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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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76F, 97% humidity, light rain.  Very nice morning out there, although it is raining heavily now.  I don't think there will be many boats on the water this weekend, although I ran by a couple of guys loading up their water toys in the rain.  Still no Garmin (maybe today?), but according to the computer I ran 6.23 miles and according to my cell phone I did it in 54.5 minutes, so about 8:45 pace, flat shoes.  Honestly, I felt like I was running faster than that, and I guess I was if you throw out the first warmup mile.  Any way you slice it though, it was not low 8s.  The good news is I felt great, and it felt like my form is improving, my feet felt springy in the flat shoes, if that makes sense.  Didn't want to push it too hard anyway, hoping for a long run tomorrow out in Temple, where we are visiting my daughter for the holiday weekend.

In preparation for our visit, I have been requested to bring fireworks.  Apparently Temple is not part of the unregulated paradise that the rest of Texas is, only certain types of kiddie poppers are available there.  So I will be running the big stuff, arriving after sunset.  In addition, they want me to bring something called "red rubber mulch", which is unavailable in Temple but supposedly can be purchased at any Home Depot in Houston.  So I am gearing up mentally to walk in and ask for it with a straight face, but I am pretty sure that one is a hoax.

Comments
From KP on Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 11:50:15 from 65.208.22.25

i bet the rain felt great on your run this morning. it is so darn hot and humid out!

have a great 4th of july, flat!

From SlowJoe on Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 23:33:47 from 184.79.24.255

They have a playground my girls go to sometimes that uses red rubber mulch on the ground. It exists!

From Burt on Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 02:04:19 from 68.225.214.248

Have a safe and happy holiday.

From Rye on Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 20:40:18 from 97.121.11.186

Way to brave the humidity and heat. Enjoy all the family and fireworks this weekend.

From flatlander on Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 01:23:09 from 76.31.26.153

KP, thanks, it has been a great holiday weekend so far. Hope yours is going well.

Joe, well I walked in and asked for red rubber mulch. She didn't bat an eye, said she thought they only had brown. But turned out they had red, so all is well. Still not sure I like the idea though, kind of like spraying your cement green instead of putting in grass.

Thanks Burt and Rye, hope your weekend is going well too.

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