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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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Thu, Jul 28, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.15	12.40	0.00	0.00	14.55

80F, 85%, S 5 mph. There was a cloud with textbook lightning in it to the south about mile 6 of the run this morning, just as the sun was coming up. Kind of pretty, thought it would cut the run short but no such luck, the cloud was dissipated by the next lap, probably melted in the heat. The plan today was to warm up a couple of miles then try to do 12 at 8:00, just to mix it up a little. I had second thoughts when I saw the temperature. The forecast for every morning in the last 10 days has been between 74 and 76, but actual has never been below 78. Sure enough, got up to 80F this morning and was about to bag the whole idea and switch to something reasonable, but decided what the heck, I ain't skeerd.

Then the Garmin cratered on my way out the door. It just didn't hold its charge, though it seems fine now. But I knew exactly where the 2-mile mark was, so I ran to that, checked the time on my cell phone, and then did a little less than 4 laps on a 5K plus a little bit loop. I tried to guess at an 8-minute speed and as things turned out I was pretty close. Mapped out the loop on a Google Map application when I got back, and turns out I ran 12.40 miles in 100 minutes net, after subtracting out 3 water breaks (counted the seconds, they were about 15 seconds apiece), so about 8:04 per mile. I'm calling it MP miles more because of the effort than the speed. Then jogged home the remaining bit. Pretty happy with this run. I recall running a time trial half marathon at about 7:58 pace last August or so, temperature about 66F if I recall, although I can't seem to find the blog entry. I am pretty sure it happend, though, and I think today was a better run, maybe quite a bit better, just don't know quite how to measure the heat factor.

We love to complain about the heat down here, but it really isn't too bad once you get used to it. On the other hand, if you stay out too long you might need a doctor:

Comments

From derhammer on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:57:53 from 192.156.110.34

Looks like we may get a bit of relief this weekend.

From Steam8 on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:43:55 from 166.70.55.77

Ahaha! Love it!

I can't believe you are already done with 14.55 nice work!

From I Just Run on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 13:22:01 from 67.79.11.242

I like my Garmin but it acts a little funny every once in a while too. I wear a second watch for the time and as a back-up if needed. I can't carry my cell phone because of all the sweat. I've actually ruined two I-Phones getting them so wet so I quit :-( The funny thing about the corn joke is that it's been so hot and dry here that the corn wasn't able to produce. The stalks are about two feet high. I think your run sounds like a good one...!

From Dave S on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 14:46:51 from 4.254.224.192

Nice run. That's got to be tough in the heat and after running 14 miles a day all week.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 15:11:45 from 75.109.104.60

Really good run, my legs would not be working at all after 3 14-milers.

From Dan on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 23:59:07 from 24.209.83.20

Nice run, even better effort!

From Stephen on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:22:00 from 204.182.3.237

Lightening, broken garmin, extra heat, humidity... What does it take to discourage you?

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