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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
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73F, 89% humidity, cloudy and calm.  Great morning for running, but trouble with my ankle.  I ran 7.04 miles in 1:04:09, average pace 9:07 per mile, flat shoes.  Everything was going great, feeling strong and planning on 12 miles, running in the 8:20 to 8:30 range after a couple of warmup miles.  Then I felt sharp pains in my right foot, on the outside below the ankle.  I pulled up and walked in and iced it.  By the time I left for work it stiffened and I limped badly all day.  It is better this morning (Tuesday morning) but it is definitely going to be a low mileage week, mostly on my friend the elliptical torture device.  Usually in the cold light of the morning after I can identify what I did wrong, why I was working up to a problem.  This one came out of nowhere, honestly can't say what I was doing wrong or how I could have prevented it.  That is frustrating, but I planned on an easy week anyway so will make do.

Comments
From jasro on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:01:21 from 198.50.4.4

Ughh ... hate injuries. Hang in there. Thanks for your explanation on altitude. Your observations are consistent with my experiences. But you seem to be a little more educated on it than I am.

Keep up the good work.

From derhammer on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:01:39 from 192.156.110.33

Sorry to hear about your ankle. I use one of these fairly often - even when I feel just a bit of soreness, strain, or pain. I like it because I can take it out of the freezer and strap it on - at work, home, etc. You can even heat it up in the microwave to provide heat therapy.

http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/catalog/shop_product_detail.jsp?filterBy=&skuId=318180&productId=318180&navAction=push&navCount=3&no_new_crumb=true

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 13:32:40 from 84.11.148.246

Dang. Good luck with it this week. I guess low ankle sprains aren't the worst thing, if that's what it is, but definitely frusturating to lose the training on something that cropped up out of nothing.

From flatlander on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:10:48 from 76.31.26.153

Jason, maybe not more educated, just more opinionated. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

David, thanks for the info. I'm going to go get a couple of those. I can keep one at work and use it during the day.

Joe, that's how I feel too. Ankles never seem to keep me out of commission for too long. Already feeling better and hoping for a quick recovery.

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