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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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Mon, Jun 29, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.15

78F, 92% (DP 76F), calm. Another beautiful morning. Back to LLHR today, 10.15 in 1:52:05, 11:03/mile, 121 bpm. After the first few miles I had revised my training program for the rest of the summer, then after the second half I wasn't so sure. First 5 were 11:13/mile, trending to a steady downward spiral since I was hitting 10:30 with no problem at the beginning of the summer; then the second 5 came in at 10:52 which I was much happier about. Still not sure I'm making progress alternating between workout weeks and slow weeks. I think it may be the case that I need to pick one or the other, run its course, then move on to something else, rather than switching back and forth. I know I can't sustain workout weeks all the way through without overtraining, so that leaves slow miles. But waiting to see how the rest of this week unwinds. Another way of looking at it is to keep doing what I am doing, and concentrate on weights and getting my body fat % down. That would work best if I could do it.

Comments

From MarkS on Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 06:49:48 from 98.202.237.52

Sounds like your training is going well.

I always think and it is best to do a hard workout followed by easy days, and a hard training week followed by an easy training week.

Don"t forget it is during the easy days after some hard days when you get stronger and faster.

From Bob on Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 08:49:14 from 163.191.36.14

I tend to over simplify things. I think your last remark makes the most sense. Just make yourself as small as possible by losing weight. If you drop enough lbs. you won't need speed work unless you aspire for something more. I know other things factor into the equation, but when you boil it down, usually the smaller lighter man does better at endurance. Knowing this frustrates me to no end. Have fun experimenting.

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