| 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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| Thanks to all for checking in. Heel is still bad, though I have no clue what I did to cause this. Today was race day but I decided early in the week not to do it. I have been working out on a stationary bike and doing weights several times a week; but I need to mix in other routines as well. Am looking into pool running, but don't know if I can put that together. This morning I ran to my neighborhood facility, about a third of a mile, and spent an hour on the bike. Walked back. My legs felt strong but the pain was there immediately and never abated. I went with the family to the rodeo and the heel hurt all day. But it comes and goes. It was gone after I laid down and took a nap. My son thinks it might be a stress fracture. Nothing to do but wait and try not to lose too much conditioning or get too fat.
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| More of the same this week, though I am cautiously optimistic I turned the corner. I ran this morning to the clubhouse for some quality time on the bike then back, total of 1K. Heel seems to be responding OK, but I know I couldn't have done an actual run on it, not yet anyway. But if this happens too many weeks in a row I might write down one of the Ks.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.85 |
| 56F, 95%, S 1 mph. 2.85 miles without watch or heart rate monitor. Heel was more sore today than yesterday without running.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.35 |
| 41F, 72%, N 6 mph. 5.35 miles without watch or heart rate monitor. Rare running weather so I ran. Foot was sore all day and part of the next. Seemed worth it though.
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| Foot felt better today but didn't run. I have done either the stationary bike or stretching/lifting sessions at the gym every day this week that I didn't run -- sometimes both. Starting to gain a little weight, though, as I am only burning 600 calories per session, and I don't think the bike is going to cut it for maintaining conditioning, though it certainly helps. So today I went down to the Y and joined. The friendly rep gave me a tour -- I apologized at the end for being too easy. They have a great pool for pool running, Deep, and flotation vests are included. If I can manage the boredom I should be able to stay in shape this way, and get enough training that I am not tempted to run on the heel, and keep the weight off. Lots of classes there too, most of them free, some might be fun.
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| I have been cross-training the last week. Foot is improving quite a bit. On Monday I went to a spin class at the Y, taught by Rosie, a 50-year old woman who helped me get set up on the bike, then reduced me to a quivering mass on the multi-purpose carpet. She said don't worry, you need the right shoes, so I went and bought a pair, surprisingly expensive. They have a certain type of cleat on them (SPD I think they call it) that clips to the pedal. I never knew. They are very stiff, almost like wearing ski boots.
So Thursday I went back for more. The shoes helped, but this time unfortunately Rosie was doing interval training. So difficult to stand up on a bike when legs are jello. I stayed with Rosie for more of the session than on Monday, so progress. Heart rate maxed out at 176, which is sky high for an activity like this where only a few muscles are being used compared to running. Possibly in a couple of more sessions I can keep up.
On the other days, other than normal weight training and stretching, I did water running. Talk about low impact, I almost felt like I was doing nothing, yet my legs were tired afterward. A little worried that I am not doing it hard enough. I finally got the idea of bringing my heart rate monitor, tied it to the ladder and could get a reading if I pulled myself out of the water. At first it was reading 87 or so, which I knew could not be right. Figured out that if I stayed out of the water for 20 or 30 seconds it would get a true reading, came out to about 110. So I wasn't working hard enough, but have learned this week that heart rates don't translate to cross-training activities. Still, pool running is supposed to mimic the real thing pretty closely. Rosie teaches a class on Thursday morning. I'll probably go if I dare.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.85 |
| 55F, 88%, N 12 mph. 2.85 miles at 9:13/mile, average heart rate low 150s. Foot was feeling pretty good all week so I tried out a run. Not a disaster, but heel is back to hurting, at least for now. But this morning was good weather and there won't be many more like it, so I ran. It felt great to get back to running, and I haven't lost a lot of fitness yet. Heart rate was only 5 or 6 beats high. I have been doing pool running, spin classes, stretching, core and weights. 1 to 2 hours a day. Lots of new muscle groups coming into play. This whole thing may be an entre into tris, but that is down the road. First I have to get better.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.85 |
| 54F, 94% and alm. 2.85 miles in 26:01, 9:08/mile, HR low 150s.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.90 |
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