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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 and raining, midsummer temperatures.  Perfect elliptical day, though I did run a mile outside in addition to my hour on the machine.  Still running with an awkward gait, but it is an improvement over yesterday.  I am undecided about what to do for the weekend, maybe do 10 miles combined elliptical and running.

This has been a strange week.  In addition to my gimpy ankle, my main client got sued, my brother got sued, my married son is in town trying to buy a house, my other son is going off the deep end (temporarily I hope, at least he can swim), clients still want their work done, and I am still not good looking.  It all feels disjointed, like the wheels came off in a week.  It will probably take a week to put them back on.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:20:59 from 131.59.200.80

Yikes, what a week. Hope it starts coming together sooner vs. later for you. Maybe you can relax and recharge this weekend.

From KP on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 16:17:46 from 65.208.22.25

Sorry you've had such a rough week!

Is your daughter still with the craptastic guy? Thank goodness you taught your son how to swim... I'm sure he can tread water until he gets his act together. We all have rough spots here and there. Hopefully you'll have a nice, relaxing weekend!!!

From flatlander on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 18:17:05 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks guys, I wouldn't have put it in the blog, but it seemed almost funny this morning when I started thinking about it. KP, yeah, I left my daughter off of the list but I don't think she has completely shaken him yet. I definitely plan to have a relaxing weekend, and Joe, one last good luck on Sunday's half, you're going to kill it!

From Mack on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 19:25:10 from 71.111.186.66

Sorry to hear about your week...but it is nice to know that my family isn't the only with challenges.

Dont rush back from that injury. Let it heal!!

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