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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
16.050.000.000.0016.05

47F, 97% and calm.  Picture perfect running weather.  Running in the dark and early dawn is more comfortable for me than running mid-day like I did on Saturday.  It fits my body rhythms better and I run better.  I ran 16.05 LHR miles in 2:37:52, average pace 9:50 per mile.  Not great but good enough for Monday.  I peeked ahead and it looks like we will have reasonable weather all week.  The biggest advantage to cooler weather is that I can hold the LHR pace a lot longer.  Other than the warmup miles, I didn't break the 10-minute barrier until the last mile this morning.  On the other hand, these paces need to get down into the low 9s, just have to be patient about that.  Fat-burning capacity takes a long time to develop.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 09:43:25 from 132.3.53.68

I am afraid to ask how many miles you are running this week.

Hey, are you doing the big turkey trot in Houston this year?

From I Just Run on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 09:45:49 from 67.79.11.242

I'm embarrased to even go to both you guys blogs and see the milage compared to mine. My week consist of about 30 miles. You guys run that in two days!

From allie on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 12:14:55 from 161.38.218.168

great run to start off the week. i feel the same way about running in the morning.

From flatlander on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 16:16:49 from 198.207.244.102

Joe, I'm taking my crew to the Woodlands again. It is a pretty fast 5-mile race, and they serve great food afterwards. We had a good time there last year despite the heat. Are you coming in?

IJR, it doesn't apply to you. You run 70-second quarters, no need to pay any attention to us mere mortals.

Allie, thanks, and congrats again on your great news.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 14:36:52 from 75.109.104.60

Sorry Mark, just realized I forgot to answer your question. We will be in Houston over Thanksgiving, probably doing the 10k that is conveiniently uptown. If we can both work it out, maybe hook up for a run on Fri or Sat?

From flatlander on Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 17:55:54 from 64.129.54.210

Joe, I will definitely be available either day. Let's plan on it.

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