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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

Mon, Oct 10, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.02	3.10	0.00	0.00	10.12

67F, 98%, NW 4 mph. Slightly cooler but very humid. We got our best rain of the year yesterday, rained most of the day, but the aftermath is very heavy air that has rain in it even though there are no clouds. This is the only place I have seen it.

Felt pretty good this morning. Since I am almost ready to pull the trigger on a followup marathon in Richmond, I thought I would go ahead and start on my next training cycle, but ease into it. Started out with 5 LHR at a 10:08 pace, really not as good as I would expect. Then ran 5 x 1K, 7:17 (160), 7:34 (161), 7:07 (165), 7:05 (168), 7:08 (172), recovery by finishing out the mile, maxHR 179. These were easier than I expected, perceived effort for splits 3, 4 and 5 was about the same as for split #2. I really need to start running these faster and do more of them. Probably 7 or 8 at 6:50 pace would be about right if I can sustain it through the cycle.

I tried to put my foot down right under my body and push off, and get good leverage with my arms. I think that helped some. Need to really crank it up on maintaining good form, it's more a mental thing.

Overall 10.12 miles in 1:32:40, average pace 9:09 per mile. I have some travel to Asia later in the week, so it is going to be yet another low-mileage week.

Comments

From PRE on Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 22:21:59 from 99.50.214.225

Flatlander,

Hi. Regarding your St. George Marathon: Congratulations on the Marathon PR!!! A 3:30!

I was concerned when I saw a 7:31 split at mile 3. Then I remembered you PRd…but I felt like I was in the race with you the way you wrote about it! Great report.

You managed the uphills well. And you managed the downhills well.

A 7:29 mile 15. 7:10 mile 16. 7:28 mile 17. and 7:34 mile 18!!! Great splits.

You reported getting the overall pace to 7:57 at mile 17. Incredible is that you pretty much kept it at right around there ending the Marathon with probably 8:01 pace overall!!! Not many people can say they lost less than two minutes off their pace in the final 9.22 miles of a Marathon! That is good pacing.

The decision to slow down at mile 22 perhaps did not cost you the 3:30…but rather got you the 3:30!

From Stephen on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:34:05 from 204.182.3.236

For normal folks (i.e. those who believe in Hal Higdon), the second week after a marathon should be about like the second to last week before the marathon. So, it may be a good thing that you won't be running too many miles this week.

From SlowJoe on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:08:45 from 132.3.53.68

Dang, I think Richmond will make it 3 marathons for you since I ran my last. You are a machine!

Nice 1000s yesterday.

From Rye on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 19:07:53 from 75.174.3.10

A well oiled machine! Asia? Man, you see a lot of the world! Nice run today.

From flatlander on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 19:40:28 from 198.207.244.102

PRE, thanks, some good observations there.

Stephen, Higdon was a good runner. He is the first guy I read and I think a lot of his stuff is still useful to me.

Joe, quantity doesn't count, it's just the way my calendar works. Richmond or not, no other marathons before Boston.

Rye, thanks; as for traveling, believe me, home is better.

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