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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
13.120.000.000.0013.12

81F, 84%, SSW 10 mph.  No weather commentary today.  Ran 13.12 in 2:15:51, average pace 10:21 per mile, a 30-second drop-off from yesterday.  Possibly my worst run ever, was happy to at least accomplish that.  Actually I was happy to get it in.  Legs were tired and it was a little warmer today, the result isn't surprising.

Public service announcement.  There is a Honda Odyssey minivan parked in my neighborhood with Utah plates, so if anybody is missing one let me know.  It looks like it has seen a kid or two in its time but hasn't been mom-ed out (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mom+my+ride&aq=0), and the lights are not on, so not an emergency, just let me know as soon as you can.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 17:10:39 from 66.137.82.63

Worst run ever, how often can you say that? Actually I've been saying it a lot...

Not missing a van, but I will trade you my golf clubs for it.

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 17:29:51 from 174.70.177.86

Worst run ever? Strong words! You sure toughed it out and got it done! I will offer weather commentary for you: That is brutal heat and HUMIDITY, so impossible to cool off. Great job! I could really use a minivan, too. I don't have golf clubs though. How about my Saturn?

From Dan on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 20:47:20 from 24.209.83.20

Worst run ever means tomorrow will be better and that is good to look forward too. Humidity sucks the life out of us, but hey just a few more... umm... quite a few more days of this... way to get the run in.

From Dave S on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 13:03:15 from 4.254.229.38

After running that many miles in that heat and humidity all week it's not surprising that your energy would take a hit. Nice job getting it done!

From Rye on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 23:49:01 from 174.27.119.243

Not missing a van. I do have a 1990' Geo with just 175,000 miles on it. Great miles this week. You guys down south are animals running in those conditions.

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