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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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Wed, Aug 18, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.09

81F, 89% humidity, wind SW 6 mph. Nice crisp morning. Ran 10.09 miles in 1:59:40, average pace 11:52 per mile, low heart rate. This run was better than Monday's at 12:09 per mile, and I controlled my heart rate better. Still, it was interesting how the speed dropped dramatically after 4 miles -- today my fastest mile was 10:59 and slowest was 12:35. It doesn't do that at normal temperatures, where I can hold a steady heart rate and speed for much longer. I am going to try a few miles in my flat shoes tomorrow, there is potential there and I need to get into shape to wear them consistently. Right now I am running a little bit in the dark, both literally and figuratively, because I don't have anything to measure progress against. Definitely low heart rate measuring sticks are out the window, they change every time it gets a couple of degrees warmer outside. Running fast is one way to combat it, feels like there is improvement there, but there have been enough injuries this year that I am afraid to do it too much. So bottom line I won't really know until things cool down how much benefit I got out of running this summer. It's OK, just an interesting process.

Comments

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:09:15 from 174.23.203.161

I don't do well running in heat and humidity. I noticed when I ran in Houston and it was in Nov. my pace was 1 min. slower than running here in Utah. And I wasn't running in the dark. It was on the Greenbelt trail, flat concrete.

Anyhow! when it gets really warm here, I run on the TM. I'm a wimp!

NICE to see you ramping up the mileage again!

From Burt on Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 14:17:39 from 206.19.214.144

Maybe Bonnie can help you figure it out. She's a statistics professor.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 07:07:48 from 214.13.130.104

Well, like you said, only 2 more months of summer! So in the heat now, you are still going to run at the same heart rate regardless of what your pace is showing? I'm wondering if I should sort of do that too - I hate the slow paces but do not want to suffer every day trying to maintain (what used to be) easy-run pace. Then maybe do fast running on a TM to keep the legs in shape...

From flatlander on Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:58:53 from 198.207.244.102

Smooth, interesting comment. I have been thinking that the heat is more of a problem than altitude, even though altitude is challenging for me. So that is an interesting experiment you did.

Burt, does she have a minor in psychology?

Joe, I admit it is difficult to keep the heart rate down in the heat. I run slow enough already. But it is only a little while longer and I still feel tired after the run, so I think it is doing me good. Your plan sounds like a good one, especially now that you are such good friends with your favorite TM. Did it cop an attitude when you ran outside yesterday?

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