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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
5.710.004.350.0010.06

77F, 90% and calm.  Felt a little cooler despite higher humidity.  Started out with 3 LHR, 9:47 per mile, then 7 x 1000 at tempo pace:  7:12 (152), 6:44 (161), 6:57 (165), 6:40 (171, 6:47 (176), 6:58 (177) and 7:07 (177), average 6:55.  MaxHR was showing 193, but that is not accurate, 182 was the highest I saw.  Overall 10.06 miles in 1:24:32, average pace 8:24.  As usual, finished out each interval by jogging to the end of the mile.  I felt strong through 5, then I was dragging by the time I got to 6 and 7, the sun was out by then and they were probably a little ambitious.  This is 3 fast days in a row, not sure I'll do it again tomorrow.  But it's August now, time to ramp it up for St. George.

Comments
From Huans32 on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 12:46:37 from 138.64.8.51

Great miles man. And alot of really fast ones.

From JG on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 13:07:01 from 71.57.246.108

Great intervals Flat ... enjoy your Wyoming trip! I know it is not centered on running, but maybe you can get in a few downhill training runs, which would pay big dividends for St. George ... considering your options for doing those are so limited in TX!

From Dan on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 23:06:14 from 24.209.83.20

Nice intervals, I know what you mean, marathon is right around the corner... and I don't feel ready.

From I Just Run on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 23:32:24 from 166.137.143.33

All this talk about marathons is sure making me want to run!

From SlowJoe on Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 11:32:55 from 132.3.53.68

Impressive running in the soup. I agree with JG, launch yourself down some hills if you get the time.

From flatlander on Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 14:06:50 from 76.31.26.153

Mark, thanks, hope they do some good.

JG, definitely will. I think bears provide a good opportunity for speedwork.

Dan, you will be ready, you are a good runner.

IJR, patience is a virtue. But you already know that, you are being very patient.

Thanks Joe, I'll honk as we blast through Abilene. I hear that DPS lets you go whatever speed you want around there?

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