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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
10.380.000.000.0010.38

57F, 56% and calm.  The cool, dry weather finally arrived, it should last most of the week then back to regular temps next week, but so far only predicting average, not 10 degrees over like it has been.  I was beat up from Saturday and Monday, so I took it easy despite the good weather.  Ran 10.38 LHR miles in 1:42:57, average pace 9:55 per mile.  Very hard to get a good rhythm at first, but eventually I did.  There was no heart rate drift until the last mile, when my pace dropped by about 15 seconds.

Comments
From I Just Run on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 11:31:14 from 67.79.11.242

So now I'm thinking I like 65 to 70 degree weather...I'm starting to get really picky in my old age :-)

From Rye on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 15:14:02 from 70.58.163.66

57 is hard to beat. How many LHR miles do you run during a typical week of training?

From flatlander on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 17:51:45 from 198.207.244.102

IJR, I'm sure you've already tried it, but do gloves help? That condition sounds difficult to compensate for.

Rye, most of my miles are LHR, I try to run either fast or slow, not much in between with the exception of some long runs with a group.

From I Just Run on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 18:42:23 from 67.79.11.242

Yes, I have running mittens and all sorts of insulated running gear. I just went to the store and bought $ 150 worth of biking gear (arm sleeves, toe mittens, gloves, leg sleeves). My wife is going to be realllly happy!

From flatlander on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 17:09:54 from 198.207.244.102

IJR, that is some serious bling. We need a photo of you wearing everything at the same time.

From I Just Run on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 17:48:50 from 166.205.12.217

Hey...Even if you can't run or bike fast you can always look good! Ha ha... I'll post a biking picture since I'm basically only a biker now!

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