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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
10.130.000.000.0010.13

49F, 100%, NNE 5 mph and clear.  Nice weather but it is going to be +60 again tomorrow, just for the Saturday long run, then back to winter temps.  My achilles was a little sore this morning after all the running around yesterday, so I didn't run the full program this morning.  Ran 10.13 LHR miles in 1:39:30, average pace 9:49 per mile and 130 bpm.  Good thing I stopped early, by the time I got home my younger granddaughter was up and ready for her day, wondering where the heck I was.  According to her mother she always gets up an hour earlier at grandma's house. 

Comments
From Steam8 on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 17:20:08 from 166.70.55.77

Haha! So cute!

I guess your legs would be a bit sore after your 15 yesterday and now 10! I don't know how you put so many miles in!!

I am sure your grandkids will wear the rest of you out today! Happy Thanksgiving!!

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 21:56:09 from 205.172.12.230

When my kids go to Grandma's, they don't sleep at, they just stay up all night. Hope your Thanksgiving was lovely! You planing on watching the trials in Houston in January?

From Kelli on Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 16:57:43 from 71.219.83.156

Darn good thing Grandpa made it back in time. That would have been a tragedy, you gotta cater to the grandkids. I know I am sick in the head, but I can not WAIT to be a grandma. My oldest is almost 19 and I would be OK if she told me she was going to get married!

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, that run in the woods sounds like fun. AND take care of the aching achilles, I think wooded running did mine in for life! ;o)

From flatlander on Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 07:56:38 from 76.31.26.153

Steam, they got in their licks on Saturday, that's for sure.

April, that's the plan, spoil them rotten then turn them over to their parents.

Kelli, it's a whole lot better than being a parent. No responsibilities. Btw, the achilles felt fine for the long run yesterday (Saturday), and it still feels OK this morning.

From I Just Run on Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:40:58 from 166.147.76.156

With a grandpa like you I understand why she gets up an hour early :-)

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