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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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75F, 94% and calm.  Pretty good running weather today, relatively speaking.  Ran 5 LHR miles, average pace 10:14, but it wasn't really that bad, ran them at super low heart rate.  Then 5 x 1K at a fairly relaxed pace:  7:29 (154), 7:24 (159), 7:15 (166), 7:11 (72) and 7:16 (176).  Legs felt better today, but there has definitely been something going on.  Maybe residual fatigue from hiking, maybe I gained too much weight on vacation, maybe it's just too dang hot here.  But I'm gonna be fine.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 13:30:33 from 132.3.53.68

I bet it's a combination of those things, plus getting re-conditioned for Houston's summer misery. Good call pulling back the reins on today's run (and thanks for the 1k repeat idea, which I stole today).

From I Just Run on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 00:14:39 from 71.41.149.142

TOO DANG HOT ... That's all I have to say....!

From Steam8 on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:25:10 from 166.70.55.77

You are running that fast and complaining that it is too hot! BOO! I don't know how you could gain weight running 10 a day! You have been pumping out the fast miles....heat or no heat!

From Stephen on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:40:44 from 204.182.3.236

Relaxed pace for you is speed of light for me.

From JG on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:26:54 from 71.92.34.153

Nice running this week Flat! My guess it is re-acclimation to the heat!!

From Rye on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:50:25 from 174.27.124.98

Anytime you go camping your diet goes to heck. I deal with stomache issues for days due to the garbage that I eat after camping. Nice run today!

From flatlander on Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 18:03:27 from 198.207.244.102

Joe, no problem on the 1K repeats -- I stole it from a Japanese guy.

IJR, amen brother.

S8, thanks for the encouragement. You already know this, but two things are an art form in Texas, heat and complaining. In the summer we are in our element!

Stephen, not that much faster, you will catch up soon.

JG, I think that must be it. Still haven't weighed myself.

Rye, you might be on to something. The freeze-dried food followed by several days of gorging on beef was not a Julia Childs recipe for good dietary behavior.

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