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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, Aug 02, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.21	0.00	3.10	0.00	10.31

79F, 82%, WSW 5 mph. Hard to say if today was better than yesterday, but humidity was a bit lower and I think it made up for the higher temperature. Ran 5 LHR miles at 9:44 per mile, which included one split at 9:19, the fastest I have run at these temperatures. Then I did 5 x 1000, goal was 7:00 and I got 7:02. 7:16 (159), 7:00 (163), 6:54 (168), 6:57 (172) and 6:59 (175). MaxHR 183. This is starting to be my favorite workout. It is easy and seems like I am getting some good out of it. I concentrated on trying to keep my strike long and smooth and that added speed. Probably should be running these at about 6:50 at this point, but need to keep thinking baby steps.

During August it will be difficult to maintain a consistent running schedule. We are leaving Friday to go backpacking in Wyoming and won't be back for 10 days, although a lot of that is driving and doing vacation-y things other than backpacking. Then I have an outpatient procedure, then a quick trip to Peru, then back to Utah to climb King's Peak with Wade. I should be well rested up by the time September arrives, just not any faster.

Comments

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 00:53:12 from 67.2.116.101

NICE run in that humidity. How come Houston is 79 while Dallas is 109?

sounds like lots of fun stuffs planned for Aug. Enjoy! :)

From SlowJoe on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 13:48:35 from 132.3.53.68

I'm gonna have to try that one, seems reasonable yet tough. Nice run. Enjoy getting away from TX in August so much.

From I Just Run on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 05:14:43 from 166.137.142.233

Uh...Oh... "Outpatient", do I hear another SlowJoe type story comings? Where's April when I need her?

From flatlander on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:28:48 from 198.207.244.102

Smooth, 79 is the low for Houston (because that is the time of day I run). Hopefully, 109 is the high for Dallas. It is hitting 105 hear in the middle of the afternoon, hottest I remember.

Joe, it's a good way to run in the heat, I think. But best method is getting out of the heat. Even better is getting out of the heat and not running.

Preston, somehow I knew that one wouldn't make it past you. No details will be provided until we get closer to the event. Suffice it to say it starts out with a bottle of liquid the night before that does strange things to one's GI tract.

From I Just Run on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:42:42 from 166.137.143.33

Oh... Nooo... The dreaded probe... :+(

I never trust them when they say "you won't feel a thing...or remember anything". For some reason I just don't trust doctors that much (kinda like lawyers)... ;+)

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