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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
8.080.000.000.008.08

69F, 78%, NNW 3 mph.  The lower humidity made it feel much cooler than yesterday, but my legs are not in good shape.  Was too sore to do TM downhill miles last night.  My foot still hurts from the Kings Peak ankle sprain (I hope that's all it is), probably going to have to cut back the last week and lose a little conditioning to make it good enough to run St. George in a week.  Ran 8.08 miles at very low heart rate, average pace 10:11 per mile.  Wade and I are going to run a 5K in the morning.  I fully understand that that behavior is inconsistent with the rest of this blog entry.

Comments
From Stephen on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:44:11 from 204.182.3.236

Hopefully your ankle will be strong in 8 days and counting down. I'm still wheezing with my cough.

From Kelli on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:53:32 from 71.219.67.175

OH, crud. I hope the ankle feels ok for next week!!! Everyone MUST feel good for St George, it is the BEST race.

Have fun with the 5k. Do not trip on anything. ;o)

Oh, and I am so glad to see your cooler weather.

From I Just Run on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:40:27 from 67.79.11.242

Ha...ha... Don't we all sound a little "Heckle and Jeckle"ish on the blog sometimes? I think running does something weird to our brains :-)

From Steam8 on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:49:23 from 166.70.55.77

I hope the ankle will just heal on its own! I wish I was going to be able to see you in St. George! Dang foot! I will watch to see your post. I am still debating on if I will go down to watch my nephew run it....it all depends on my husbands mood and if he can stomach more of my running talk and time that will take away from him. ha! If I can make it, you will hear me screaming for you! :)

From flatlander on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 13:34:31 from 76.31.26.153

Stephen, I'm thinking it will be OK. It bothered me once today then it went away. Hopefully the same for your cough.

Kelli, nothing between here at SGM at this point. Are the bloggers still partying on Saturday night?

Preston, we hang out with each other because everyone else thinks we are crazy.

Steam, if you are there just yell at me when I come in. I will be dressed exactly like my picture. But please excuse me if I have to barf before I come over and say hi.

From Kelli on Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 19:53:55 from 71.219.67.175

Hmmm....if there is a party, I was not invited apparently.

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