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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.550.000.000.0010.55

71F, 96% humidity, wind S 4 mph.  Nice and muggy run out there today.  On the other hand, my son saw this weather alert issued by BYU today:

"The National Weather Service is warning of a winter storm today that “will far surpass anything that we've seen, probably for the last several years.” The combination of snow, extreme cold, and possibly damaging winds will make travel extremely hazardous. The storm will begin in the north and move south, hitting Salt Lake City later this afternoon. Please watch the weather reports and be prudent in your travels."

This sounds like a dangerous situation for kids trying to get home for Thanksgiving.  No whining here about November muggy.  I ran 10.55 miles, half by myself at low heart rate and the second half with my daughter at a faster pace in the low 9s.  Total time 1:46:19, average pace 10:05 per mile, regular shoes.  She is in from Temple for the holiday.  Running with her in my neighborhood, I can tell by the look on people's faces that my stock has gone way up.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 01:22:38 from 109.70.68.174

I love Texas. I really do.

Glad your daughter could help out your reputation.

From Rye on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:30:37 from 174.27.109.204

We got that storm in Idaho. Unbelievable! Bask in that Texas weather. Find me a job over there!

From Stephen on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:58:41 from 174.52.135.96

Lots of talk, not much action with the weather. We finally got a few scurries of snow last night, but the streets in Orem are still mostly clear. It's 9 degrees outside, with a forecasted high of 18.

I don't know what they got in Salt Lake county.

From Rye on Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:13:20 from 174.27.109.204

It wasn't talk in Southeastern Idaho.... Snow and wind and closed roads and now cold temps!

From flatlander on Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 16:28:48 from 75.223.137.105

Joe, yeah, got a badly needed boost out of that one.

Rye and Stephen, you should both move down. Just send your resumes. I run a placement service on the side. It's free, although I have heard it whispered that my price is just about right.

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