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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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Tue, Mar 31, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	15.00	0.00	0.00	16.00

66F, 93%, SW 9 mph. Got hotter and windier as the run progressed; originally scheduled for Wednesday or Thursday, but it had to be today for a number of work and weather-related reasons. Kind of hot but not unmanageable.

Didn't run yesterday, partly to get ready for today and partly to recover from Saturday. That plan worked out OK. I was out the door late at 5:30 after working late last night, ran a 1-mile warmup without my watch on then started in on the last metric marathon of this training cycle, goal 7:30/mile (at 15 miles it isn't really 26K, but close enough for training, with the warmup mile included I didn't want to run 17 today). It was somewhat difficult from the beginning. Wade joined me early on for 4, then he was gone after my first water stop. Overall 15 miles in 1:52:13, 7:29/mile, 168 bpm average, 177 max. Last 4 were 7:31 (172), 7:34 (173), 7:32 (175) and 7:27 (176). On the last one two weeks ago (2 degrees warmer than today), the last 4 were 7:37 (173), 7:34 (173), 7:30 (175) and 7:37 (176), overall heart rate 167/177, so today was a small improvement in terms of speed versus effort (as monitored by heart rate). I had an overwhelming desire to quit at mile 5, mile 10, mile 12 and mile 13, not sure how I managed to hold onto this one, but happy it is done.

I have now hit all of my goal workouts for this training cycle, what remains is to get to the start line healthy and see if I left enough in the tank. This week is going to be very easy the rest of the way, then a little harder next week, then a steep taper for the last week.

Comments

From Tom K on Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 19:11:43 from 174.58.54.215

Great metric marathon, Flat. Someday I would like to be able to say these words - I have now hit all of my goal workouts for this training cycle. That must be a great feeling.

From flatlander on Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 09:01:42 from 198.207.244.102

Tom, I put it all on a calendar ahead of time and it made it easier to stay focused. But I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not very fast and no training program is likely to change that. Doesn't matter though, the reward is in the journey, as they say.

From Yasir on Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 09:33:29 from 99.20.240.157

well said flat but you are fast those 16 marathon pace will scare me. wow you are having a really good training.

From derhammer on Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 21:12:54 from 70.113.16.126

Nice Flat - hitting all your paces AND staying healthy! No easy feat.

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