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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
12.813.200.000.0016.01

76F, 89%, S 5 mph.  For some reason this felt a lot hotter than yesterday, though my times and effort weren't too bad.  I did 3 LHR miles before the seminary run at 9:53 per mile, then was going pretty good on the GMP miles until my right groin started barking at .2 on the last fast mile.  7:27 (156), 7:27 (163) and 7:24 (168).  I could have continued but I know this one:  if you stop soon it's like it never happened -- if you wait you will pay.  It was feeling better as I finished up at about a 9:00 pace, then iced it and I think it will be fine.  Overall 10.01 miles in 1:29:13.

The hullaballoo over the 5K I ran on Saturday apparently reached the point where they had to take down the comment board.  From the e-mail the race director sent out this morning:  "Review sectiion has been taken off Active.com as some comments were uncalled for. I hear the frustrations, but I don't agree with the bad language and name calling."  What a circus. Turns out the "winning time" was slower than my 5K time when I reached 3.11 and turned off my Garmin (either the guy ahead of me got lost or they timed him incorrectly), all kinds of people getting lost, missing un-manned turnaround spots, complete fiasco.   Definitely one to drive away from and forget it ever happened, but sorry I didn't get to read the comment board.

PM:  6 hill work on TM, picked up the last uphill mile a little bit with no ill effects.  Groin feels OK so far.

Comments
From Burt on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:51:44 from 206.19.214.144

Sounds like I need to read your race report.

From Huans32 on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 13:30:03 from 138.64.8.51

Great run Flat. Yeah I got to check out your report from the 5k. What a joke.

From Kelli on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 19:42:42 from 71.219.96.115

OH, I bet it was exciting to read!!! Bad things happen in a race, but people do not need to be mean (unless they are hunting down an un-named rancher). And you are the winner to us!

I can not believe your temperature. It is freezing and snowing here. I miss spring!

From Burt on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 19:46:08 from 206.19.214.144

You should read DaleG's most recent blog.

From Kelli on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 19:56:41 from 71.219.96.115

Link?

From Burt on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 19:59:17 from 206.19.214.144

Kelli, don't bother me. I'm trying to read your race report.

From Burt on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 19:59:58 from 206.19.214.144

JK. Here it is:http://dongardinero.fastrunningblog.com/blog-My-wife-ran-Striders-30k-on-Saturday/04-24-2011.html

From Burt on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 20:00:09 from 206.19.214.144

You were talking to me, right?

From Kelli on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 20:08:37 from 71.219.96.115

Well, then I will give you about an hour to finish reading it!

Yes, I was talking to you. I searched for DaleG and there is someone with that name but they do not blog. i did not realize DonGardinero was a dale.

From Burt on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 20:12:58 from 206.19.214.144

Oh yeah. He changed his name.

From Kelli on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 20:16:22 from 71.219.96.115

Bad weekend for races, but his takes the cake.

From flatlander on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 22:32:29 from 76.31.26.153

I just read the report and I agree, his wife's was the worst of all.

From DaleG on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 22:49:30 from 152.216.7.5

Thanks everyone, but I think you're race was pretty messed up, too. I'm always nervous to sign up for first time events and that's a good reason why. Too bad they took down the comment board. I'm still shocked that they charged $75.00 for the half. Ouch.

From Dan on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 23:15:13 from 24.209.83.20

I am catching up from the weekend, and wow... crappy race(s)- at least you did not pay $75! Still a good run despite the race!

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