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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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Wed, May 18, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.02	0.00	3.10	0.00	12.12

67F, 86%, SE 5 mph. Nice running weather, honestly didn't feel that warm. Did my regular LHR run: 6.5 miles starting at 10:08 as low as 9:13, average 9:29 per mile. This is close to a PR for me and not sure why that would be -- yesterday (9:33 per mile) was 3 days from my last fast miles and cool weather. Today I should have had some residual fatigue from yesterday's fast miles, plus quite a bit warmer. There is always something unexplainable when it comes to running. Then I went into a 1/2 mile transition, legs felt surprisingly heavy despite the good LHR miles. The fast part: 5x1000, jogging out the mile after each repeat. Mile-equivalent paces (for IJR's benefit) were 7:05 (159), 6:52 (165), 7:02 (165), 6:58 (168) and 6:55 (171), max HR 177. Overall run was 12.12 miles in 1:47:04, average pace 8:50 per mile. I like these 1K repeats. They feel like they are doing the job without killing my legs.

The bruise on my inner thigh has shrunk considerably today. I have learned that the muscle is called sartorius, a long thin muscle that attaches to the knee and to the hip. (Compliments of my son, who is taking the last exam of his first year of medical school this morning. He also ran the first marathon in our family.)

Comments

From Burt on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 09:58:12 from 72.223.90.79

1k repeats? Very interesting. What a concept.

From I Just Run on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:09:44 from 67.79.11.242

Thanks Flat for the remedial description. I know what you're saying about the unexplainable when it comes to running. For some unknown reason, yesterday, my left foot decided to act up. During my slow run the top of my foot got really sore, it was like needle pains around one of the tendons. Then the ball of my foot seemed to swell up a little (still is) and my middle toe now feels like it is strained. All of these problems brought on by a slow run...I've got to quit doing those slow runs! It's kinda like an old joke I remember about "the faster you go the better you feel" :)

From derhammer on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:52:54 from 192.156.110.40

Nice job on the repeats, Flat.

From Kelli on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 14:04:43 from 71.219.96.115

If something isn't hurtin', it ain't workin'! At least that is how runners seem to THINK.

Nice job, I like the 1k repeat idea!

From Rye on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 16:33:58 from 71.209.62.116

Sartorius? Sounds like some creature from the past. Great consistent training for you. Glad your temps are tolerable.

From Stephen on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:31:58 from 204.182.3.235

Let me know if you want any of our rain.

1326.26 miles in under 5 months. That's a long ways. You should have been a pioneer.

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