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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
10.270.000.000.0010.27

81F, 56%, NNW 7 mph.  Had to cancel the run this morning due to lightning.  I'll have to do the big run later, my next chance is Wednesday.  Went out at 5:00 p.m. and my new neighbor walked up -- actually it was his father, have yet to meet my new neighbor.  Wanted to thank me for painting his side of the fence when I got mine painted.  I was hoping he would contribute but I don't think it is happening -- at least he thinks I am a stand-up guy.  Turns out his son lives in College Station and bought this house just in case he "met someone" here in Houston.  His dad said it hasn't been successful and he doubts his son will ever move into the house.  So I got a lot of information about my bachelor neighbor quick, but it was 5:30 before I finally started, blazing sun but it felt OK at first.  The run started to get long toward the end, though.  10.27 miles in 1:27:39, 8:32 per mile.  Average HR was 153 bpm, even though it didn't feel like I was working that hard.  That is what the heat does, you have a higher heart rate and you get tired faster, even though your legs feel fine.  Best part of the run was meeting a guy coming the other way wearing a bad toupee.  That works as well as a sun screen I suppose, kind of like an umbrella, but doesn't the toupee just have to come off for the run, no exceptions?

Comments
From allie on Sat, May 12, 2012 at 20:46:44 from 97.126.217.165

a toupee, huh? hahaha. yes, it seems it should come off for the run.

nice job getting your run in, although i'm sorry the storm thwarted your mileage plans.

From SlowJoe on Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:47:24 from 69.131.141.92

Especially when it's 80 degrees outside, seems like the toupee would trap the heat. Glad you could get in something yesterday.

From Dan on Sun, May 13, 2012 at 17:25:36 from 24.209.83.20

Glad you could get some decent miles at least. Wow, I would agree, toupee needs to come off...UNLESS... you could trap some ice under that thing.

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