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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 21, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.49	0.00	0.62	0.00	8.11

78F, 90%, S 5 mph. It rained last night so I thought the air would be somewhat fresh. Instead it was steaming off the pavement. Started out with 6.5 LHR miles, average pace 10:02. Even that was deceiving, because I met my neighbor Todd and started running with him at about 4 miles in. Lost my LHR right there, because he was going just slightly faster than my easy pace. Good to get caught up, though, he is making a charitable donation to his daughter's school which will get him into the Houston Marathon instead of going through the lottery. Cool that they let you decide where your money goes.

After Todd veered off I contined and ran a transition 1/2 mile from 6.5 to 7, then busted out my best imitation of a 1K tempo interval. Counterfeit all the way. I don't bother with water on runs under 10 miles and I paid today. I was thirsty at 6.5 and it just got worse. Started out OK on the interval but quickly disintegrated into a blob on the pavement. Goal was about 4:03 and I ran it in 4:15, 6:50 mile pace, average heart rate 178, which means my max was probably close to 190. When I finished I had no choice but to sit down on the curb and feel sorry for myself. After a few minutes I got up and did the jog of shame back to the house. Good thing I only wanted to do one because it emptied the tank. Misery loves company, though. My daughter is visiting and decided to go for a run after I finished. She was also complaining bitterly when she got back. Something about the heat today is lethal. If you just looked at the thermometer it wouldn't seem so bad, but I think the actual humidity, with the rain evaporating, was higher than the official reading. At least we got some rain.

Comments

From I Just Run on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:45:53 from 67.79.11.242

I'm almost embarrassed to say this but I really enjoyed my run on the treadmill today :-) I know just how you feel!

From Burt on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:52:48 from 206.19.214.144

Sorry for the blobbiness.

From Dan on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 21:28:07 from 24.209.83.20

I too don't bother with water on runs less than 10ish (unless I am doing hard intervals) and with the humidity - I feel your pain. Good job getting out, you guys have it rough down there.

From allie on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 22:03:13 from 24.10.191.18

sounds like conditions are pretty brutal right now. way to get the miles in despite having to run through a steam bath.

From seeaprilrun on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 08:21:50 from 174.70.177.86

Wow way to stick that run out. That kind of humdity is brutal!

From flatlander on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 09:49:55 from 76.31.26.153

IJR, you and your TM, have you jimmey-ed it yet?

Thanks Burt, I hurt all day, like I had run a half marathon. Feeling fine this morning, though.

Dan, we love to whine.

Allie, thanks, hope your recovery is going well.

April, it is hotter than it should be, which gives me hope that the rest of the summer will be more normal. Still hot but manageable.

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