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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
6.180.000.000.006.18

48F and blustery.  Ran 6.18 miles in 1:13:29, average pace 11:54, low heart rate.  Back to a normal routine today, though my miles are still lower than before.  I can tell I have lost some conditioning.  The plan is to run a half at the Fort Worth Cowtown Marathon this Saturday, but I will run it with my kids at their speed if they come, which is a little slower but fine for where I am at.  More important that they have fun anyway, and I am still a ways away from adding much speed.

Comments
From lightitup on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:45:06 from 67.185.20.107

I looked at that but couldn't quite commit, sorry. Having some minor but scary Achilles tendonitis issues; patience is still not my strong suit! I can tell you to be patient tho.

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From Burt on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 15:01:27 from 206.19.214.144

Nice almost 10k. I hope your kids have fun at the Cowtown Marathon. It's just a half, right?

From flatlander on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 18:12:17 from 198.207.244.102

It never occurred to me that I was 0.02 short of a 10K. I could have run my driveway and made it. Yeah, it is a half. They also have a 10K, a full and a 50K as well as some kid events.

From Burt on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 18:14:07 from 206.19.214.144

And with a name like Cowtown, you can't go wrong.

From flatlander on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 18:16:14 from 198.207.244.102

It beats running with the bulls.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 23:11:32 from 71.21.119.111

Looks like a fun race, and not that "flat" considering it's TX. My wife looked up her entry and they had her in the system as an ultra runner. She wanted the 10k, so she's trying to get it changed. I tried to tell her to go ahead and do the ultra since she got a big discount but no dice.

From flatlander on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 07:29:15 from 198.207.244.102

Yeah, I keep forgetting about the hills. My kids are afraid they won't be able to make it for a full 13.1 and I haven't told them about the hills. I hope they aren't right, I'd like them to have fun doing this. That's funny about your wife's race, at least to everybody but her.

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