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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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65F, 74% humidity, wind S 5 mph.  Gorgeous morning again in NYC, going home this afternoon.  The Garmin wouldn't pull in a satellite reading.  It asked me if I was inside and I accidentally pushed yes, whereupon it gave up.  But I ran 1:27:47 at low heart rate, which is around 11 minutes per mile in Houston, so I am calling it 8 miles again, flat shoes.  A little bit of a thorn in paradise, my left hip is still hurting, but only when I run, about level 4 I would say, maybe a little less.  I think it is related to all the hills I have been running lately, it didn't show up until my first recovery run after the marathon.  Not sure if it will amount to anything, probably not.

Last night we had some pretty good Thai food and I ordered it hot.  So this morning I started out toward Central Park and about 45 minutes in I found myself earnestly searching for facilities.  When I finally found them they were padlocked shut.  Not sure why they bother to have them, but there are many mysteries when it comes to New York City government.  Now they have an environmental disaster on their hands and I have crossed one carbo loading alternative off my list.

We have had a good time here in the big city, capped it off with a harbor cruise last night.  Here are some photos my youngest daughter took.  They are good quality for a cell phone, but as a computer klutz I can't get all the pixels migrated over to the blog, but you get the idea I think.

Some cliches never get old.  Liberty and justice for all, right in front of the World Trade Center site.  For many years, 50,000 people per day came through nearby Ellis Island, screening success rate 98%.  A group of French folks were just in front of us, happily clicking away in a very un-Frenchlike manner, because of course this statue was a gift from them.

A new building is heading to the sky just to the north of the World Trade Center site, taller than the old.  For now it is about 30 stories tall and behind the black building just over the woman's head.  The site itself will be turned into a memorial.  Scheduled completion in 2-1/2 years.

Happy weekend to all.

Comments
From Huans32 on Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:50:04 from 98.202.0.57

Wow 8 mile. Great job man and in NYC?!?! That is sweet man. Have a great trip.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 15:15:51 from 69.153.187.169

I haven't been to NYC since maybe 2002, 2003; glad to hear they're finally building some kind of memorial. Hope the hip quiets down for you. Safe travels back home...

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