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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
5.270.003.000.008.27

47F, 95%, ENE 4 mph.  Good running weather this morning.  I intended to do 5 fast, hopefully at about a 6:40 pace, but couldn't hold it.  Warmed up 3 miles at 9:00 average then 3 at 5K pace:  6:46 (172), 6:46 (178) and 6:54 (180).  Was going to run 6 more but my left foot was starting to complain so I quit early, trying to be mature.  My mileage is bad but that's how it goes.  Total 8.23 miles in 1:08:39, average pace 8:20 per mile.  One good thing, I could feel more speed in my legs than usual, I think the weights are helping a little bit.  Just need to sustain it, so I am OK with today now that I think about it, so long as my foot holds up.

Comments
From I Just Run on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 09:12:09 from 67.79.11.242

That's some good speed. I bet you can now beat your 5K PR easily!

Hope the foot is better tomorrow! I bet, as a lawyer, you have to wear hard sole dress shoes all day...bummer :-(

From SlowJoe on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 09:29:20 from 74.195.74.62

Good run, I did 3 x 1600 @ 5k pace last month and it took everything I had just to barely make the paces with a half-mile of recovery inbetween. Hope that foot holds up for you.

From Steam8 on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 16:28:27 from 166.70.55.77

Nice run! I love it when the weather cooperates....just makes it that much better! I hope your foot is okay!

From Dan on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 20:58:04 from 24.209.83.20

Hope the foot does well. Allie threw one of her legs off, maybe you can try something similar.

From ACorn on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 21:07:32 from 24.2.76.146

Nice workout! I hope your foot gets back in line soon. Way to let the legs go today.

From flatlander on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 08:39:30 from 76.31.26.153

IJR, very perceptive. Our office abandoned business casual several years ago (the memo started out "business casual has not withstood the test of time", and went downhill from there). Bottom line I wear stiff heavy shoes to work, definitely does not help my running.

Thanks Joe, I'll get caught up on your blog soon.

Steam, Dan and ACorn, thank you kindly. The foot behaved this morning, hopefully it will hold up during the day.

From I Just Run on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 08:55:45 from 67.79.11.242

Flat,

Don't they know how important running is to you....!!! What's wrong with them! I think they should make an exception for you...got to get those priorties right!!!

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