For Whom the Dogs Bark

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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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Fri, Oct 07, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.11

75F, 93%, E 7 mph. Got up very early to get my run in before taking kids to seminary. Ran 8.11 LHR miles in 1:22:15, 10:09 per mile. Legs seem to be recovering OK, but still quite weak, like I am in the middle of a training cycle.

Met my armadillo friend again at mile 5.1. Suddenly he was running alongside and he stuck with me for a pretty good stretch. Checked him on the Garmin, 9:45 pace, I think he was 10 flat the last time we met, so he has been getting out. I'm thinking of entering him in the next pet race, but see that's the thing: we are just friends, nobody has brought up the P word yet.

Comments

From Dan on Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 09:32:15 from 24.209.83.20

1) Stop taking the kids to the cemetery. 2) Armadillo racing is pretty big, but yours actually trains on his own. That's a keeper.

3) I don't know any P words

From I Just Run on Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 11:04:26 from 67.79.11.242

Glad to see you're sharing the road with your four legged friends...not hogging it with your eight legged friends!

From Rye on Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 20:25:57 from 174.27.114.143

Way to get out the kinks! I must say that you must have been deprived as a child and don't know the benefits of pet ownership. Then again maybe you have me on that one. Your friend runs with you, but you don't have to feed him (or she.....find out for me on that one) no baths or brushings. No wonder you are a lawyer.

From Kelli on Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 21:12:30 from 71.219.83.151

OH, you have made me smile!!! THANKS!!! Good news on the armadillo getting speedier. Guess I need to take my pet out and see if she is getting faster. ;o)

Loved the post race thoughts. I would like to run a sea level course and see what it feels like. What is Boston?

When you are old, you can whine about being old. HA! I am only saying that so I can do the same.

There was something else.....OH, tarantula!!! I am so glad I did not see one. Did you hear them say at the beginning to not "go" in the bushes as it upsets the mating tarantulas? Someone told me they announced that.

From flatlander on Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 15:35:58 from 76.31.26.153

Dan, funny thing, the race I ran with Wade this morning, "10 for Texas" had an armadillo on the logo. Looked just like mine, but I'm not absolutely sure.

IJR, he never asked if he could share, but I didn't press it.

Rye, the no brushing part is a big plus I think. I have no input on the gender, so it's just a "him".

Kelli, thanks. Yes, Boston is sea-level, close enough that it doesn't make a difference anyway. It has some pretty respectable hills right at the bonk point, but they wouldn't bother you in the least. I didn't hear the tarantula announcement, but I did see some correspondence from the race director to that effect.

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