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10 for Texas (Pacing)

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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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Sat, Oct 12, 2013

Race: 10 for Texas (Pacing) (10 Miles) 01:24:04, Place overall: 231, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	10.00	0.00	0.00	11.00

77F, 100% and calm. Cement giving off steam after early-morning rain, easily the worst conditions I have ever raced in, and top 5 for even being out running. I told Wade I was going to pace him today, though he wasn't sure what he could do (he has been running in Wyoming all summer) and neither was I, coming off of a major race last weekend. But neither of us expected this temperature/humidity combo. Met Wade and Linda at his house and we drove up to The Woodlands from there, arriving about 45 minutes early. No warmup. Wade kept telling himself to go out slow, but he ran the first mile in about 7:50. I figured if he was going slow I was going to have to push to stay with him, but he faded starting after mile 4 or 5. He was eventually hurting so badly I thought he would have to quit, but once we got to mile 7.5 I knew he would push it in no matter how much he was hurting, that's just the way he does it. We finished with an 8:24 overall pace, including an all-out sprint from about 100 yards out. I never have enough strength to do that if I am racing for myself.

After the race was over I went back out on the course for a half mile, found Linda and ran her in.

I got a text this afternoon from Coach Eric congratulating me on second place in my age division. I was sure it was a hoax. Last year I ran a 7:11 pace and got 2nd, 70th overall. But went to the computer and it was true. Just the luck of the draw though. Times were a little slower this year, but 70th place was a 7:24 pace, not that far off. I just happened to be in a slow group, unlike last weekend. 7:47/mile won my age group, not sure if I would have been able to do that today. And the sprint was timely, as the next three finishers in my group were within a few seconds of us.

The good thing is that the first few miles (sub-8) felt pretty reasonable, if not sustainable for a full 26. Gives me hope for a good result in January when we will presumably have actual running weather.

Comments

From I Just Run on Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 08:27:29 from 67.79.11.242

Ha ha... Nice "Add-On" race! You're a tougher man than me as I'd still be laying on the couch recovering from the marathon.

From Stephen on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 08:07:30 from 204.182.3.238

You're one tough old man!

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