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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, May 07, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.00	2.17	0.00	0.00	10.17

70F, 90% humidity, wind S 6 mph at start, 72F, 94% humidity, wind S 8-16 mph at end. Beautiful morning for running. Worked late and got to bed late last night but went ahead and set the alarm for 5:00 so as to sure and have adequate time to run before the day started. Instead I woke up at 4:00 (lovely being old), finally got up at 4:45 and was out the door by 5:15. Ran 8 at low heart rate, which this morning meant a pace just slightly under 12, not too good but my ankle felt fine. After a quick bathroom and water break (yep, Bald, I stopped the clock), I ran the last 2 and change at marathon pace, splits were 8:36 and 8:14, with an 8:13 pace for the stub split. It actually felt pretty easy, though I could feel residual weakness in my ankle as soon as I sped up. Assuming my legs hold up I can probably start doing some 7s again before long. My next milestone is a 10K at 7:00 pace, not sure how long it will take to get there, especially in the heat. Overall pace this morning was 11:12, but it was really two runs.

We are headed to 93 today, almost a record. Then the wind is turning to the north tonight and tomorrow, supposed to be in the 10-20 range but it won't cool much, only down to 67F tonight and hitting mid-80s tomorrow. Our breezes might not be much by Abilene or Kansas standards, but I'm gonna go ahead and call it windy here. If my ankle stays OK today I'll probably attempt a regular long slow run in the morning.

Comments

From lightitup on Fri, May 07, 2010 at 12:45:53 from 67.185.20.107

Consistency is key, now we just need to get a race on the books. Ice that ankle after every run until it yells at you that it's fine.

From SlowJoe on Fri, May 07, 2010 at 14:17:14 from 131.59.200.82

Houston never cools off, does it? In Abilene it may get up to 100 but at night/early morning it cools down significantly and is rarely humid.

With your dedication and mileage I think that 10K goal is valid. I looked and there were at least a dozen 55+ going that fast in Austin, and a few 60+.

From flatlander on Fri, May 07, 2010 at 16:11:37 from 198.207.244.102

E, yeah, I'm wanting another race, but the problem is I am out of shape now. I hate to run if I don't think I can do well, probably a bad attitude to have.

Joe, thanks, were the Austin runners that fast for a 10K or for a full marathon? That is about a 3:04 pace for a marathon, so that would be pretty fast for somebody my age, especially a dozen in one race, although the 55+ winner at Boston was 2:42, I just can't get over that.

From SlowJoe on Fri, May 07, 2010 at 16:23:17 from 131.59.200.82

No, I was just talking about that 10K I ran last month. Evidence that it is do-able. I can't wrap my brain around 3:04 for a marathon at any age but I guess plently of people do that too!

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