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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

Sun, Aug 08, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
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No running this weekend, or for a few days before that, still waiting for my heel to behave. We think it is the peroneal tendon but I haven't been to anybody.

I drove to Utah to pick up my son and his stuff, as he is moving to Houston to begin medical school. We are starting back this morning but we will be back on Thursday and Friday for he and his wife's graduation from BYU. They are staying at her grandparents' home, somewhere off of exit 282 on the east side of the freeway. Her grandparents are on a church mission in South Africa. I trucked in about mid-afternoon yesterday and packed the truck. Then we went to an Indian restaurant in Sandy last night with another couple who are their friends. The food was very good, I think Indian food might be a good alternative to pasta loading, but you would have to stick with the mild stuff for obvious reasons.

Here is the truck, ready to go. Looks pretty good for a packing job by a lawyer, but it is kind of like a race, everybody looks good at the starting line. We'll see if the load makes it to Texas or not.

Comments

From Smooth on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:50:16 from 174.23.203.161

EXIT 282? That's the Lehi Main St. exit, isn't it? Wonder if I know your daughter-in-law's grandparents!

I had no idea you were in Utah!

CONGRATZ to your son's admission to Med School in Houston. My son graduated in April from BYU and just headed to AZ for med school. He is wife-less or girlfriend-less though. He drove down by his lonesome self with all his worldly possession in his Pontiac. We weren't even there to say good bye. You're so good to help your son move. How cool is that they are now closer to you!

From flatlander on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:47:39 from 198.207.244.102

Very interesting about your son. My daughter-in-law's grandparents are Mortenson (don't know the first names). They are currently on a mission in South Africa. We drove east from exit 282 to get to their house, I was thinking Lehi was on the west side of the freeway? Funny thing, when I go back to Utah or Arizona I feel like I am going home, even though I have lived in Texas for almost 30 years. But we have raised a house full of Texans. Last year I had three kids in Utah, now none, each one couldn't wait to get back to Texas. Congratulations to your son. I assume he moved to Tucson? I am sure he will have lots of prospects, as soon as word gets out that there is a single med student in town.

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 17:03:42 from 174.23.203.161

The name Mortenson does ring a bell! I'll have to ask my hubby if he knows them. I take exit 282 when I go home. I have lived in Lehi for 31 years...it's grown a lot...great people and place.

My daughter and son-in-law really like Texas. They lived in Dallas area for 2 years and have been in Houston for 4. I wish David was going to Med school there. He is going to Glendale AZ! He says there are 39 students from the Y and all are married! Darn!

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