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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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Wed, Apr 07, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.22	0.00	7.00	0.00	10.22

69F, cloudy with warm wind from S, 11 mph. Nice morning to run. Ran 10.22 in flat shoes, started out with 3 at low heart rate, 11:26, 10:16, 10:28. Interesting times, it was tempting to finish out the run at that speed and see if I could beat yesterday's pace. But I had bigger fish to fry. I ran 7.00 at threshold pace, averaging 7:53 per mile. I was hoping to make 8 but this was a difficult pace for me at warm temperature. Plus my groin pulled right at the end of the 7th mile so I slowed down the last 50 yards. Walked a while then jogged it in at molasses speed. Last week I ran 6 at 7:54, so I might have expected a little more improvement, but the temperature for that run was 46F so this morning is probably real progress. The one thing I have learned in my short running career is that temperature is the most significant variable, it trumps sleep, nerves, stress, diet, shoes, injuries, fatigue and teenagers; it is probably at least on par with altitude and hills, which don't play a huge role in most marathons I would be entered in. So I have to be OK with the run today -- maybe next week I'll get 8 or 9. I have to figure out one more speed workout this week but I ain't doing this one again.

Comments

From Huans32 on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:08:53 from 138.64.8.52

Looks like your starting to hit some higher temps already. The heat can sure throw you off your paces.

From Rye on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 11:55:31 from 174.27.123.208

We had 6 inches of snow in Idaho Falls yesterday!!! Enjoy those warm temps.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 17:07:21 from 131.59.200.82

Wow, great run. 7 miles tempo is huge. I know you're a full marathon guy but I bet you'd be in good shape to get a huge PR in the half as well.

For me, 65 degrees is the point at which it starts to get annoyingly tougher as temp goes up. 69 definitely qualifies as hot.

From flatlander on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:47:43 from 76.31.26.153

Mark, yes I know, everybody in Utah is complaining about the cold and we are complaining about the heat. Nobody is happy.

Rye, even for Idaho Falls that must be some sort of record.

Joe, thanks. I enjoy the shorter races but the marathon mirage constantly glimmers in the distance for me. I hope something is really there when I get there!

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