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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 22, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	16.00

75F, 98% and calm. Today's schedule was a fast finish long run. Have never been able to do these very well and today was not an exception. The plan was to do 12 at 9:15 then 8 at 8:15 -- yes, that is now my fast finish program, if I can do it I'll probably qualify for Boston and maybe even get in, so don't laugh.

First part went fine, came in about 9:13 average at mile 12. Made a conscious effort not to speed up much beyond 9:15, though mile 12 came in at 9:00 flat. Heart rate performed well, didn't hit 150 until mile 8 and mile 12 was 156. But the speed wasn't there when I tried to knock it down for Part 2: 8:28 (165), 8:38 (165), 8:18 (170) and done. WU/CD 1 mile, practiced my crawl for the CD and I'm not a tri-athlete.

Interesting part was my heart rate, it never got out of hand despite the heat. I have run a full marathon at higher heart rates than these but couldn't sustain it today. The problem is probably twofold: haven't really been doing many hard days, and still trying to get back into shape. I'll try again in two weeks, there is at least some hope because I am improving right now. If it doesn't work then I probably won't try to run the August marathon.

I set up an "aid station" with Gatorade (powder mix) and water, stopped every 5 miles. That part of it worked pretty well. Don't know how I am going to replicate powder in a race, though. Maybe take my water bottle and stop to get refills, mixing it on the fly. Not sure it is worth it but it was nice not to have stomach issues. Overall a good week, just couldn't tie a ribbon on it.

Comments

From derhammer on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:40:56 from 190.81.168.41

You got a good baseline to shoot for now. What marathon in August are you eyeing? I am no prognosticator though I will say I think Boston 2014 will be uber-competitive to get into because everyone wants to go run it. Shoot for at least 5 minutes under BQ time.

From flatlander on Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 17:24:05 from 64.129.54.210

I have my eye on the Paavo Nuurmi marathon in Hurley, WI on August 8. My BQ qualifying time is 3:40. I assume it will take about 3:35 to actually get in, which is why I am shooting for 8:15 miles. I have heard rumors that they are going to expand the field to accommodate the runners that got pulled off the course, so that might help some if it pans out that way. If it doesn't work, I will be 60 for the 2015 version, and I only have to run 3:55 to qualify then. But I really want to run next year.

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