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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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Portland, OR.  48F, 88% humidity, wind N 3 mph.  Great running weather out here in the Northwest.  Got up raring to go, assembled my gear:  heart rate monitor, shorts, shirt, shoes, Garmin, but no socks!  They call this run the dress rehearsal and I wasn't quite dressed, so I put on my leftover "dress" socks from yesterday and I was on my way, thankfully it was still dark.  Left the hotel and ran along the river, 6.02 miles in 58:17, flat shoes.  Warmed up for 3 miles, 10:301 9:57, 10:00 all low heart rate, then near-marathon pace for 2 miles, 8:44, 8:47 then 1 mile cooldown at low heart rate, 10:05.  The marathon pace miles felt good, modest effort but sustainable I think.  We will see soon enough.

This is a pretty superior running city.  Very nice, long trail along the Willamette River, I left the hotel going north and eventually had to cross over to the east side heading back south where I reached the end of the trail at about 3 miles.  I didn't explore to the south on this side of the bank so I don't know how long it is total, but it was covered with runners.  Lots of old guys laying down 7s, good runners here.  I clerked here for one summer during law school but haven't been back since.  Easy to see why they love it here.

Comments
From Rye on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 14:21:58 from 71.209.52.139

When you get back from a run without any socks....that is a bad run or should I say bad stomach... I don't really know what to say if you forgot socks to begin with....

From Mack on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 14:28:23 from 71.111.186.66

Nice run Flat. What brings you to Oregon? I live about 30 miles south west of Portland.

From flatlander on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 15:13:01 from 198.207.244.102

Rye, I know, that's why I was glad it was dark. The black nylon just blended in.

Mack, here doing a deal for a wind farm in Idaho, two days of discussions on the supply contract. You should have come into town to run with me this morning! Where do you work?

From derhammer on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 15:38:31 from 65.67.40.73

I had to run in dress socks once during the day. I just rolled them way down on the ankle.

Hartford weather looks promising - low to mid 40's and dry to start - perfect weather for a marathon. When are you flying up?

From flatlander on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 15:42:42 from 198.207.244.102

I'm going in on Friday afternoon, probably won't get to Hartford until 6:00 or 7:00, hopefully that isn't too late to properly prepare but that is what my schedule dictates. What about you?

From derhammer on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 15:59:16 from 65.67.40.73

I am going up with 2 other runners from our club. We thought it would be good to go up a full 2 days ahead of time so we could have a full day of relaxing, going to the expo for a bit and eating!

Fortunately my schedule allowed it. I am sure you will do fine. How long is your flight? You will have to do some carbo loading while traveling, of course. Pack some food and hydrate well on your flight. Good luck! I am sure we will see each other in Boston 2011.

From lightitup on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 17:24:11 from 174.31.70.177

Good times, good confidence, let's go!

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