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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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Sat, Jul 09, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
16.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.80

80F, 86%, calm. A great morning for running, mainly because SlowJoe arrived to save the day. He is on leave and swinging through Houston with his family for the weekend. We met at the Y at 5:00 sharp -- Joe came from close to downtown Houston so he would have rolled out sometime before 4:00, amazing feat of running dedication. The heat was miserable, not a nicer way to put it. Plus the fast group never showed up today, so we were running with the 9:30/mile crowd, and water re-supply logistics also did not fall into place, so I was improvising finding refills. We pulled ahead but it was a slow day and I never got going very well. On the other hand, I got a marathon-style heart rate going, ending up in the low to mid 170s, so maybe it was all for the better we didn't go any faster. Joe never complained about the turtle pace, but he must have been dying to go faster. 16.80 miles in 2:29:02, average pace 8:52 per mile, not counting all the stops and starts. The highlight of the run was when I gave the Chevron attendant a soaking wet $20 bill to purchase a 50-cent bottle of water. She was visibly ill, and wouldn't put the bill in her register.

Comments

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 23:04:30 from 174.70.177.86

That's hilarious! I'm going to have to remember to do that some time, dig a bill out of my sports top lol! I'm glad you and Joe got to hook up!

From Rye on Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 23:24:25 from 174.27.117.243

Nice run with joe. That's disgusting! Hope that bill doesn't circulate up north were I live! Have a great weekend and another great week of running.

From Burt on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 01:34:30 from 72.223.90.99

Mark! Mark! It's raining in AZ right now! I can't believe it.

From Burt on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 01:34:56 from 72.223.90.99

Awesome about the wet bill.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 13:48:22 from 98.201.152.210

That was plenty fast, legs were nice and tired all day. I'm sure I'll be back in town again, maybe we can terrorize some more gas station attendants next time.

From JG on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 15:43:58 from 98.66.252.84

Wow!! 77 miles ... awesome week Flat! Great that you & Joe could hook up for a 16+ miler ... that is the equivalent to a marathon effort in that weather in my opinion! Nice job, both of you!!

From Stephen on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:59:24 from 174.52.135.96

Tough run, tough weather, but mostly I feel badly for the service station attendant.

From Smooth on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 14:34:34 from 67.2.71.188

AWESOME mileage week! GREAT 16+ miler with Joe!

You should've told the girl you don't launder your money! I'm impressed you carry a $20 bill on your run! A credit card or 5 bucks is the most I'd carry! That's cause you're a lawyer and I'm a banker's wife! Ha!

From PRE on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 22:54:49 from 99.50.214.225

Marathon-style heart rate over 16.8 miles - sounds decent to me!

I have to agree with Burt - I am liking that wet bill scene. My mind did a bit of wandering and I threw some sneezes in there along with the wet bill trying to imagine the attendant - and then I thought of Burt and - let's just say you probably would have gotten a free water if it happened the way I imagined.

From Burt on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 23:27:00 from 206.19.214.144

Have you ever seen the movie Ready to Rumble? It's a good one.

From flatlander on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 00:17:32 from 76.31.26.153

April, it was like a Simpsons episode or something, can't quite put my finger on it, but certainly memorable.

Rye, I'm pretty sure she threw it away, I think you are safe.

Burt, great news, I guess that means my town isn't burning anymore?

Joe, there is a Shell station across the street, I'm sure we can figure out something.

JG, now that you mention it, people have started talking about a metric marathon, you run 26.2 kilometers instead of miles, comes out to 16 and change.

Stephen, don't let your emotions get the best of you.

Smooth, that is hilarious, I wish I would have thought of that one.

PRE, we are definitely bringing you next time, you have a very active imagination.

Burt again! Nope, I'll look it up though. Does it have a gas station scene?

From Burt on Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 01:48:59 from 72.223.88.109

Um, yeah. And after watching it, you'll never be the same again.

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