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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
5.195.000.000.3010.49

77F, 71% and calm.  Didn't feel less humid but maybe it was.  I ran 5 LHR miles at 9:50 pace, then 5 at GMP:  7:41 (152), 7:42 (157), 7:38 (160), 7:36 (164) and 7:37 (168).  Then I jogged for a bit and sprinted in to the house (not sure how fast) because I am carb-loading today in preparation for Saturday's long run, kind of a dry run for St. George.  It didn't work too well for the Utah Valley Marathon, ended up with GI distress which was probably connected to that.  So I'm trying again with a different powder (Carbo Pro).  If this doesn't work I'll stick with pasta for the real deal.  Got to get 700 grams of carbs today, only about 200 for breakfast so a long way to go.  Overall 10.49 miles in 1:31:01, average pace 8:41 per mile.  Have a good day all y'all running types.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:09:54 from 132.3.53.68

That is a lot of carbs. Good luck, hope the new stuff works out for you -- would be nice to see you run a marathon to your current potential.

From I Just Run on Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:19:51 from 67.79.11.242

Will you be able go up a couple of days before St George to get acclimated to the altitude?

From derhammer on Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:23:31 from 192.156.110.39

Carbo Pro will work like a charm. Try to get up 3 hours prior and drink some more, but nothing 1-2 hours before the run or else you will get you insulin spiking and you don't want that.

From Rye on Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 18:14:08 from 75.174.18.241

Do you have a minor in exercise science?

From JG on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:21:16 from 71.59.27.33

Flat, there is a chance that Boston will fill up today (Friday), have you registered yet?

From flatlander on Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:26:43 from 76.31.26.153

Joe, I know, felt slightly nauseous, but got it all down by the end of the day and ran well this morning.

IJR, nope, going up the day before. But my son tells me it does no good anyway unless you can stay for two weeks.

DH, thanks, I will do that. No GI issues this morning, so far so good. SGM will work well for a drink 3 hours ahead of time, because you have to get up about then to make the bus.

Rye, nope, just a nerd, plus I stayed in Holiday Inn last night.

JG, I got registered, so if there is space I am in. The first time I tried they told me I wasn't fast enough, then I realized it didn't open until 10 Eastern.

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