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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
10.200.000.000.0010.20

80F, 90% humidity, wind S 8 mph, clear.  Felt good out there this morning.  Ran 10.20 miles in 2:00:35, average pace 11:50/mile, low heart rate and flat shoes.  Wanted to do a whole run in flat shoes and see how my right heel held up.  Giving it a B+, looks like I will be OK but it isn't ready for prime time yet.  The other good thing was that even though it was about the same speed as Wednesday, the pace at the same heart rate stayed steady throughout.  Almost every mile was in the 11:45 to 12:00 slot.

As an experiment, I weighed myself just before I went out and as soon as I got back, before eating anything or catching up on liquids.  I lost 5 pounds net -- including a half liter bottle of water that I took with me and drank, a total of 6 pounds of sweat in 2 hours.  I had no idea, kind of scary in a way.  I have seen some numbers on what is safe, but I can't remember what they are.  If I don't feel bad I must be OK, but that is a lot of weight loss for 2 hours of running.  My guess is that a similar run at 50F would only cost me a pound.

Going long tomorrow, part of it with the group.  They are running 6 but my friend Wade and I plan to do 18.

Comments
From KP on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:46:51 from 65.208.22.26

good luck with your 18 tomorrow! interesting on the weight-loss. i should try that.

From lightitup on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 13:53:50 from 166.205.11.243

Good luck tomorrow! I'll be thinking of you from Omaha.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:27:26 from 84.11.148.246

That sticky Houston goo really drains a guy doesn't it. I guess the group is up to 6 miles now, huh? That's not even a warmup for you.

From flatlander on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:23:25 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks guys. Joe, it's funny, after you have run two or three thousand miles, even slowly, you suddenly find yourself faster than a lot of other runners. One runner today was wearing a shirt that said "It's rude to count the people you pass -- out loud." I think I am a little guilty of that.

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