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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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67F, 100%, NE 5 mph.  Same run as Monday, but 16 degrees hotter, tired legs, very different result.  Overall 10 miles in 1:19:38 (1 minute slower than Monday), 7:58/mile, 156 bpm (Monday was 153 bpm).  First 5 at regular pace, 9:06 (137), 8:47 (144), 8:39 (146), 8:33 (147) and 8:34 (146).  Then tried to hit low 7s but didn't make it:  7:44 (160), 7:31 (166), 7:37 (170), 7:36 (176) and 7:30 (179), max 181 bpm.  I should run at this heart rate more often, but I'm a little bit afraid of it.  Anyway, those numbers show an overall raw time of 8:44 for the slow miles and 7:36 for the fast miles.  But the Garmin 210 measured the course at 9.74 miles, so correcting for actual distance gives me 13 seconds per mile better, 8:31/7:23, still slower than Monday but not too bad, and my heart rate was higher today.  Interesting how much fatigue was left in my legs from yesterday.  They didn't feel any more tired and turnover seemed about the same, but the stride length actually felt shorter.  I think it is good to run fast miles on tired legs, but it feels funny, or at least unfamiliar.

I have a 10-mile race on Saturday.  I was hoping to run it at 7 flat, but it will be at least as warm as this morning and I don't think I will get close to that.  Today's speed felt pretty much maxed out, would have been lucky to hold it for 10, and I am not going to taper for Saturday.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:54:21 from 155.219.241.10

3 workouts in 3 days - I'm doing well if I can do that many in 3 weeks and not feel terrible. Nice going, and good luck on Saturday. I've always wanted to run a 10-mile race, seems like a good distance.

From I Just Run on Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 09:56:32 from 67.79.11.242

I was very dissipointed the weather jumped back up so quickly. It's HOT again! I'm supprised your Garmin reads so inaccuratly. I have driven and marked most of the roads where I run at every 1/2 mile. My 305 measures within 5 feet of every mark. I've got a 5K on Saturday so the heat shouldn't hurt that much.

From flatlander on Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 09:58:44 from 198.207.244.102

I'm getting my 305 back tomorrow or the next day, so I should be back in business complaining about race directors' course measurements. Just posted a rant about the heat, so I'll abstain here.

From I Just Run on Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:00:52 from 67.79.11.242

Ha Ha ... You know what's great about blogging, it's the only place you can go and complain and people like to hear about it :-)

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