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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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Fri, Aug 27, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.25

69F, 84% humidity, calm at start, 71F, 70% humidity, wind NNE 5 mph at end, clear. Great morning for running, a little frigid. Cannot believe how much difference these temperatures make. 69F is only 4 degrees below normal for this date, but I have been running this month mostly at 5-8 degrees above normal, with humidity levels near 100%. I could tell immediately that I was in a different gear. I ran 10.25 miles in 1:47:00, average pace 10:27 per mile, just 3 seconds off my fastest low heart rate run on April 16 of this year. My best split was 10:02, which is the fastest I have done. I ran the first half in regular shoes, last mile already up to 10:32, then switched to flat shoes and the pace quickened considerably even though it was the second half of the run. I got the 10:02 in mile 7. Not sure how long this will last, summer is not over here for six more weeks, but any further heat waves will be of lesser duration I believe.

My neighbors were out in droves this morning, everybody was out walking or running. I think everybody is like me. They see somebody running and think I can do that. Then when a good morning rolls around like this they call their buddies, strap on shoes and head out. It was great, almost more runners and walkers than cars. Even the dogs were in a good mood. This is how Fridays were meant to be.

Comments

From Burt on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:17:56 from 206.19.214.144

Everyone wants to be like you.

From KP on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:19:26 from 65.208.22.25

happy friday!

From Stephen on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 14:42:12 from 204.182.3.235

That is a very encouraging report from frigid Houston! How low do you have to keep your heart rate for low heart rate training? By now, you must have a feel for what it feels like without constantly looking at your heart rate monitor.

From lightitup on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 16:32:24 from 166.205.143.203

Good stuff. Does Stephen have a blog? I'm going to go look for it.

From Burt on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 16:34:23 from 206.19.214.144

Hi lightitup! Long time no see.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 17:07:47 from 214.13.130.104

Wow what a difference. Looks like you had "it" today with an assist from the icy cold temperature. Nice run.

From flatlander on Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:45:56 from 76.31.26.153

Burt, if only they knew.

KP, thanks, love all the running you have been doing with friends lately.

Stephen, the rule of thumb is 180 minus age, and you get to add 5 if you are in good shape. So I started out when I was 53 running 127-132. I still try to stay in that range even though I am two years older now.

E, yes, your brother has a blog. You should check it out.

Joe, thanks, it was one of those perfect days.

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