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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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Tue, Jun 08, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.08	1.00	0.00	0.00	4.08

76F, 95% humidity. Even hotter and muggier than yesterday -- bring it on. Ran the same route as yesterday, low heart rate miles (11:26, 10:50 and 10:56) except for one marathon-pace mile (8:35, 153 bpm). I ran in flat shoes again, looks like that should work out OK for this weekend, as my ankles and calves feel quite a bit better today. Totally different question whether I can hold the pace for the whole race. I am guessing not, but I won't know until I try, and I certainly intend to try.

Supposedly we are going to have a monster hurricane season this year. Last year surface water temperatures in the Atlantic and Gulf were below normal and prevailing winds created quite a bit of shear on top of the storm systems, so nothing every got going very well. This year surface temperatures are above normal and there is minimal wind shear. On the other hand, these kinds of predictions have never been all that accurate in the past. It has only been two years since the last one, so maybe we will catch a break. Even if a big hurricane doesn't hit this area, chances are I could end up on a chain saw crew somewhere, cutting trees off of roofs. In the medical profession they have a noble program called Doctors without Borders. We call these humble chain saw crews Lawyers without Skills.

Comments

From KP on Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 09:12:45 from 65.208.22.26

do you live close to the coast?

your "lawyers without skills" thing cracked me up. you're a helpful neighbor and friend.

From Mack on Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 15:31:00 from 71.111.186.66

Have you got any oil on your beaches??You probably have mentioned this in a previous post but I have been gone for a while.

Glad to hear you are healing.

A lawyer wielding a chain saw?? SCARY! =)

From Smooth on Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 22:06:54 from 174.23.172.155

My grandkids slept in their parents' closet when that hurricane hit Houston last year. I saw lots of trees still downed in Kingwood and the surrounding towns when I visited in the Fall.

Hopefully you won't need to utilize your chain saw skill.

Nice marathon pace. Say hi when you pass me at UVM.

From baldnspicy on Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 09:29:34 from 72.77.107.59

Lawyers without skills is what keeps doctors in business...and insurance companies happy and employing people like me.

I hope your season isn't too bad. Combined with the oil, it won't be good. Maybe black sand beaches will become the tourist spot of 2011.

From flatlander on Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 09:52:44 from 76.31.26.153

KP, 50 miles. I thought we were immune from high winds this far in, but the size of the last hurricane gave it enough momentum that we had category 3 winds in our own neighborhood.

Mack, none that I have heard of, I think it is headed further east, toward KP in Alabama.

Smooth, thanks, you aren't the only one who hopes I never fire up my Stihl again.

Wes, we try to do our part. Thanks for the black sands beaches idea. I think it is time to develop a new tourist brochure.

From KP on Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 09:55:40 from 65.208.22.26

yes, i am actually about 6 hours from our beaches (i live 10 minutes from the TN state line), but it has hit down along the gulf coast with a vengeance from what i've heard. i had a trip planned to the florida panhandle area in 2 weeks, but have canceled it due to the oil. bummer! but, it'll save me some money.

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