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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.670.000.002.5010.17

79F, 97% humidity, wind ENE 3 mph though I never felt a hint of a breeze.  Good morning for running anyway, no storms today.  Warmed up for three miles then ran 10x400 with 400 recovery in between.  I ran the intervals overall in the high 6s, mile pace for each 400 split was 7:16, 6:50, 6:38, 6:35, 7:02, 6:50, 6:57, 6:53, 7:07 and 6:59, average 6:55.  Highest heart rate 187.  Pace for the warmup, recovery and cooldown miles was mid to high 10s.  Overall, 10.17 miles in 1:40:12, 9:51 per mile, regular shoes.  This run took the starch out of my legs, but it felt good anyway.  Nothing like speedwork to produce that endorphin glow for the rest of the day.  Everybody at work thinks I'm smiling because it's Friday.

I'm going to run with the neighborhood group again in the morning.  They are going 4 miles.  What's up with that?  Unless they are running it at 10K speed?  There is apparently a summer running memo circulating that I never saw.  I'm going to have to be creative to get a regular run in.

Comments
From Smooth on Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:45:21 from 174.23.218.43

AWESOME speed work! Check out that 6:35! I can barely breath in that heat and humidity! YOU are INCREDIBLE!!!

I can just picture you smiling all day at the office! Have a great weekend and show the neighborhood group how it's done!

From Rye on Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 23:24:17 from 97.121.0.16

Nice miles this week! Great session on the speed work and all. You are a tiger with running in those temps.

From lightitup on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 02:46:10 from 67.185.20.107

Just checking in to say I checked in. I love reading about your progress every day. My training for the day was cleaning the garage...it's just not the same. Great job on the 400s. You should do Yasso 800s...it will get your confidence up for ING.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 04:44:26 from 214.13.130.104

Yowzah! 2.5 really fast miles right there. I'm always glowing for awhile after a good one like that too. Well done.

From baldnspicy on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:51:02 from 72.95.172.159

Great job! I wimped out today with the heat & humidity. I should have read your blog last night. I probably wouldn't have wimped... Looking great, Flat!

From flatlander on Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 16:51:35 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks all, I really appreciate you checking in.

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