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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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79F, 89% humidity, wind SSW 8 mph.  Great morning for running, but don't like the wind coming from that direction.  It feels dry and scratchy, which I know is a funny-sounding complaint.  I am a finely tuned instrument and the least little thing throws me off.  If I ever got deployed to the desert like SlowJoe (or Burt) I would be a mess.

Ran 10.10 in 1:38:17, average pace 9:44 per mile in regular shoes.  It was mostly low heart rate but I threw in some 10K pacing.  The plan was to do 2 x 3200 at 7:30 pace.  First one I almost finished, 7:25 (165 bpm), 7:25 (179 bpm), but the second split was only .8 miles, couldn't hold it the full two, heart rate was climbing rapidly and hit 184 about the time I quit.  I could have pushed through but I am in the live-to-fight-another-day mode so I backed off.  I did run one more fast mile a little later, 7:35 (176 bpm), then jogged slowly until the last mile which I ran at low 9s then down to low 8s, getting my heart rate back up to 175.  So I didn't quite get there but I learned a lot and made progress.  Mid-7s is an ambitious but good speed for me.  It feels more relaxed now, not a killer injury-inducing sprint like a few months ago.  If I could stabilize my heart rate in the 170-175 range at that speed I felt like I could go indefinitely.  Ultimate goal is a 10K at 7:00 pace, but that might be a little much for this summer.

Comments
From Rye on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 09:18:47 from 174.27.108.29

The heat! This morning in Idaho Falls at 6:45am 38 degrees! It does warm up though...

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:52:16 from 84.11.148.246

Hey I just found my excuse for not running in the heat: I'm a finely tuned instrument. Thanks!

Hey, nice tempo miles too. Nice that the same pace is getting more and more relaxed.

From Smooth on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 14:35:32 from 174.23.214.90

SPEEDY intervals! I know all about finely tuned instrument! :)

From flatlander on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 15:36:12 from 198.207.244.102

Rye, right now I would kill for those temperatures, but I have my job to do.

Joe, don't forget to change the oil!

Smooth, thanks, if you're like me it doesn't take much to upset the balance.

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