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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
20.070.000.000.0020.07

52F, humidity 82%, wind SW 5 mph.  Really nice running weather, felt good to run without the usual accoutrements.  I had to be somewhere at 8:00 so I was out the door at 4:30, kind of funny, my alarm clock went off this morning at almost exactly the same time I went to bed Friday morning.  It's one advantage I have being old, sleep is optional.  The plan was to run 20 at 9:00.  First mile was 9:21, so I sped up and the second was 8:34, and I mostly left it there for the rest of the run, dipped into the 8:20s a couple of times toward the end.  I ended up running 20.07 in 2:54:01, average pace 8:40, flat shoes.  Heart rate never broke 160 and it was below 150 most of the run until I sped up a little bit toward the end.  Legs were quite sore and still are, but no particular stress otherwise.  This was basically my marathon pace going into Richmond, so I am improving.

Comments
From I Just Run on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 14:41:12 from 166.205.12.47

Haven't been tracking you for long, since I'm new to the Blog, but it seems you are doing exceptionally well! I think need to follow your lead and find my comfortable pace a little more. Thanks for being my friend on the Blog

From Kelli on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 17:48:36 from 71.219.84.215

YEAH!!! That is a great run, so happy for you. It is nice to see those improvements just creep in on you!

Now, I was not aware that sleep was optional. I get little to no quality sleep ever, but I feel it! I guess I need to tack on a few more years to when it becomes optional!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

From rockness18 on Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 20:52:21 from 75.11.48.90

Great run and yet another nice week of mileage!

From Mack on Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:21:34 from 71.111.188.189

You are truly an animal, flat. I can't believe the way you just crank out the miles. It just seems like it is effortless for you. Nice job. Very inspiring!

From Stephen on Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:19:25 from 204.182.3.235

You are incredible!

From flatlander on Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:09:53 from 76.31.26.153

Preston, thanks! It's great to have another "local" on here.

Kelli, I tell myself it is optional, but I seem to be capable of a pretty long snooze when I get the chance.

Thanks Rockness, here's hoping for a little bit better weather up your way.

Mack, thanks. Hope all is going well out there. It's great having you on the blog.

Thanks bro! What are you up to lately running-wise?

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