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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, Sep 26, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.10

70F, 100% and calm. Woke up very early, stomach upset from bad food at a restaurant last night. We went with the whole family to a local place that was donating its profits for the day to my daughter's choir. We waited 45 minutes for a table and another 45 minutes for our poisoned food. Everybody had things to do other than blow 2.5 hours on dinner. Total donation $6.

So finally got out the door at 4:42 and ran 20.1 miles in about 3:03:30, net of GI stops, average pace 9:08 per mile. I felt like I was running slower than that, wasn't even sure I was hitting 9:30, so I was happy with the result, especially since my legs were more sore than I would have thought if it was truly a 9:30 pace. Anyway, 20 is 20.

I really need to get a new Garmin, I have no idea what my heart rate is doing right now. (However, in the dentist chair yesterday morning blood pressure was 105/62 and heart rate was 54.) There is a reasonably priced one called 210X or something like that, and an expensive one that is about double, both seem to do about the same thing. Other than longer battery life I can't figure out what you get for the extra money. I'm going to step up and pay the REI price whatever I buy though. I figure if enough people take their broken Garmins back to REI, they might be big enough to put pressure on Garmin to do something about it. This Garmin problem is simply another manifestation of the replacement refs conspiracy.

Comments

From Smooth on Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 19:24:50 from 65.130.14.36

WOW, that's an impressive LONG run midweek after a case of food poison. Next time donate the money directly to the choir. :)

Good luck with the Garmin. I'm on my second Garmin305 which may not last for another year. Let me know how you like the 210X.

From I Just Run on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 09:59:08 from 67.79.11.242

Maybe I need to eat some poision food so I can go out and run 20 miles! You're something else :-)

I just sent my garmin back to have fixed (battery replacement). It cost about $ 80. It took about a week and I think they simply sent me a new one.

From flatlander on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 13:58:41 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks Smooth. I'm on my second 305 too, and I may send it in to get it fixed. I bought the 210 but I'm skeptical.

IJR, my gut felt better after the run than at the beginning. I think I ran it out of my system. Your Garmin solution may be the better one. I bought one today, but that is not a final decision.

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