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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, Jul 05, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.06

74F, 91%, calm and clear. Got out a little later than normal, just at daylight, coolest part of the day, but it didn't last long, was 81F by the time I finished. 12.06 miles at 10:18 per mile. Actually slower than that because I didn't get a readout on the first mile, which is typically slow. Kept them all under 11 though. This was a run where I felt better as it progressed, but by the end I was slowing down quite a bit. I went to the gym with my son yesterday and he showed me some good stuff to work on core. I did two rounds with light weights. Not feeling any abdominal soreness today, which is good, but it seemed to have enough effect to make my running easier this morning, like it had loosened me up somehow.

Comments

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 21:11:28 from 174.70.177.86

only 99 more days...

From Dan on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 23:30:15 from 24.209.83.20

LOL@ April, well spoken.

Nice run Flat, if the core workout did not loosed you up, try some coffee or something.

From Kelli on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 23:37:57 from 71.219.92.225

But who is counting????? Could we change that? I need about 199 to be ready. Dang.

That heat stinks, don;t know how you do it. I was reading SHAPE magazine and there was an article written by an actual doctor and he said some people just can not tolerate heat--they get sick, headaches, nausea, dizziness, etc AND are more prone to heat stroke. I AM one of those people. I always felt wimpy, but now a doctor backs me up. I had sever heat stroke when I was like 5, it damaged me.

From Stephen on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 13:14:25 from 174.52.135.96

Thanks for holding up the standard of dedication. I wouldn't be where I am today without someone like you to chase.

From flatlander on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 20:30:37 from 198.207.244.102

April, been laughing at that one since you posted it. Really, I am going to stop complaining about the weather.

Thnks Dan, supposed to get core again today but it's already late and I may not make it.

Kelli, I am totally sympathetic, the heat is definitely something you have to respect. Whatever your body is telling you has to be done. For some reason it doesn't seem to bother me too much, but it certainly slows me down.

Stephen, I will be looking over my shoulder from now on.

From Kelli on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 22:32:01 from 71.219.69.64

Slowing down just makes me more dizzy. I HATE HEAT!

Hey, we had 80% humidity today. Not liking it at all.

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