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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
12.094.000.000.0016.09

75F, 79%, SSE 10 mph, cloudy but no chance of rain.  Pretty good running weather.  Did 5.75 miles, LHR at 9:52 per mile, seminary run, then back out for fast miles.  One transition, 8:24, then 7:24 (161), 7:32 (166), 7:24 (171) and 7:12 (177), finished with active cooldown mile (8:48).  Overall 12.09 miles in 1:47:01, average 8:51 per mile, flat shoes.  Summer is here, ran through three clouds of bugs.  Swallowed twice.

PM:  4 TM miles, hill work up and down.

Comments
From derhammer on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:33:13 from 67.79.54.130

Yeah, love the bugs. When I run downtown around Town Lake I always run through a few clouds. Of course, I am always soaked and I don't wear a shirt, so they stick to my chest. It is quite funny because I look like I have a really hairy chest but it is just tiny flies.

From I Just Run on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:38:31 from 67.79.11.242

Hey...that a good way to get in a little extra protein as you run. I've been trying to figure out how to do that :) Sounds delicious...

From SlowJoe on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 13:59:08 from 131.59.200.82

Haven't gotten the bug clouds here yet, but I know just where they will show up. Nice running, as usual.

From Rye on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 14:58:16 from 168.103.138.116

Protein on the go!

From jtshad on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 19:02:23 from 204.134.132.225

Summer is here??? Winter hasn't even let go up here yet!! Dang, why do we live in Idaho?

From I Just Run on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:42:08 from 67.79.11.242

Hey Rye... You could call it Pro-Go that's kinda catchy...:)

Hey Joe, You'll never see any of these bug clouds. It's way too windy out there for them to survive! BTW...Quit sending me the wind!

IJR

From flatlander on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:58:12 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks for the funny comments guys. I've been showing them around, very entertaining. (Jeff, thanks for checking in, I lived in Bear Lake Valley as a kid and I know those temperatures.)

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