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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.2210.000.000.0012.22

35F, 78% humidity, wind NE 1 mph.  Clear and cold, almost too cold but pretty good running weather.  I ran in regular shoes without a heart rate monitor.  Two warmup miles then 10 at goal MP.  Very difficult run, partly because of the heavier shoes and partly because I ran hard on Saturday.  Almost bagged it a couple of times and maybe should have.  I finally got it, though, but more difficult than it should have been.  This goal MP might be a bit too much for me at this point.  For MP miles I got 8:10, 8:08, 7:55, 7:45, 8:03, 7:49, 7:58, 8:01, 8:05, 7:55, basically all over the place but manage an average of 7:59.  Overall 12.22 miles in 1:44:24, average pace 8:22 per mile.  I have some right calf pain, that one is new, we'll see how it does today.  I could feel my heart rate monitor wrapped around my chest for the whole run, even though it was sitting in my closet.  Not sure whether to see a cardiologist or a psychiatrist for that one.

Comments
From Stephen on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 10:18:57 from 204.182.3.235

Wow, it was 42 degrees here, and raining. You got colder than we did!

Your bad days are really impressive.

Like I said before, you need to lie down on a couch with your feet up. May as well as a psychologist as well. Maybe he could help you to be more "normal"

From derhammer on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 10:34:10 from 192.156.110.31

How do you do this? I am still sore from Saturday's run. You must be the bionic man! :-)

From SlowJoe on Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 01:12:58 from 109.70.68.174

When you start wearing the HRM when you're not running, then we'll get worried.

Nice run, mission still accomplished.

From flatlander on Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 16:47:12 from 198.207.244.102

Stephen, not having rain is worth at least 15 degrees in temperature if not more. Cold rain sucks the life out of a run more than anything I can think of.

DH, thanks but not quite. Probably took that one too far, luckily I escaped unharmed.

Joe, believe me, I have considered wearing it to bed, just to see what it reads when my alarm goes off in the morning, but that seems too nerdy even for me. Some things we're just better off not knowing.

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