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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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Sat, May 15, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	1.02	0.00	0.00	11.02

66F, 100% humidity, wind NNW 6 mph. 66F was nice running weather, felt great for the first 100 yards but I embraced it even after that. I looked at the 10-day forecast and it is showing thunderstorms everyday, first time I have ever seen that. The forecasts never actually happen exactly as predicted, but I think we have a lot of moisture coming in. Thunderstorms are the one no-no I impose on my running, but usually they boil up in the afternoon so I should be OK.

Oh yes, I went for a run this morning. I went 11.02 miles, average pace 9:49, regular shoes. The plan was to do 20, first half at marathon pace plus 1.5, then marathon pace for 8, then 10K pace for the last 2. My ankle was very stiff to start out but it loosened up and I did the first 10 at about 9:55 per mile. Did the next mile at 8:38, one second over marathon pace, then a few steps into my second mile I re-pulled my groin, in a single step. I knew instantly what it was because the identical thing happened in my last marathon. It is posible to run through it but not smart. I stopped immediately and walked home, otherwise I would pay a price that I have learned is too high. Probably bad form caused it. I was smelling this run, it was there. I am pretty sure I could have finished it as planned, though the 10K splits at the end might have been a little iffy. So I think I am going to play it conservatively and go back to the machines for a week. Then I will run in Utah this next weekend since I am traveling there for my son-in-law's graduation; maybe I can get acclimated a little for the Utah Valley Marathon in four weeks.

The way I figure it, for UVM I have three things going for me: Temperature/humidity, taper and downhill. The altitude is against me. I believe the temperature will at a minimum make up for the altitude, it is very draining to run in high humidity at 65F+. So I net out to plus 2, the taper and the downhill slant of the course. I should be OK, but race day will tell the tale, as it always does. You are what you ran last, and until I run something better I am a 4:13 marathoner.

Happy weekend, all y'all.

Comments

From jasro on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 13:51:44 from 67.177.39.43

Good job. Sorry about the groin. I hope things work out for the race. Enjoy Utah when you are here.

From lightitup on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 15:51:42 from 166.205.141.144

Such a fine line! Injury/train. I agree with your decision this morning....always be careful. You can't lose over the long haul. I had to watch the Spokane Windermere marathon this morning, I hope you don't have a hernia.

From SlowJoe on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 18:54:29 from 184.79.24.255

Bummer about the groin, sounds like you were ready for that big run.

From Mack on Mon, May 17, 2010 at 20:06:33 from 71.111.186.66

Smart move stopping and walking home. That is very tough to do, but very smart. You can lose this battle and still win the war at UVM. Hope you heal up fast.

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