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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, Sep 15, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	7.01	0.00	0.00	8.01

70F, 100% humidity, calm and clear. The air felt a little fresher this morning, but I think the humidity is the main limiting factor. Until the humidity goes down my pace isn't really going to pick up that much. I had to quit early to take my daughter to school for tutoring. I ran 8.01 miles in 1:09:07, average pace 8:38, regular shoes. Average pace for the fast miles was 8:25, slightly faster than Monday -- heart rate today was slightly lower on the front end, a little higher at the end, so a good run. Felt like I was working pretty hard despite a pretty normal heart rate. The legs really need to get used to marathon pace, not really there yet. I was very fatigued yesterday after waking up so early then putting in a long day, including taking clients to the Astros game. Slept well though and didn't feel like there was much residual effect this morning. I might try to go faster tomorrow if I am feeling decent.

Comments

From derhammer on Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:59:42 from 65.67.40.73

Nice run - I agree that the weather makes it very hard to judge one's fitness. It does not look like there is any relief in site, either. You had a nice MGP run the other day, what makes you say your legs are not there yet?

From flatlander on Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:28:10 from 198.207.244.102

Yeah, I think the safest thing is to make sure I can do it in the heat and then hope for an added boost when I get to cool weather. As for the legs, in my last marathon I was done at 20 miles, even though my heart rate was fine -- about 10 beats higher than lately at the same pace, but didn't seem like it was high enough to be the limiting factor. It went down in the last 10K as my speed decreased. So that is why I am worried about my legs, perhaps needlessly, but I have to worry about something. The plan tomorrow is to run a little further and a little faster to see what happens, but I will be backing off at the first sign of trouble, don't want to mess up the race.

From derhammer on Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 13:11:43 from 65.67.40.73

The mileage you have been running should make a big difference with your legs this time around. Oh, I came across this article today about the mental aspect of running a marathon - worth a read: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_4_15/ai_54237567/

From flatlander on Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:02:50 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks, I'll check out the article. Legs were definitely a limiting factor this morning, but they felt a little stronger, so I'm making progress.

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