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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
6.000.000.000.006.00

73F, 84% humidity, practically a cold front.  I ran one mile then did 50 minutes on the elliptical.  My foot is still unstable, hard to tell if it is healing, certainly not quickly.  My gait was compromised, but it did seem to feel a little better after about a half mile.  I didn't push it, I'll see how it feels later today.

I didn't do anything over the weekend running-wise.  I was hoping two days off would cure everything.  It didn't, but it was still the right thing to do.  My grandkids were in and the younger one presented us with her first steps last night just as they were leaving.  Needless to say, that delayed their departure by about an hour.  Her stride is about the same as mine.  We immediately called my son and his wife of 7 months, who unbelievably are still childless, and told them of the new high standard that had been set.  Don't want to create any sibling rivalry, of course, but grandparents have to look out for themselves first, right?

Comments
From Stephen on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 09:53:05 from 204.182.3.235

"Her stride is about the same as mine."

These kinds of quotes keep me coming back to your blog.

From KP on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 09:59:59 from 65.208.22.26

congrats, grandpa! what an awesome thing to witness!

From Rye on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 13:21:33 from 174.27.108.29

Make sure you bundle up on those cold mornings!

From Smooth on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 16:22:05 from 174.23.218.43

:) Ditto all of the above! :)

Yep, us grandparents have to look out for ourselves!

You're too funny! Thanks for putting a smile on my face! :D

From Burt on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 16:22:37 from 206.19.214.144

As you saw from my blog, I'm pretty good at math. I could help you understand why mathematically your son and his wife of 7 months are still childless.

From Burt on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 16:22:59 from 206.19.214.144

If you want.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:31:20 from 84.11.148.246

Brrr. Hope you are back at it soon. Your grandchild is going to post more miles than you this week!

From flatlander on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 11:20:56 from 198.207.244.102

Burt, thanks. My wife intervened and I think I have it figured out now. I'll keep it in mind, though. For now it looks like you are getting all the math you can handle from AZDM.

Joe, gosh, I'm a little sensitive about that, mainly because it is true. Hope all is going well with you.

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