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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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77F, 91% (DP 74F), calm. Woke up at 1:30, no kiddding, finally got up at 3:20 and actually spent some time reading before I left; underway at 4:07 a.m. Finally got all 20, a milestone for this summer, which has been hotter than average. 8:37/mile, 154 bpm (175 max). Almost everything was between 8:25 and 8:40, but my heart rate climbed in nearly a continuous straight line, from 135 to 175, was working pretty hard the last couple of miles. Water at 9.3 and 14.7. Not sure I could do this run at 8:20/mile right now, though I will probably try.

Vacuuming at the church afterward, I had to sit down in a pew at one point to rest, hunched over and totally weak. I felt like I will probably feel all the time in 20 years. I also felt like I needed a sermon, but it was Saturday morning.

Comments
From Tom K on Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 15:37:58 from 174.58.54.215

I also could use a sermon.

Too tired to vacuum? Yeah, that's really tired. Nice miles, Flat.

From Burt on Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 19:30:25 from 184.101.109.126

You want a sermon? Thou shalt not clean the chapel whilst thou is drenched in sweat.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 19:53:53 from 45.18.50.53

That is some kind of early wake up, definitely helps explain the tiredness...you know, aside from the 20 heat miles! Got it done though.

Burt - excellent use of the 11th commandment. Most people don't know that one.

From Dan on Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 19:58:57 from 207.244.76.210

20 in the heat, nice work indeed. Maybe do that on Sunday and the sermon will come after. If it is not stellar you won't have trouble napping.

Don't take offense, just trying to multi-task here!

From I Just Run on Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 07:33:59 from 108.178.73.170

Nice 20 miler but I'm afraid a sermon would have just put you to sleep.

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