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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
11.044.000.000.0015.04

74F, 85%, SW 12mph.  It was supposed to be high 40s this morning, guess they missed that one by a little.  Same basic run.  Out early for 6, then seminary deliveries, then back for 7 more, including 4 at GMP:  7:34 (156), 7:17 (164), 7:26 (168) and 7:21 (172), then 1 active cooldown, overall 13.04 miles in 1:58:21, average 9:05 per mile, flat shoes.  I assumed at the end of the week I would have trouble hitting the fast miles, especially after yesterday's pretty hard run, but it wasn't a problem.  Either I'm developing a tolerance to the pace or it just seemed slower after running (mostly) in the mid-6s yesterday.  Probably a little of both.  But closest equivalent on pacing and temperature was Monday, and heart rate today was a little better, so maybe there is some progress, too early to tell.  Did some stretching after the run, I feel better today over yesterday.  Might get in some more TM work tonight.

PM, two miles TM hill work, legs felt fine.

Comments
From I Just Run on Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 18:33:09 from 67.79.11.242

Hey Flatlander,

You're just killing the milage. How many miles are you intending to work up to? Oh how I would like to run 70 miles in a week! I think you and Der Hammer are competing for the top spot on the Milage Board :)

From flatlander on Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 19:26:06 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks Preston, I really don't have a mileage goal, kind of experimenting on that right now. Whatever level I settle out at, I'm trying to run each mile either slow or fast until I stop getting results. The one exception to that rule might be the long run, which is traditionally done at a somewhat medium speed. It is the mainstay of most training approaches, but also the one being questioned the most right now. All the uncertainty keeps it interesting.

From Dan on Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 22:29:00 from 24.209.83.20

I hear what you are saying with the uncertainty, but it sure sounds like you are hitting your groove.

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