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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
1.1810.000.000.0011.18

75F, 97% humidity, clear and calm.  Gorgeous morning after a lot of rain yesterday.  Houston is beautiful and green if you can get past the heat and the best way to do that is get right out in it.  Ran 11.18 miles in 1:36:12, average pace 8:36 per mile in flat shoes, including 10:16 warmup first mile, 8:26 per mile after taking out the warmup mile, 11 seconds under BQ pace.  Most interesting thing was my low heart rate compared to a similar run last week, on Thursday (76F/97%, conditions almost identical).  Bpm comparisons after throwing out the warmup miles:  144 (149); 147 (154); 152 (158);155 (163); 156 (165); 157 (168); 157 (169); 157 (171); 160 (174); and 161 (178).  That run was in regular shoes, but it was the same heart rate as flat shoes the day before.  Interesting that the bpm spread went from 5 in the first mile to 17 in the last mile, I think it shows I am getting some conditioning in that heart rate range.  Plus my speed was 5 seconds per mile faster today, felt like I could have completed a marathon, which is a good thing because that is exactly what I am going to have to do in less than 4 weeks.  Another encouraging development was Wade's 20 miler last weekend, which he ran in Utah.  Despite the altitude, unlit road (he took a spill) and a lot of hills, he flew in the cool air and low humidity.  Gives me hope. 

Comments
From Stephen on Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:58:18 from 204.182.3.235

WOW!!!

Which marathon are you running in 4 weeks?

From SlowJoe on Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 18:37:27 from 214.13.130.104

I always enjoy and learn from your numbers. Cool to have the HR data like that - especially since it stayed so low today after 10 sub-BQ miles. Awesome. Running in those cooler temps next month in New England has got to be worth additional BPM savings.

From flatlander on Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 22:17:23 from 76.31.26.153

Stephen, running the ING Hartford Marathon in Connecticut. Sea level, flat and cool, my kind of race. With my luck it will probably be snowing.

Joe, I'm certainly depending on a cold weather boost, I hope it happens. It came through last year big time at St. George.

From KP on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 09:33:15 from 65.208.22.25

super speedy, flat! way to go!

From flatlander on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:52:18 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks, looks like you have been up to quite a bit lately.

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