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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Sat, Jul 07, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.20

77F, 95% and calm. Met Wade down at the Y, it was the first Saturday for the running group. Wade has been doing a lot of gym work recovering from an abdominal injury, so the goal this morning was to go slow and a reasonable distance. The group we started with was the intermediate group and the first mile came in at 11:00. We soon found ourselves forging ahead, even though we were intentionally keeping it slow. Every mile was faster, though, and we ended up with a 9:55 average. 8.20 miles in 1:21:26, 9:55 per mile, 139 bpm, 151 max. When we got back the "green" group was there, looks like we will have some pretty good runners in it this year, including a woman who completed a full Ironman in Cozumel and a guy who can run a quarter in 60.5. Fun morning, back didn't have the sharp pains to start, although it still bothered me. Very gradual improvement, but I think it is going to get there.

So yesterday was a big day. My daughter called at 2 a.m. and cheerfully announced she was on her way to the hospital, and that things were moving "very rapidly". Trever Scott was born at about 3:30, third grandchild, first grandson. So no running yesterday. Mother and son are fine. We are very grateful and happy. Everybody says he looks like his dad. I think he looks more like a baby, albeit a very fast one.

Comments

From Burt on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 08:07:59 from 72.223.80.161

That baby's gonna be a good runner for sure.

From Andrea on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 08:12:26 from 67.177.11.154

Congrats on the first grandson!! I agree with you - he does look like a baby :)

From flatlander on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 08:14:38 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks guys, I'll post his first 200 splits in a couple of weeks.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 12:29:12 from 69.131.141.92

Congrats on the new addition to the Flatlander clan!

From Dan on Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 19:58:17 from 24.209.83.20

Congrats!! That is a huge blessing!

From I Just Run on Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 09:04:07 from 67.79.11.242

Good to hear of the improvement and GREAT to here of the new life!

From Claudio on Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:00:56 from 216.99.185.50

Congratulations on the new addition to the family!

From flatlander on Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:31:22 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks everyone. My wife has abandoned the house and is helping out in Temple, Texas. She is back home on Friday with the girls, then Trevor comes down at the end of next week for his first visit.

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