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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

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.62	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.62

Have been running a bit lately. Skipped yesterday because my back felt sketchy by the time I got to the end of mu cul e sac. Felt much better toay, I wouldn't say it is going great but there does seem to be some slow progress. I have picked out a two and a half mile loop but haven't been running with any technology. I timed it on Tuesday with my cell phone and I was at a 10:18 pace, felt a little faster today.

Also on Tuesday I had a followup appointment with Dr. Kevorkian. He had a complete write-up prepared from my first visit (love it when the medical profession embraces customer service) and we discussed my situation in detail. He reiterated that he is not going to tell me not to run, he knows how addicting it is. He said he is 10 years older than me, and he remembers starting to fall apart at my age. Nice -- we old guys love black humor. He also said he spends 10 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at night stretching, that it needs to become part of my life, i.e., the same as brushing my teeth -- especially hamstring stretches.

I mentioned how much I liked Rhonda, the physical therapist, and he said he liked her too. I reported that she had me on a regimen to get to a strong core, and he agreed that it would help, then lifting his finger he said, "to a degree". It's not a magic pill. Speaking of which, I am very lucky to have gotten rid of my back pain with two 800 mg doses of Ibuprofen. Translated: he sees back patients all day long who almost need morphine to get through the day, this is not something to mess around with, especially since I am already old enough to order the senior special at Denny's.

When I told him I had gained 10 pounds already he was alarmed, said no more desserts. This is one tough old bird.

Lots to think about, to be contineud.

Comments

From I Just Run on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:13:43 from 67.79.11.242

Glad you're able to get out and run a little Flat! Hope things continue to improve.

I just can't get past your doctor's name, I would be carful with him when he starts talking about being old and such, next he may say he has the perfect pill to cure that!

BTW...does your wife know about Rhonda? :-)

From SlowJoe on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:14:26 from 155.219.241.10

Thanks for the update - pretty good news overall, I guess. My father-in-law is one of those who needs some pretty intense pain meds for his back pain...no bueno! Glad you're feeling better and running again.

From Rye on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 18:30:45 from 65.129.68.92

Just some friendly advice...I would keep the Dennys discount thing to myself. Good ole Doc K...I'm with IJR on this one....Don't let him stick any needles in you.

From Stephen on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 08:05:07 from 204.182.3.236

Good to hear from you again. I hope you can keep progressing with your health.

From flatlander on Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 17:25:06 from 98.197.129.41

Thanks Preston. If he ever brings it up, I think he's going to have to go first.

Joe, bummer about your father-in-law. I'm not feeling too great about my own propects until I hear how bad somebody else has it.

Rye, sorry, I had it wrong, it was IHOP.

Thanks Stephen.

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