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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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Thu, Oct 14, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.02

64F, 57% humidity, Wind N 6 mph. Pretty much a perfect, bone-dry day out there. Dropped my daughter off at seminary and ran 5.02 miles in 52:05, average pace 10:22 per mile, low heart rate and flat shoes. Felt good, probably time to start ramping things up a little more, but so far keeping my promise not to push anything this week. Going out for 10 on Saturday with Wade.

My client sent me an interesting article from this morning's Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703673604575550133914934718.html?KEYWORDS=helliker

It is about qualifying times for the Boston Marathon and the ongoing controversy over women's times vs. men's times. Despite the cast of the article, I am not sure if it is really much of a controversy. I don't care about it and I don't know of any men who do. I think it is interesting, however, that the race might fill up really fast this year, will be fun to watch the process now that I am out of the mix. They have to do something about that, though, even a lottery is better than a 2-hour cattle call or whatever it turns out to be on the morning of October 18. I have heard rumors that they are going to lower qualifying times, but so far it appears to be just rumors.

Comments

From Kelli on Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 22:22:21 from 71.219.65.246

I actually believe that the BQ times for women are too high. I do not think women are 30 minutes slower than men!

Now, I have a bet going with my neighbor. he just qualified and he is freaked out about getting in. He has this system rigged with 3 computers or something to make sure he can get in. he thinks it will fill up in less than 24 hours. So, I bet him it wouldn't. i get a HUGE frozen Yogurt if I am right. PLEASE let me be right!

Glad to see you are feeling good!

From lightitup on Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 22:28:01 from 174.31.69.135

I was on your team this morning Kelli. However, it's all over Facebook about how fast it is going to fill up; that in and of itself might make everyone panic and register early, self-fulfilling prophecy.

From Kelli on Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 22:28:46 from 71.219.65.246

People need to stop panicking so that I get my yogurt!!!!

From baldnspicy on Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 23:22:52 from 72.77.120.222

Great run, Flat. Nice article too. I don't know about the times, but if they make it harder for me to qualify I'm going to go BNS on 'em! I just about finished my training plan for my first marathon in May. Now I've got to go back and find some seconds to drop... :)

From Mack on Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 13:26:58 from 71.111.190.57

Nice run! Thanks for the article. Boston isn't even on my radar yet, but it will be in the future.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 18:22:16 from 214.13.130.104

Thanks for the article, good post. If I ever get close to a BQ, then it is at that point that they will lower the qualifying times. So no one needs to worry for a few years.

From flatlander on Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 19:05:52 from 76.31.26.153

Kelli, I hope you get your frozen yogurt, you probably know more about this than us newbies.

E, just like when the grocery shelves empty for a winter storm or a hurricane.

BNS, good thing you have a middle initial. I think you will definitely qualify, based on how rapidly your times are coming down.

Mack, you and me both.

Joe, the thing is everybody will just run faster if they lower the times, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

From Kelli on Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 19:08:40 from 71.219.65.246

I really know nothing! I know that last year I kept putting it off and then finally decided to bite the bullet and pay for the two entry fees. Lucky for me I did, they filled up two days later. I guess if everyone is FREAKING out, it may just fill up in 24 hours. If that is the case, something will need to be done. They can not have that!!! Maybe they need to host two marathons? I will gladly run the afternoon one!

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