hip pocket. Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that.

Smooth, hope everything is OK with your daughter and grandson. Hopefully we will get a chance to meet you while you are here. Thanks for all your support this year.

Elaine, thanks, and thanks for running with me in three marathons this year!

Rye, thanks. Can't believe I am complaining about warm weather with what you are dealing with. I hope the rest of your holiday is peaceful and relaxing.

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