For Whom the Dogs Bark

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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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Thu, Dec 20, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	6.00

59F, 33%, NNW 18-30 mph. Translation: TM. The wind was whistling through the sliding doors and the trees outside were bent over, very similar to Hurricane Ike a few years ago. This is a monster cold front. I wanted to run some quarters, so I made a gametime decision, grabbed some clothes out of the closet, drove to work and did it at the gym in my building. Worked out fine, the machines were new and remarkably available that early in the morning. They time out at 30 minutes (what's up with that?), but I just turned it off and started over. 1 mile warmup at 8:57 pace, then 8 x 400 starting at 7:30 pace down to 5:56 for the last 200 (as fast as my legs move), rest for 400 at 8:57 pace, then 1.25 cooldown at 8:00, in my seat at work by 7:30. Nice little workout for a taper week. Three hours later, temperature is 45F, 43%, gusts 20-38, which is still too conservative, it is howling out there. I am on the 46th floor and I can feel movement -- I wonder if I'm above or below the snap point.

But I could get used to these short workouts. Wade told my wife last night that he thought he had talked me into running only halfs. I only said I would consider it, but it emphasizes how many people think I run too hard. I told her there are some things I think I can try for the Boston cycle. If there isn't improvement then I would have to agree that it is time to congratulate Father Time and move on to the next hobby (trying to decide between birding and ham radio, have ruled out needlepoint and assault weapons, just don't have enough small muscle control for those). Just then my son walked in from a leg workout and said he was going vegan, trying to get a reaction. My wife ignored him. I hopped right in and said if he did then I would. Still no reaction. She long ago learned to ignore her five children (now six) when they are acting up.

Comments

From I Just Run on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:53:36 from 67.79.11.242

Very humorous read :-) I'll go vegan too...if you do!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 18:19:39 from 69.131.141.92

Intervals (at least at the track) are definitely a no-go with strong wind for me too. Seems pointless and frusturating. Nice job on the TM though, you made the best of it.

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