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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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61F, 47%, SSE 3 mph in Dubai.  Finished at 73F.  My flight got cancelled yesterday, so didn't get in until 5:00 this morning, got to the hotel at 6, got unpacked and went running.  I felt great for the first 4 miles, then I didn't feel so good.  I was just exploring, it looks pretty safe around here.  I was trying to find a path along the beach but I never did.  Everything is private or under construction.  I was planning on 20, but when I tried to turn into a side road at 17.93 miles I got stopped for about the third time, the guy in the guard station made me detour along an area that was unrunnable at that stage.  I tried to run again once I got back onto a flat surface, but didn't feel good and was getting a salty face, so called it a day at 18.00 miles, 2:33:27, average pace 8:31 per mile.  I seem to have flu symptoms, too much traveling and not enough sleep.  But at least I got to run outside, not a perfect day but it beats the machine.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 13:03:12 from 74.195.74.62

Yeah can you imagine never getting a winter? I ran in Qatar in January last year (silimar climate) and it was about the same...

Glad you could get out and run, hope you feel better soon.

From Dan on Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 21:36:19 from 141.0.10.216

Flu like symptoms = 18 miles. Get better.

From Rye on Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 02:03:31 from 174.27.78.121

How do you do it? When I get flu symptoms I usually find the bed. Great run and get some r and r.

From PRE on Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 18:14:08 from 99.50.213.11

Great miles and pace. Take care of yourself.

From I Just Run on Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 22:18:27 from 12.162.141.2

All I can say is...you have dedication...!!! Glad you got to see some sunshine :-)

From flatlander on Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 12:47:41 from 80.227.52.122

Joe, never been before, here or anyplace else in the Middle East. Kind of a lot of sand, wouldn't you say?

Dan, I know, it shows how "sick" we are, apologizing for running only 18.

Rye, believe me, the bed is right in the middle of my hotel room and it was well-used.

Thanks PRE, hope your training is going well.

IJR, the sunshine was great for a while, then I wanted rain, but I never wanted the 'mill.

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