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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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70F, 96%, (DP 69F), no breeze. Out early, starting the run at 4:24 a.m. Met Wade at his house after 7.3 miles. Left my water bottle there and headed out for 11 more, but stopped at the church and got a drink there. Then two more back to my house, where we took a well-earned dip in the pool. Then drove to McDonalds for a large breakfast. Started out under an 8:30 pace and held it through 11 or 12 miles, but ended up the 20 in 2:50:38, an 8:32 pace. Last miles were dragging, but got mile 20 at 8:32. Average heart rate was 146, hovered around 150 after about mile 11, some over some under until the last mile at 156, so overall my heart rate was very much in check. Very tired legs from the big week. Nevertheless, our pace equated to a 3:43 marathon, so not bad for a late summer, somewhat muggy run. 

No complaints about the temperatures though. 69 DP is a significant improvement over only two weeks ago.

Comments
From Smooth on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 13:19:06 from 75.162.79.168

105+ miles this week!!! WOW!!! Way to top it off with an AWESOME 20 miler!!! Great pacing! 3:43 marathon would be a dream for me! :) Excellent job!

From JG on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 14:16:00 from 174.60.252.61

Yeah, what Smooth said, double wow! Great job!!

From Dan on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 19:55:19 from 207.244.76.210

WOW. Heck of a week! What Smooth said (x2)!

From Yasir on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 21:56:44 from 99.20.240.157

all I have to say like everyone is wow 105. I hope you are running Richmond Marathon this year its my last race of the year! would be nice to c u.

From Tom K on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 08:09:48 from 66.87.122.138

105 and a 20 mile finish is fantastic. Great paces, flat. I know you're stoked about the 69 dp. But that is still really high. Great job.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 08:42:42 from 45.18.50.53

The ol' pre-travel 105-mile week trick... Great finish to a big week.

From I Just Run on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 14:21:30 from 108.178.73.170

Wow...105 miles with a 20 mile blast at the end. Your like superman!

From flatlander on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 14:41:33 from 216.230.145.60

Thanks everyone, felt like a mileage junkie this week, but I did make some progress; have finally shaken the effects of my last travel, just in time for a new trip.

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