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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
3.140.000.000.003.14

Hello again.

76F, 89%, SSE 4 mph.  Nice running weather this morning, slept in and it was already light when I headed out.  3.14 pi-shaped, LHR miles at 9:49 per mile.  Legs felt normal walking around yesterday so I thought it was time to get out, but they were definitely weak by the third mile.  I'll just come back slow.  It's been 5 days since the marathon, haven't really changed any of my conclusions, just a sub-par effort most likely traceable to an unsettled stomach.  My son said he tried my carb powders and they didn't set well ,with him either.  I'm going to be more diligent this summer about trying different hydration and nutrition strategies, lots of long runs in the heat.  Great.

Comments
From I Just Run on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:07:58 from 67.79.11.242

Welcome back...It's been kinda quite around here, good to hear nothing is hurting! Now, let's get back to work :-)

From Stephen on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:35:56 from 204.182.3.235

Wow! I averaged 9:49/mile with my interval training this morning. But the similarities stop right there. I hope your recovery goes well.

From derhammer on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:19:57 from 65.67.40.73

The one and only time I had orange juice before a workout it went badly. It was too acidic for me and I felt like throwing up the whole time. I haven't had juice before a run since. That was about 3 years ago.

So CarboPro didn't work for you? I love that stuff. I also tried Carbo Pro 1200 for this marathon and it worked equally as well. As you said, experimentation is the key.

From Steam8 on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:53:04 from 166.70.55.77

So glad you are back at it after only 5 days! I've had to experiment quite a bit. I get really sick during full marathons towards the end, but I didn't on my last one.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 20:30:04 from 184.79.24.255

Maybe for the next one you won't have to go to Cental America 2 days beforehand!

From Dan on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 23:28:40 from 24.209.83.20

I'd try all that powder stuff way before your next race to make sure it agrees with you. Welcome back!

From flatlander on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 13:03:11 from 76.31.26.153

Sorry guys, forgot to reply here, thanks for all your comments.

David, I couldn't get my hands on CarboPro, tried pretty hard but couldn't find anybody who had it. I'll have to order it.

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