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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, Mar 31, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.08	4.00	0.00	0.00	13.08

46F, 90% humidity, wind NNE 3 mph, clear and crisp. Excellent running weather this morning, undoubtedly the best we will have until fall. Same routine, I am right on the edge of cutting back or switching over to regular shoes, but went with the flats again today. It was OK until I went out for the second half, literally 1.5 miles before heel/Achilles pain went away, it is hard on injury zones to stop and then re-start the run. But it did go away finally, so I was able to speed up and do my fast splits on schedule, 7:37 (151), 7:27 (156), 7:31 (159) and 7:15 (165). Would really like to up these to 6 or 7 a day, but I am afraid right now I can't sustain that -- everything works fine except for my right foot, would be great to be able to figure that one out. Why that foot and not the other one? Actually, I think I know, it is where I still have the numbness from my herniated disc three years ago and somehow the nerve damage translates into joint/tendon/ligament damage -- either that or my gait changes to compensate and puts more stress on that foot. One way or the other it is related; golf is a dangerous sport when you have a swing like mine. LHR miles were also good, average pace 9:32, overall 13.08 miles in 1:55:01, average 8:49 per mile.

Comments

From I Just Run on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 13:19:45 from 67.79.11.242

43 Degrees here with low humidity....I had to go back to my heavy running clothes (underarmor, tights, glooves, etc.). It would have been really nice but now I have a knee bothering me... These aches and pains are getting in the way of OUR greatness aren't they...!

I Just Run (or I may be walking if my knee doesn't quit hurting!)

From SlowJoe on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 14:24:50 from 131.59.200.80

Nice temps in Abilene too, glad the running gods are spreading the wealth. Hope you figure out the foot thing; it's probably a good sign that it goes away.

From allie on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 22:15:21 from 174.23.241.50

sorry about your foot -- but great running! nice MP miles and solid mileage so far this week.

From Stephen on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 10:10:05 from 204.182.3.235

I can hardly believe how fast you've become. I hope you don't get injured with going back out.

From Rye on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 10:33:10 from 174.27.121.86

Nice run flat. Bummer about the foot though. Side note: I worked as an assistant pro at our local golf course for a couple of years in my younger days.. golf is dangerous in more ways than a crappy swing.. I have plenty of stories about that! Great place to get into trouble.

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