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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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Mon, May 27, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

73F, 94%, SSE 4 to start, 77F, 89%, S 8 to end. Out the door at 5:00 for a re-do of Saturday's run. This time my run for the day before was 0 instead of 14 and it made a big difference, had no problem with the run other than the last 2 miles which were in the broad daylight, but that is a matter of conditioning. I hope to run quite a bit in the daylight this summer and get more acclimated to the heat than I have in other years. But despite liberal body glide all of the sweating has left me raw, very painful post-run shower. 20.00 miles in 3:21:27, 10:04/mile, 56 RHR, 149/172.

About 2 miles in there was a huge emergency response going on in the neighborhood I was running through. I was most of the way through the neighborhood when a cop car looked like he was trying to turn in front of me. I moved out of the way but eventually realized he wanted to talk. He asked me if I had seen a black male, but I hadn't seen anybody. He said somebody had been shot and that I should go home. I explained that I would have to go back through the neighborhood to do that and I might as well continue. He said OK and left. I have been unable to find any details.

Comments

From SlowJoe on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 17:49:11 from 65.116.3.92

Scary finish to that one. Didn't think that happened very much in the 'burbs.

Great run for the summer, you won't see me attempting 20. It'll come back quickly with suffer sessions like that! Do you have a target marathon?

From flatlander on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 17:55:08 from 76.31.9.237

I'm looking at the Paavo Nurmi marathon in Hurley, WI on August 8 or something like that. No altitude, but rolling hills and the possibility of heat. I have a motel room but haven't signed up for the race itself. I figure I have to run 8:15 to qualify for Boston, and just not sure I will be there yet. If I get to the point I can consistently stay below 8:45 down here in the heat for longer runs I might buy a plane ticket and give it a shot. I also got in to St. George, which will be fun but it won't get me into Boston, at least in 2014. (However, a 3:55 would qualify me for 2015, I am pretty sure I don't like the direction this is going.)

From SlowJoe on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 18:05:14 from 65.116.3.92

I think you can do a 3:40 by August. Even in Wisconsin though, you might deal with the heat at that time of year. You almost need to go to Canada to avoid that. Is TOU too late, or are you anti-altitude?

From flatlander on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 18:12:25 from 76.31.9.237

I actually got a room in Logan, then when I got picked for St. George I backed out, not sure it is going to be early enough for a BQ anyway. Altitude is certainly unfriendly to me, I think it knocks off about 5 minutes -- not too bad except when you have no cushion. I'm guessing I have to run 3:37 to get into Boston, which is about an 8:16 or 8:17 pace. Canada is a good idea, haven't really looked there. Wonder when the Yellowknife marathon is?

From SlowJoe on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 18:21:31 from 65.116.3.92

I've actually spent a night in Newfoundland, nice place! http://races.nautilusrunning.com/marathon

Hopefully the rush on Boston won't be as bad as we think this year. St. George might do it too.

From Rye on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 19:14:39 from 71.220.158.41

Hey flat....I'll see you in ST George....that's if you live to run another day......be careful man. Where are you staying in SG?

From I Just Run on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 20:01:23 from 166.137.119.40

Now you guys have me worried. I looked at the Boston registration and I won't be able to try and enter until the 5th day with my -7 min. time. :-(

From flatlander on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 21:03:47 from 76.31.9.237

Preston, -7 should be a lock. I think last year it was -1:40 or something like that.

Rye, I am at Hilton Garden Inn. The location is less than ideal (down by the convention center) and they jacked up the price, looking for a better solution but at least I have something.

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