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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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73F, 100% and calm.  Getting warmer.  10.00 miles in 1:39:14, 9:56/mile, 138 bpm, 148 max.  Ran the first 4 with Jessie, our border collie; she did fine, but certainly wasn't wanting any frisbee time later.

PM:  100F and calm, not sure of the humidity, but it is going to be a long, hot summer, perfect for my training plan.  Ran from downtown starting about 1:00 p.m..  It was very hot, but I knew from doing a couple of previous daytime runs not to take it too fast and I survived OK.  Not sure how I will feel in the morning though.  10.00 at 9:48/mile, no HRM (it gets soaked from the morning run so I don't bring it to work) -- lots of construction on the bayou trail so I had to improvise. 

I weighed 163 on the scales in the locker room this afternoon, compared to 170 after my run this morning on my bathroom scales.  I don't think I was really 7 pounds lighter, maybe 3.  I don't want to obsess about my weight, but 170 is too heavy for me to run fast, it just is -- I need good data.

Comments
From Smooth on Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 17:58:55 from 71.35.212.74

Wow!!! So great to see you cranking up the miles again like you used to!!! That's AWESOME!!! :)

From I Just Run on Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 08:10:26 from 67.79.11.242

Nice running Flat.

Just use the scales in the locker room, I'm sure your bathroom scales must be off.

I've figured out how to get out of running in the heat every summer, just hurt myself! This is the third summer in a row I've done something that stopped me from running in the heat. :-(

From derhammer on Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 10:37:01 from 64.245.52.2

wow - killer day. How tall are you might I ask? (Looking for a reference for your weight.)

From flatlander on Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 19:49:35 from 76.31.9.237

Smooth, thanks, legs are definitely older though.

IJR, I like your logic, locker scales it is.

DH, 6' 0", but definitely not a big guy. I ran at 135 pounds in high school with no problem. I have a layer of fat on my torso that is slowing me down. If I got rid of all of it I think I would be below 150. What about you?

From derhammer on Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:39:57 from 66.68.83.195

Wow - 6 feet and 135 - skinny. I am 5'11" - I finally got under 161 - almost 10 pound loss in 4-5 weeks. It has not been easy that's for sure. But good mileage and watching what I eat works, even though it's been leaving me a bit weak. I think I have about 5-10 pounds of more fat that can come off before I start to lose significant muscle. I'd like to get around 155.

Weight certainly matters. There was a good article in Running Times a couple months ago about a master runner who runs triples - yes, 3 times a day - and cut back on his diet to lose weight all the while getting his PR to 2:30 or something crazy like that. I only use this as a example, extreme as it may be, that extra weight can only slow one down. I can barely survive running doubles, let alone triples. This guy is probably single and or has no kids living with him.

From flatlander on Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 20:19:00 from 76.31.9.237

Well, he's certainly single now!

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