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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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Mon, Oct 17, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.16	7.00	0.00	0.00	12.16

66F, 100%, calm and fogged in.

Last week was a "quick" trip to China, there is no such thing, ate up 4 days for a one-day meeting, and got only one run in while I was there. Wanted to go on a long run Saturday morning before leaving for the airport to come home, as there is a long, paved trail along a river by the hotel, but I was up all night working so there was no way. My colleague in our Beijing office told me that there are kidnapping problems in China, which are not being reported due to media control by the government, so it was probably just as well that I didn't go out for a long run by myself. So basically last week was a running disaster. But if there has to be a week like that, two weeks on the back side of a marathon is as good a time as any. Leaving for Ecuador this afternoon, but I think I'll be able to at least do treadmill workouts at the hotel.

So out the door at 4:00 a.m. so I could get this one in before the seminary trip. Ran 5 LHR miles at a 9:54 pace, then 7 at what I hoped was going to be a 7:30 pace. It ended up being a 7:46 average, and splits were all over the map. My legs are jet-lagged or I gained weight or I am out of shape or something. If I ever had an important race (not that I ever would), I would make sure I was at least 48 hours off the plane before the race, more if significant time zone differences are involved. Long plane travel is not condusive to running. Overall I ran 12.16 miles in 1:45:25, average pace 8:40 per mile, maxHR 184 bpm. This run is duly recorded and I am moving on with my life.

Comments

From derhammer on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:57:44 from 192.156.110.40

Flat -

I think we should go in business together and open up mini-gyms with treadmills at all the major airports. I can't think of a better way to spend time during a layover than getting a good run in.

It would be great if they could put a couple treadmills on these new jumbo jets that are coming out, too.

From ACorn on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 13:00:20 from 68.66.168.22

You are a traveling man! Way to get up at 4 am after a lot of airplane time to get your run in.

From I Just Run on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 13:07:19 from 67.79.11.242

Oh man... Sorry for all the travel. At least it's been on the backside of your marathon. The 12.16 looks good no matter what the pace.

From JG on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 14:29:34 from 71.59.27.33

Nice run! Your travels make me tired just reading about them! Have fun and be safe in Equador!

From allie on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 23:48:47 from 24.10.191.18

traveling is tough, especially when you aren't just losing hours, but entire days at a time. good luck in ecuador.

From Smooth on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 00:01:46 from 174.27.208.222

globe-trotting is very taxing and exhausting...way to get 12+ miles in. have a safe time in Equador and hope you get some running in.

From Dan on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 22:19:27 from 24.209.83.20

Hey count me on those airport layover gym's! Nice duly recorded run.

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