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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

Sat, Sep 25, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	16.00	0.00	0.00	16.00

70F, 100% humidity, calm and clear. A gorgeous morning out there, supposed to get cool in the next 24-48 hours so this might be the last hot run of the year. Missed my run yesterday because at the last minute I had to catch a 7:30 plane to Dallas on a work matter and didn't get home until 10 p.m., a very long day and too tired to run at the end of it.

So this morning I drove down to the Y, they were doing 10 at 6 so I got there an hour early and did 6, average pace 8:39. The almost-full moon lit up the deserted trail so I had no problems seeing. Then the group arrived and we did 10 more. My pace was all over the charts as I ran and chatted with different runners. A lot of women in the group are doing San Francisco in 3 weeks, Wade is doing St. George in a week and I am doing Hartford in 2 weeks. Then Wade and a friend from his work started talking shop, and after three acronyms I had had enough. Took off and did the last three in 8:01, 7:55 and 7:57, felt good to air it out. Wade said they discussed trying to catch me when I went around the final turn with two miles to go but decided it was hopeless. These are the guys I run with.

Total 16.0 miles in 2:17:29, overall average pace 8:35 per mile, flat shoes. Heart rate all over the place as well, but got high at the end, 184 max. Funny thing was, even with a high heart rate I felt pretty good. The taper always makes me lose confidence so it was good to do a long run at marathon pace.

I got a shirt from the running club, my first singlet. It is traffic-cone orange, you could get a job on the airport tarmac in that thing. I won't wear it in the race because it makes me look sleek and trim, not my image, plus I'll get my pale bony shoulders sunburned. BaldnSpicy will ultimately have to decide if I am fast enough yet to wear a singlet, even if I wanted to. My guess is he will make me wait one more year, but it's in the washing machine right now to soften it up, just in case he says yes.

Comments

From derhammer on Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:40:41 from 24.28.82.222

Great job! You are defintely ready for Hartford. Yes, forecast is for lows in the 50's next week!

From SlowJoe on Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 17:54:32 from 214.13.130.104

Sounds like another great run. I'm not a singlet kind of guy either but I'm sure you're plenty fast enough! Have an enjoyable taper.

From Stephen on Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 20:08:13 from 71.195.218.176

That is one impressive run! May Hartford be your last run in the quest for Boston!

From Mack on Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 23:52:43 from 71.111.186.66

Hey if it makes you look sleek and trim wear the dang thing.

From jasro on Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 21:45:55 from 174.145.25.252

You are really rocking it!!

From flatlander on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:49:07 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks everybody, I am really enjoying this taper. I needed it.

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