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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, 94% (DP 75F) and calm. Out at 4:50 a.m. Wade is back in town and caught up with him about 5:30. Ran 2 wu and 3 fast ones before meeting Wade, then finished out at normal speed around 8:00 to 8:10/mile. Oveall 10.0 miles in 1:19:43, 7:58/mile, 160 bpm average, 178 max. Fast splits were 7:24 (160), 7:19 (167) and 7:14 (174). Finished with stretching, weights, jump rope and lunges.

Over the weekend I installed a weather station that I bought 2 years ago. I have been waiting for some work in my backyard to get done. Here is the outside unit. It has solar panels that point south in order to calibrate wind direction correctly.

Then it sends a signal to a receiver set up in the other end of the house, where I get a detailed readout.  Pretty cool.

I have long mis-trusted the weather information on the computer. This morning, for instance, the Weather Channel app had a readout of 78F, 92% (DP 75F), wind SE 3 mph. Local Channel 13 had 75F, 100% (DP 75%), SE 4 mph. What is interesting is that dew point is exactly the same on all three, not sure how that happens.  But overall not too far off on a calm morning. My guess is that when the atmosphere is active the data points at my house are going to be quite a bit different than the official ones.  I am actually looking forward to the next rain event to see how the rain guage works, which is certainly an unhealthy wish given our recent history around here.

Comments
From SlowJoe on Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 16:37:44 from 45.18.50.53

This weather station is awesome! I'm kind of jealous actually. When I lived in Abilene and OK, I wanted one a little more for the wind so I could make better decisions on routes, but it would still be fun to have regardless.

From flatlander on Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 08:07:21 from 76.31.29.220

Actually, my wind readout is the least accurate, even though I love that whirly thing on top. The sensor is kind of close to the house so there is a swirling effect. Everything else is pretty accurate, I am told.

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