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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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76F, 91% humidity, wind SSW 5 mph, another very comfortable morning to run -- for half a mile.  Must be losing my heat/humidity mojo already, this one hammered me.  I ran 10.11 miles in 1:38:58, average pace 9:47 per mile, regular shoes.  Planned to run low heart rate for the whole thing to keep my left foot condition from regressing, but at about mile 4.5 I was already hitting an 11-minute pace in increasingly soggy shoes, so I decided to fight back.  I took off at marathon pace for 3.5 miles, 8:30 (first half mile), 8:27, 8:27 and 8:11, then jogged it in.  My heart rate skyrocketed, 178 at the end, much different day than the 10 MP miles I got last Friday at 160 bpm or below.  I guess it's the heat and the heavy shoes, hard to believe it makes that much difference, felt like I was carrying an anvil.  I'll find out soon enough, because the low is projected for Friday morning at 41F, basically swinging from mid-summer average to January/February average in two days.  Good news is my left foot seems fine.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 15:30:59 from 214.13.130.104

Nasty hot temps for late October. Way to get revenge and fight back! I know the feeling. Sounds like all systems are go, and ready for the low temps to come and stay.

From KP on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 15:36:06 from 173.16.13.61

lovely temps!

nice mileage!

keep working hard, flat!

From Smooth on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 15:52:47 from 63.228.197.20

I agree that the heat, humidity and heavy shoes does make a difference. WAY to fight back w/ those speedy miles.

So glad to hear the left foot is fine.

SOLID mileage! You'll really kick some major trash in cooler drier weather!

GOOD JOB!

From Burt on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 16:05:39 from 206.19.214.144

Can you really carry an anvil? Like a full blown blacksmith's anvil?

From allie on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 16:16:35 from 174.23.195.124

76F? i will trade you some fresh snow off the top of my car for your climate (you can even send the anvil).

nice work today. your mileage is looking great!

From flatlander on Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 15:15:00 from 198.207.244.102

Joe, still waiting, but I'm sure they are coming. Today was third straight +70 run.

KP, thanks, hope you are feeling better.

Smooth, thanks, we'll see. So far I haven't gotten the cold weather pop I got last year about this time.

Burt, actually it was my granddaughter's toy anvil. It is plastic but steel-grey. I hope you don't think less of me now.

Allie, sending the anvil today -- FedEx, a little expensive but worth it.

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