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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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Sat, May 29, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.05

72F, 80% humidity, clear. Great morning for running under a full moon. I had to make a trip to the airport to drop off my daughter and her husband for an early flight, so no long run today. I will do it on Monday, which is still 12 days out from UVM and should be OK.

Ran 10.06 miles in 1:38:40, average pace 9:49 per mile, most splits between 9:38 and 9:55, which is MP + 1:10 or 1:15. I ran in regular shoes today. I was hurting in multiple places when I went to bed last night, but woke up early and felt good so I went out and got the run in before I had to leave. Basically I ran the first half of the planned long run, the second half would be at marathon pace. Monday will prove whether I can put it all together. My heart rate started at 138 for the first mile, progressed rapidly to 155, then held steady until the last two or three miles, ending at 159 on a 9:37 final mile. I can hold a 178-182 pace for 10K, so I can see some possibilities here. If I can stay below 165 through the first half of UVM, I might just have a shot at my BQ. But if I am at 175 at the half I don't think it will happen, because I would be at 185 or higher for the last 10K, too high to sustain. I'll get more data on Monday.

My daughter and son-in-law left on a post-graduation vacation, leaving our two granddaughters here. It is a reliable sign you are getting old when you would rather watch grandkids for 10 days than go on vacation. Also when you wake up at 3:30 without an alarm clock, ready to run.

Comments

From Smooth on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 23:34:34 from 174.23.172.155

NICE 10 miler both days!

How many are you running on Monday? GOOD LUCK w/ your last long run before UVM!!! Are you gonna start the run at 5:30am?

From flatlander on Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:32:24 from 198.207.244.102

Smooth, thanks so much for the encouragement. Today's run didn't go according to plan, variety of factors -- I started at 6 which probably was about a half-hour late the way things turned out. But it's all good, I love running.

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