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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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Sat, Jun 05, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.25

75F, 89% humidity at start, 81F, 81% at end. Got a late start today because of work, but drove down to a trail called Terry Hershey to do something different. I used to run it quite a bit then cut back because it is a 20-minute drive to get there. The trail goes along Buffalo Bayou from the Sam Houston tollway west out to the Addicks Dam. Buffalo Bayou is the main river in Houston. The trail is busy, and it goes up and down, quite a bit, believe it or not. We need the Army Corps of Engineers in here and get that fixed, can't have hills in Houston. This is a taper week, and the plan was to run at long run pace, MP + 1 or 1.5 minutes per mile. My lower legs were very sore from the speed workout yesterday, so it took a couple of miles to loosen up. Then it was 9:00 and started to get hot. There is actually an outdoor shower out there. I stepped in shoes and all at about mile 9. Didn't get any wetter, just changed salt water for fresh, but it helped cool off. Then I remembered I had my phone in my pocket, quickly pulled it out and it still worked. After I finished I felt like I had run 20 miles and have felt that way all day, but it was only 11.25, which I ran in 1:52:36, average pace 10:01 per mile. Most of the miles were in the 9:30 to 9:45 range after the slow start, then crept back up toward the end. It was a lot of work. I tried not to hit the gas too hard but I was still plenty tired. I hope I didn't overdo it. In the past I have either tapered too much or not enough, it is hard to get it right.

Then we took our granddaughters to the zoo. They just moved here from Utah and it is time to start toughening them up for the Texas summers. They were a little shocked by the heat, but resilient and had a good time. Lots of water, icees and food kept the heat beast at bay. Embrace the heat.

Comments

From Smooth on Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 22:15:47 from 174.23.172.155

Hey, we ran almost the same distance and pace today, except my temp was cooler and no humidity. You will rock UVM!

I went to the zoo with my Houston grandkids couple years ago...that sure toughened ME up! :)

LUCKY you that you UT grandkids moved closer to you. I wish mine would move here. I get to see them in couple of weeks, can't wait!

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 22:36:42 from 204.133.180.90

Sounds like a good workout even if that wasn't the aim. Can't hurt you too much with the miles you're used to. We go to the Houston zoo everytime we visit my folks; they only live 2 or 3 miles away from it - always a fun time.

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