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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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73F, 95%, SSE 7.  LLHR run, 10.11 miles in 2:04:00, 12:16/mile, 121 bpm average.  Legs still beat up from Saturday I assume, though the heat is building as well.  At least it was a little faster than last Monday.  Wade ran the middle 5 miles with me; we won't be doing much running together this summer as he is going to his summer place in Wyoming this weekend, he will probably be there through September or October.  He was a good sport to run at my speed and commented that his legs felt rubbery at the end, just like mine do at these snail speeds. Might go up there in July and run a local half with him, undecided right now.

We also went to the outlet mall and got shoes.  My Jinga sources are drying up, so I got some Merrill shoes that are light and have zero lift.  With discounts they were half off.  I haven't run in anything but Jinga for at least 4 years, so this could be interesting.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, May 28, 2014 at 09:41:04 from 168.215.171.129

I think you were single-handedly keeping Jinga in business for awhile; sorry you had to switch. I was up in Wyoming for a couple weeks a few summers ago - so much better than TX for running, but I'm sure you knew that!

From flatlander on Wed, May 28, 2014 at 09:57:16 from 198.207.244.102

I actually have the address of the guy in Brazil who sends them to distributors in UK and Australia -- the last order they made the mistake of having him mail them to me directly. As soon as I get around to it I'm going to write him a letter. Maybe he will sell them to me for his price if I buy a dozen pairs? I am guessing his price will be very low. I'll tell him to mix and match, but no pink or solid white. Anything else I can live with.

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