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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.270.000.000.0012.27

72F, 100%, calm and foggy.  Actually saw the moon this morning, what little is left of it in this cycle.  Started at 5:00 a.m., met Wade close to his house at 5:45 and ran until just before 7:00, dropping Wade off with about a mile to go.  Our pace was all over the map, 9:05 up 9:51.  Altogether 12.27 miles in 1:57:04, 9:33 per mile, 140 bpm, 149 max.  So better than yesterday.  The miles went by quickly this morning, as Wade and I were reminiscing about how fast we used to be, not only when we were in high school but 3 months ago.  It all started when a high school kid went sprinting by.  We laughed that he could hand us our rear ends on a paper plate for a 5K, but probably couldn't even finish a half marathon no matter the speed.  Sure enough, he was walking a couple of miles later.

I had designs on 20 today, but it was just as well, I was plenty tired.  I had to get back in time for my granddaughters to wake up, so it was a good excuse.  My wife brought them back with her, they are here for the week and I have the morning shift so my wife can sleep.  But they are sleeping in, so I have time to blog.  Traveling next week, so getting in a respectable running week probably isn't going to happen.  I'll do the best I can.

Comments
From Rye on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 07:33:40 from 174.27.111.36

Nice run flat .... You are getting there! BTW I am expecting grandchild number 1 this September:)

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 19:39:14 from 69.131.141.92

Nice finish to the week. I can identify with some of your thoughts....remember 3 months ago when we used to be fast? Have a safe trip next week.

From I Just Run on Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:52:57 from 67.79.11.242

It's good to see there are no comments about any pain. Have a good trip this week!

I sure can't remember when I thought I was fast :-(

From flatlander on Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 07:17:35 from 76.31.26.153

Rye, sorry it's taken me so long to reply. Congratulations on the grandchild. Be sure to feed him or her lots of candy -- you don't have to pay the dentist, and that's how you get them to think grandparents are better than parents.

Joe, at least it was a safe trip.

IJR, the pain comments have returned. Not sure what is going on, but it will eventually pass, I assume. I'm going to check your blog now.

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