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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
10.440.001.860.0012.30

54F, 66%, ENE 5 mph.  Another good running morning.  So today was wind sprints, just like high school.  Ran 6 miles at about an 8:50 pace then 15 x 200 as fast as I could go.  It wasn't very fast though -- mostly in the low 6s, a couple of high 5s and a couple of mid 6s.  Neural feedback was telling me I was taking long, fast, smooth strides -- so much for neural feedback.    Endorphins are starting to wear off now and I can feel my legs and my feet, hopefully I haven't damaged anything.  Went back to original speed to finish off the run, did leg weights at the rec center at 12.0 miles then ran home.  Altogether 12.30 miles in 1:45:20, average pace 8:33.  Maybe 1K repeats tomorrow, then back off for the rest of the week.

Comments
From ACorn on Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 16:24:29 from 68.66.168.22

Awesome workout! Windsprints plus weights may make for sore leg muscles tomorrow.

From Rye on Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 16:43:01 from 71.209.34.12

Great work! Another 100 mile week?

From I Just Run on Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 16:56:13 from 67.79.11.242

Ha ha...it's funny how different fast running is compared to distance running when it comes to your body. I ran an extra 200m today (somewhat fast) but I planned to run a 400m. I decided to stop at 200 since I was feeling some tweeks that I wasn't used too. I wanted to run faster but I was afraid I was going to throw something out of joint :-(

From Dan on Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 20:12:10 from 24.209.83.20

Good speed work flat. At least you feel long, fast and smooth :) I think the times should help the mind if you ask me.

From allie on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 18:35:43 from 97.75.165.156

wind sprints?! nice work.

From Claudio on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 19:54:14 from 173.67.54.213

Good job adding some intensity Flatlander! I have another factoid from the Olympic Trials for you, as just read in the local running bulletin of the Washington/Baltimore metro area: Michael Wardian apparently ran both the Olympic Trials on Saturday and the Marathon on Sunday... 2:21 in the Trials, 2:31 and age group win in the Sunday Marathon!

From Steam8 on Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 00:09:49 from 166.70.55.77

That is a great workout. Fast too...I don't know why you don't think that is fast!

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