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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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48F, 62%, ENE 7 mph.  Met the group at the Y and ran with Wade and a 50+ guy named Dave who just ran 3:39 at Dallas White Rock last weekend.  He was stretching his legs out.  We did 13.20 miles in 1:52:06, average pace 8:30 per mile, average heart rate 148 bpm.  Wade averaged about 140, he is really responding to this cool weather, more than I am.  We ran with Dave until mile 11, had about an 8:45 average, then Wade took off and I followed him.  Ran a 7:30 then a 7:15, eventually caught Wade.  Felt good, and I still had some reserves left, which felt even better.  Then went to the church tonight for a Christmas party and ate too much sugar -- so I broke even for the day.

Comments
From Smooth on Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:25:33 from 174.27.205.151

NICE run! With your high mileage you can afford to eat like a party every day!!! :)

From Stephen on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:56:12 from 204.182.3.236

"50+" What you say is what you are.

From Rye on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 13:42:52 from 174.27.93.160

What's up with the ward parties and all the food anyway? We are a bunch of pigs!

From Steam8 on Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 21:56:46 from 166.70.55.77

Definitely pigs! I love ward parties!

Nice half marathon time! I am hoping to get my time down from 1:59 for a half down to what you ran it in before Boston.

Nice run and definitely nice to run off those calories!

From Kelli on Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 20:11:03 from 71.219.80.158

That is why we run, so we can break even when we choose to eat!!!

From I Just Run on Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:43:38 from 67.79.11.242

No Flat on the Blog for a while...that's strange, hope everything's all right!

From flatlander on Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 22:56:03 from 166.249.199.159

Smooth, I suppose. The more I run the more I realize how useless sugar is. I still eat it though.

Stephen, just cause I called him 50 doesn't make me 50. I'll be under 40 by the end of next year.

Rye, don't know about your ward, but vegetable trays, turkey burgers and ice water aren't going to cut it for us.

Steam, I suppose it's OK if I run before pigging out, right?

IJR, thanks for checking in, sorry for tardiness.

From Kelli on Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 00:25:02 from 71.219.80.158

Ward parties are typically the most fattening events I attend! That is why I go religiously. ;o)

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