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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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77F, 90%, SSW 4 mph.  Pretty normal running weather.  We set an all-time record yesterday with 22 straight 100+ days, 35 in all.  Usually the humidity modulates the temperature to the low 90s but it has gotten away from us this year.

Saturday I went to San Marcos to help my daughter move, then celebrated my wife's birthday that night back in Houston, so no running at all.  Monday, well, that was my "procedure", which went off without a hitch.  But that stuff they have you drink will give you nightmares.  Much worse than the procedure itself.  Funny thing, though, the monitor was showing high blood pressure, have never had that before.  It was 106/60 in the dentist's chair only a week ago, but the systolic was over 150 yesterday when I woke up.

So I spent yesterday sleeping and getting the anesthesia out of my system, felt pretty normal when I woke up this morning.  My LHR pace was about right for this temperature/humidity combination, 10:11 per mile.  Then decided there was no reason to take it easy, so I ran 5 at 7:30 per mile:  7:41 (158), 7:35 (166), 7:27 (174), 7:22 (179) and 7:25 (186), average 7:30.  Total 10.13 miles in 1:30:42, average 8:52/mile.  Despite the high heart rate, I felt pretty good while running so I kept the foot on the gas and finished hard.  That is the longest non-injury break I have had in a while.

Comments
From Smooth on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 17:21:07 from 174.27.193.15

NO reason to take it easy after such an eventful weekend?!!! You're incredible! Those are some speedy miles! NICELY done!

From I Just Run on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 17:56:10 from 67.79.11.242

Hey...I saw you in San Marcos on Saturday and waved and waved and you ignored me! What's up...? I though we were blog buddies... :)

You know I live right outside of San Marcos..

From Dan on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 22:23:58 from 24.209.83.20

Flat- I have to agree with smooth! You are a tough customer.

From allie on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 22:38:19 from 24.10.191.18

nice job! that's a great run after everything you did over the past few days.

From flatlander on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:24:18 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks Smooth, we're all just trying to keep up with you, which is a hopeless task.

IJR, I was probably shopping in the outlet mall for my wife's birthday -- no time for friends! Took my daughter and watched her systematically try out every purse in the store, with three clerks at her beck and call. Man, I got a good deal, though, and my wife was impressed that I picked out the perfect purse!

Dan, no way, I am slowing down, pretty sure. Hate to admit it, won't know for sure until the weather cools down and I get a read on where I am at.

Allie, thanks, really great to see you running so well right now.

From I Just Run on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:44:31 from 67.79.11.242

All I have to say is that "I HATE THE OUTLET MALL" way to many people....!

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