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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
14.090.000.000.0014.09

78F, 91%, SW 5 mph.  Felt cooler this morning although it wasn't really.  I think the day off did wonders, all LHR today but more importantly I held my heart rate through most of the run, had a 10:06 average going at mile 11.  Altogether 14.09 in 2:23:35, average 10:12 per mile.  I really should back off this week, but I am probably not going to get a 20-miler on Saturday, plus I leaving the following Friday to go backpacking in Wyoming, so I don't want to put in too many easy weeks in a row.  I'll stick with high mileage for a few days at least, especially since I feel pretty good right now.  Happy Monday all.

Comments
From JG on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:54:30 from 71.57.246.108

Nice solid run to start the week Flat ... what a great way to end the week ... Wyoming is one of the few states I have never ventured to, but look fwd to the day I do!

From Steam8 on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:34:51 from 166.70.55.77

How nice to have 14 done! I am still in my pjs. Great way to start the week and good time too!

Where in Wyoming are you backpacking? Sounds like so much fun!

From SlowJoe on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:33:05 from 74.196.65.182

Great Monday Mileage! That'll be a fun trip. I forget now to which part of Wyoming you're headed, but when I went to E WY last year, we had mornings in the 50s.

From Dan on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 23:04:59 from 24.209.83.20

Solid Monday! Are you staying in WY long? Sounds like a better place to run.

From flatlander on Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 13:21:56 from 198.207.244.102

JG, thanks. Wyoming is spectacular.

Steam, going to the southern part of the Windriver Range, about an hour north of Pinedale. We will only pack for about 3 days, then do some other stuff for the rest of the week.

Joe, I think our temperatures should be similar to that, especially at altitude.

Dan, thanks, definitely hoping to get a few runs in.

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