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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 15, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
24.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	24.00

67F, 80%, N 5 mph. OK, so here's the story. I've been thinking a lot about the last 10K in the marathon, and I'm not convinced it has to be terrible. I had one race where it wasn't, Richmond 2011, and a couple of others where it wasn't bad, including St. George 2012. I attribute that to running a lot of miles, for me at least. But this training cycle, for various reasons, injury and travel mostly, I haven't done many 20-milers, at least in one continuous run. And I haven't run a marathon in a year, which is starting to look like a bad combination. So I thought if I could get in a couple of 20+ runs, not counting the one more long hard run I have to do, I would be better prepared.

So out the door at 4:30, back in at 8:05. 24 miles in 3:34:36, 8:56/mile, 148 bpm (167 bpm last split). I started out in the low 9 range, ballooned to 9:30+ in miles 8 - 15, then found that my legs felt better when I sped up. They didn't feel better when I finished, though, which I am looking at optimistically as a sign that I needed the workout. Better than thinking I ruined my upcoming marathon. By noon I could move around unassisted, no problem. The endorphins lasted all day.

Comments

From PRE on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 19:34:19 from 99.50.213.11

Flatlander,

Hi. Great training run! 8:56/mile for the 24 miles...Wow. That is my PR pace for the marathon distance. Impressive.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 04:30:33 from 69.131.141.92

That 10-mile race is still in your legs too. Just make sure you're not even 1% overtrained. Nice run for a Monday!

From I Just Run on Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 08:49:00 from 67.79.11.242

You're crazy!

From SonofaFlatlander on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 16:12:07 from 99.119.95.95

i support this approach

From Smooth on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 16:21:43 from 65.130.14.36

Impressive pace for a 24 miler. Solid run! I agree with SlowJoe. Just make sure you toe the line at the marathon fully rested. You will do awesome!!! :)

From flatlander on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 16:33:23 from 198.207.244.102

PRE, thanks, you are too kind.

Joe, that's what I'm telling myself, otherwise not sure what I should conclude from struggling so much to finish it.

IJR, I know, but don't you have to be?

Clint, thanks doc! Now tell Matt that.

Smooth, still 3-1/2 weeks away, so I think I'm fine. I plan to have a well-managed taper, but there is always some guesswork involved, that's for sure.

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