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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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Wed, Apr 27, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
18.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.05

79F, 74%, WSW 10 mph, at least the wind direction is changing, but there were very few mornings last year that were this warm, even in August. It will be cool tomorrow if you believe the weather report, but then warm again. I ran 7.5 then did the seminary run then another 4.5, total time 2:01:54, average pace 10:07 (included two warmup miles, true time was probably more like 10:01). Decided no MP miles today to protect groin that pulled yesterday. It feels fine so far this morning, hopefully back to full strength tomorrow, although that is a relative term, I'm running tired by design. Seems kind of risky but so far I am doing OK. The thing I have to watch most closely is my right achilles, that is what always hurts until I get warmed up. I signed up for a replacement 5K Saturday a week, so this coming week I will probably use that race as an excuse to dial things back a bit before a final push to the UVM marathon taper in early June.

PM: 6 TM hill miles, upping the tempo a little bit. Uphill 6 mph, downhill 6.5. Thinking of going to a 4% up and down incline, but not sure it's necessary.

Comments

From SlowJoe on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:51:14 from 131.59.200.80

That is a really warm morning. Probably a good day to take it easy, injury or not. Sounds like a good plan on the 5K/UVM training.

From I Just Run on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:53:59 from 67.79.11.242

I'm really getting "mileage envy" ... Man you just keep pumping them out!

From derhammer on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 13:32:51 from 192.156.110.33

Hey Flat, when I did my lab testing I thought of my Steamtown marathon and how putting the back of the treadmill on some blocks would be a great idea for downhill training. Not sure how many downhills there are at UVM but I thought there were some good downhill portions. Anyway, jacking up the back of your treadmill might be something to consider to get the leg muscles used to downhill running.

From Stephen on Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 01:06:13 from 174.52.135.96

Daryl and I are running a 5K on May 5th. Should be fun. This is no "first annual", but rather a 2nd annual.

I sure hope you don't get injured.

From flatlander on Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 09:04:44 from 75.241.10.100

Joe, thanks, going to your blog in a minute to catch the latest OKC weather report.

IJR, don't be impressed, they are mostly slow miles, kind of embarrassing really.

David, I thought I invented that one! My treadmill is propped up in the back.(Actually, it's my wife's treadmill, can't say she is too happy about it but I told her it was for world peace.)

Stephen, Don't worry about me, but keep an eye on Daryl. Tell him to take it slow, walk if he needs to, and stop at all the aid stations for gatorade and blister creme. I'm sure he can make it.

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