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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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81F, 80% humidity.  Ran 8 miles slow this morning in flat shoes.  The Garmin wouldn't stay on, I think it was a battery thing but the battery warning never flashed.  So I just ran slow and checked my heartbeat every 20 minutes or so.  Despite that, it crept up to 142 by the end, which doesn't really qualify as low heart rate, but it is almost impossible to keep it down in this heat.  Overall I ran about an 11-minute pace.  Hip had some issues halfway through but I was able to control it by concentrating on form.  I think I will try regular shoes tomorrow and see if they make a difference.  I am doing so well with my feet and ankles that I hate to go back, but maybe a day or two will help.  The whole object of the flat shoes is to eventually arrive at a point where I have less injury, and I can feel myself headed in that direction.  For now at least I feel much better than I have felt in a while.

Comments
From baldnspicy on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 07:12:36 from 72.77.109.243

The humidity is killing me too. It can be 75F here which is a nice temp, but when it's 80+% humidity, it's just plain hot and sticky. If I can get out early enough, it helps, but today was the first day that it really didn't cool down much at night and the humidity stayed high. Looks like the AC is on 24/7 from here out. Sigh.

So what shoes are you running in? I've thought of switching to a flatter shoe, but I'm not sure if it would be a good idea yet or not. No VFF for me, but I've thought of going a little flatter. Any suggestions?

From Rye on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 13:39:35 from 174.27.108.29

You are a animal....Temps and humidity high... I would wimp out....Nice job!

From Smooth on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 22:56:20 from 174.23.236.38

8 miles in 80F & 80% humidity. You're gr8!

From flatlander on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 23:18:31 from 76.31.26.153

Wes, I don't wear VFFs, don't know anything about them, but my kids would never let me run in anything with toes in it. I wear a brand called Jinga, which is a Brazilian company. Lots of cool colors and super light. I will tell you though, it is very different wearing shoes without heels. For me the jury is still out, I am hoping it is a long-term help for me.

Rye, thanks, it doesn't really bother me that much unless I run for more than 2 hours, I'm just slower which is frustrating because it is hard to measure progress.

Smooth, thanks, can't believe I didn't notice that, don't know about the "gr8" part though! Two years ago my dad turned 80 on 08-08-08, so I guess we have 8s in our blood. He never made the news though.

From Smooth on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 23:22:40 from 174.23.236.38

8 means fast and prosperous in Chinese! :)

That's so cool about your dad's 80th b'day!

From baldnspicy on Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 00:17:39 from 72.77.112.14

I'll have to check them out and keep tabs on how you do in them! Thanks for the info!

From flatlander on Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:18:16 from 198.207.244.102

Smooth, I'll take either fast or prosperous!

Bald, good luck whatever you decide.

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