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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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Wed, Dec 01, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.15

28F, 91% humidity, calm and clear. A really great morning for running. 12.15 miles in 1:57:48, average pace 9:42 per mile, low heart rate and flat shoes. I had a 9:39 pace at the 10-mile mark, better than my previous low heart rate best on October 29 (9:53), although the temperature on that day was 51F. This may be one of the coldest days I will run in this winter unless I am somewhere other than Houston, it doesn't get into the 20s very often here. As long as it is dry I can run pretty cold without any problems, although I have no interest in finding any lower limit, I'll rely on the Idaho bloggers to tell me what the lower limits are. I am wondering if there is much difference between running at 50F and 30F. Most people say you don't get slower until the thermometer breaks 60, but I am starting to wonder. It doesn't get cold enough here often enough to tell.

Comments

From Mack on Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 17:42:16 from 71.111.190.57

Nice run Flat. When I lived in Nebraska I used to run in sub zero temps and wind chills. Never monitored my heart rate, but I always felt great and found it exhilirating.

From Mack on Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 17:48:15 from 71.111.190.57

You ran a 3:41 marathon??????? How did I miss that? You are AMAZING!!!!!!!! You went from a 6:21 in 2009 to a 3:41 now? Wow. Seriously Flat, Wow.

Sorry to only be realizing this now. I haven't been watching your blog lately. You inspire me! I really have no excuse to not get my rear end qualified for Boston.

From Smooth on Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 19:01:12 from 67.2.111.170

Your temp this morning is almost the same as ours here in Utah this morning! I think the perfect temp to run is in the 50s. Most PRs are achieved in Temp b/w 50-55.

I will run in single digit temp as long as the road is not too icy and there is relatively no wind. The worst part is the first mile when the feet/toes hurt like heck.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 00:49:58 from 109.70.68.174

28 degrees in Houston - I'm guessing the entire city shut down and KPRC started getting everyone into panic mode about the dangerous winter ice!

I've also been wondering about where the apex of the performance curve is, temperature-wise. I noticed a pretty good boost just from 60 down to 50, and my favorite running temp is 40.

From Rye on Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 07:57:03 from 168.103.132.65

I should monitor my heart in our cool temps here in Idaho. That being said, I feel like that 25 to 30 degree mark is the cut off on the low end. I am with joe, 40 seems to be perfect for me. With the humidity real low, 50 to 60 is real nice. Nice miles as always.

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