For Whom the Dogs Bark

April 28, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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.

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Thu, Jan 20, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.16

53F, 93% humidity, calm and cloudy. Temperature dropping all day today, but running this morning was very comfortable. Ran 12.16 miles in 2:07:42, average pace 10:30 per mile, low heart rate and regular shoes. Compares to a similar run last week in regular shoes. Also had a run in this range last week in flat shoes, so looks like I am definitely slower all of a sudden across all heart rate zones, no idea why. I got on the scales expecting to see 5 extra pounds but it wasn't there. Has to be something else, but hopefully it won't last long. My liver is probably regrouping or something. (Does that sound bad?)

Comments

From derhammer on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 16:49:41 from 192.156.110.34

I have found this to be the case after running a marathon - for me it takes a few weeks to get back to normal. Seems logical that if the heart is a muscle - organ that it will take time to recover as well as the rest of the body. If your leg muscles develop micro tears why wouldn't the heart? I would have to ask heart specialist because I certainly don't know the answer. You did 3 marathons in a relatively short amount of time, plus all of the hard training. Maybe your body is still repairing itself?

From lightitup on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 17:01:39 from 71.37.143.96

Your brothers and I have been talking about how you never really get injured. 3-14 days out and you are back at it. As to the above, ditto derhammer. (that could turn out to be quite the ditty...ditto derhammer, but I don't know this person, so I think my lawyer would recommend I not pursue this line of obnoxiousness)

From Preston Tatum on Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 17:39:49 from 67.79.11.242

Hey, it's me again. Looks like you're putting in some good long slower miles. I was thinking about flipping my workouts next week and running my long runs slow (130-135 HR) and running my shorter runs really fast (well, fast for me haha). I may even go to the track and do some interval training. Keep up the good work you're inspiring me...I signed up for a Half Marathon in Austin on Feb. 20th.

From Smooth on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 09:40:00 from 74.211.25.43

You analyze it too much! Not all runs are stellar runs! The body does it's own thing to adjust to training. You will see it wants to naturally take a step back week to recover. A marathon takes a lot out of you, especially one you PR'd in. It is during slower runs or rest days that the body improves. The weeks following a break thru marathon ( and you've had TWO consecutive ones back to back) is tricky b/c the brain remembers the peak performance while the body is still in recovery mode.

Btw, liver regrouping sounds horrible, have you had one too many? Last I remember you decline to even look at the wine list at Chimichurri! :)

From flatlander on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 16:22:11 from 198.207.244.102

DH, that is an interesting theory, makes sense. Problem is it must be really hard to check it. I'll check with my brother in law and see if he has a view on that. By the way, let me introduce you to lightitup, my sister, a good runner. E, this is David, a dedicated runner and one of the more knowledgeable people on the blog. Now you "know this person".

Preston, that half is coming right up. How do you like to taper for those? I have only run one at full speed and I didn't do anything special as I recall. I'll probably run a half in Beaumon in March.

Smooth, good advice about bodies seeking their own adjustments. Kind of weird when you think about it. We do all of these technical things to help one thing or another in our training, but all the real work is done on autopilot deep in the brain somewhere. My liver feels a lot better today, thank you.

From derhammer on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 20:10:04 from 24.28.82.222

Hi lightitup, it's a pleasure meeting you.

From Preston Tatum on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 21:05:59 from 166.205.15.104

I've never run a Half before...only 3 5K's. Haven't really thought about any changes, I'd take any suggestions you have.

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):