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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, Feb 25, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.36	5.00	0.00	0.00	18.36

29F, 75%, calm and clear. Ran in Temple this morning, visiting my daughter and her family. I slept in a little because there was no rush to beat the heat, and there isn't a good place to run here that is well-lit. So I drove to Lyon Park (where I ran a 10K about a year and a half ago) and started running a little after daylight. There are a couple of unavoidable hills but they aren't too bad. Was worried about running in the country and meeting too many canine varieties, but they were all behind fences, miraculously -- they wanted a piece of me, though, the dog chorus was deafening. The goal was to do a fast finish long run (12 + 6 + 2) but I didn't quite nail it. Warmed up for 0.57 off the long-run clock. I thought I could do 8:15, then 7:15, then 6:50 for the last two. I ran 12 miles at 8:13, but when I dropped it to 7:15 it was quite a shock, felt more like a 10K speed. I held on for 5 miles out of a planned 8: 7:19 (167), 7:14 (172), 7:18 (174), 7:12 (179) and 7:05 (181). Did a short cool-down but didn't really have enough strength left to finish off 20 at any speed, and didn't see a point to it. Not too bad of a run, but less than I thought I could do. So excluding the wu and cd, total of 17 miles in 2:14:49, average 7:56 per mile. Maybe I'll get it next time, I have two more of these before my next race. Walking around today like I ran a marathon.

Comments

From Smooth on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 17:41:24 from 174.27.219.252

EXCELLENT run and great pacing really!!! WAY to get in a long run while visiting your daughter!!! You're READY to have a GREAT half at Woodlands!!! GOOD JOB!!! :)

From Dan on Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 19:38:20 from 24.209.83.20

Nice run man, but sorry about the post walk. I know that zombie trot anywhere...

From SlowJoe on Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:21:13 from 74.195.74.62

Great run, one that will pay huge dividends in Boston. Hitting those fast miles at the end of a long run is where you make your money in my opinion. Great job.

From Rye on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 09:48:07 from 174.27.109.210

Pretty awesome run flat. Did you ever have a puppy when you were younger? I sense some inner deamons working on you with the caninines?

From I Just Run on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 07:44:53 from 67.79.11.242

Great run even if you didn't hit exactly what you wanted to. I think I need to try some long runs like this to build my speed at the end and not the first of a run.

Want a dog, I've got one I'll give you...it might settle you down a little :-)

From flatlander on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 18:19:37 from 64.129.54.210

Thanks Smooth. I didn't have such a good run today and am wondering how the Woodlands will go, but things can change quickly in a couple of days.

Dan, we all went on a cave tour, which was almost a mile. It was uncomfortable but I felt much better by the time we finished.

Joe, thanks. I really need to nail one of these and I think I will, got two more chances.

From flatlander on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 18:24:16 from 64.129.54.210

Rye, you missed your calling as a psychologist or soothsayer or something. There actually is a puppy story in my past, and not a completely happy one. I'll meet you at happy hour sometime and tell you all about it. (By the way, I actually got chased by a pretty large dog during the race in Baytown. Only me, out of all the runners. I didn't write about it, thinking maybe that meant it didn't happen. But it's time to come clean.)

IJR, I certainly haven't done as many long runs lately, kind of wondering if that isn't part of the problem. On the other hand, a lot of coaches would say you don't have to. I'll have to think about that.

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