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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, Apr 30, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

74F, 95% and calm. Ran 5 very slow this morning, the tendon on top of my foot still hurts after 4 days off, the longer I ran the more it hurt, but never reached the point where I had to quit. I don't have an exact distance since my Garmin battery cratered, but it was about 5. The foot stopped hurting immediately after I quit and has felt fine all day. I went to the gym tonight and spent an hour on the recumbent bike. Thought I would mimic my running heart rate, but couldn't get it over 121 and I had lactate overload in my quads after 10 minutes. I whined at my daughter on the phone while I was on the bike and she said I needed to take off some of the tension and increase my speed in order to get the heart rate up. I always thought if I was working hard then I had a high heart rate so this was interesting. On a more practical note, my quads are dead. Did some leg weights and came home with a backache, which is good, since I will need something lined up to replace the foot injury once it heals.

Comments

From Lily on Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 20:48:11 from 67.199.178.210

I had a top foot tendon issue last summer. I ran through it, I didn't do speed workouts very much. And eventually, it went away. Hope all turns out well!

From Dan on Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 21:22:22 from 24.209.83.20

Well...glad you got the 5 in. The bike is a good option, but I never seem to get my hr up either. At least it didn't hurt all day, hope it heals fast for you

From Rye on Tue, May 01, 2012 at 07:58:56 from 75.174.55.82

flat... there is a a fine line with cycling. You can blow your heart rate out of the water by going up an incline and hammering, bigger gears and mashing can cause you to see little green men. I think the thing that you will like the best is that you can get past a canine quickly....It you stick to a stationary bike your dead meat.

From I Just Run on Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:11:46 from 67.79.11.242

When I first started biking my quads killed me for about a month. I couldn't ride hard enough to get my HR up without the quads giving out. Now I can get my HR up while riding but still can't hold it for very long before the quads get tired and I have to be riding about +20 mph. It's just completely different muscles.

Hope all the aggravating aches and pains go away quickly!

From Mack on Tue, May 01, 2012 at 11:14:59 from 50.39.140.122

Sorry to hear you are wounded Flat.

As one who has spent the last few months on the bike at the gym I would recommend that you try a steady RPM of about 90-95 and do intervals by cranking up the resistance for 2.5 minutes and then backing it off for 2.5 (or whatever interval you prefer).

I've also found that you can do tempo rides with increasing resistance and steady cadence. These things have gotten my heart rate up. Your heart is more fit than mine though so no guarantees!

From flatlander on Tue, May 01, 2012 at 13:13:01 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks all, lots of good advice. Not sure how long this is going to last, it is pretty tender this afternoon but that doesn't mean too much.

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