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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.254.000.002.0010.25

63F, 100% humidity, wind SSE 5 mph.  Lots of warm humid air coming in from the Gulf this morning, kind of nice out there.  I warmed up two miles, then ran one at MP, 8:11, followed by a fast mile at 6:34.  I was hoping to do two but one was all I could manage.  In better conditions I might have managed one and a half or even two but five at that speed on Thanksgiving morning is going to be out of the question.  Fun to dial in on some new paces though.  Ran a cooldown mile then back to MP plus a little for three miles, 8:23, 8:13, 8:07, then another fast one, but this time only 6:57 even though I felt like I was working harder than the first one, cooldown 1.25 miles.  Maximum heart rate 189.  Overall I ran 10.25 miles in 1:29:07, average pace 8:42 per mile, flat shoes.  Legs feel OK so far this morning.

Wade and I decided not to do the 50K on December 11 in Huntsville.  We are congratulating ourselves on how mature we are.  Both of our wives are completely supportive of our adventures, and both of them completely don't understand any of it.  With a holiday party at my house the night of December 11 it was looking a little dicey shall we say, so I pulled the plug and Wade is OK with that.

Comments
From KP on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:56:58 from 65.208.22.25

you soooooo need to step into ultra land. you will love it!

From Burt on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:02:52 from 206.19.214.144

Huntsville? If you see KP, ghve her a big wet kiss on the lips from me. Tell her it's ok. I'm a veteran.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 00:22:23 from 195.39.154.11

6:34! Nice. It's fun to look down at your watch and see 6-something, isn't it?

From Rye on Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 08:14:22 from 174.27.85.112

The only time that I see six something on my watch is in the morning. Nice run flat, you are Mr. Consistent!

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