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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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42F, 90%, NNE 4 mph, rain.  Roads very wet, socks were soaked by the time I got out of my cul de sac.  Was supposed to meet Wade but never found him.  Hopefully he did the sensible thing and slept in.  My arthritic feet and hands don't like cold, wet weather.  But finished the run OK, all the later miles were in the mid to low 11s.  10.0 in 1:54:28, 11:27/mile.  Heart rate jumped around again because of the cold, but I think I kept the speed pretty accurate.  

Followed up with stretching and weights at the gym.  Same program as Monday.

P.M.  5 miles on the TM, 1 mile warmup, then 2 up (3%) and 1 down (4%).  Did last mile on the level, then down again for the last bit.  Trying to get ready for Boston without injuring myself.  

Comments
From Smooth on Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 22:09:25 from 71.219.132.183

AWESOME JOB!!! Two runs and gym too! WOW!!! 35 miles and it's only Wed. Your TM has decline setting? very cool! You'll be so ready for the Newton hills!

From Yasir on Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 15:56:34 from 99.20.240.157

Newton Hills work out on a double. wow well earned 15 miles day.

From I Just Run on Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 08:20:49 from 67.79.11.242

Do you think it's your heart rate jumping around or just the monitor not getting a good signal. I've notice when I'm cold and don't sweat it monitor doesn't get a good reading. I can press it against my chest and it will then read more accurately.

From flatlander on Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 08:36:44 from 76.31.29.220

Smooth, thanks. I prop up the back of my treadmill, so that the 4% setting is actually level, that way it can go up and down. But Wade's brother bought a treadmill that copies the ups and downs of well-known marathon courses, including Boston. It even has a video of the course as you run it! I'm trying to think of something very nice I can do for Wade so that he will invite me over for a run on the Newton Hills (also through the Wellesley tunnel!). I've ruled out doing anything for Valentine's Day, however.

Yasir, those hills are all I can think about right now. This is an unhealthy obsession.

IJR, it better be the monitor. I always have trouble with it in cold weather just like you said, but it is worse now. Even today, with two shirts and a pretty good level of sweat worked up, it went AWOL after 10 miles, started showing very high heart rates. I'm going to order a new strap.

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