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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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90 minutes on elliptical, frontwards and backwards.  That wasn't the plan, but I fell off the wagon this morning.  I set my alarm last night but didn't turn it on.  By the time I woke up it was too late to do a run before a dentist appointment.  By the time the appointment was over it was too hot and sunny for a run, given my delicate disposition.  So I took a nap.  Then got up and went to the rec center for penance on the elliptical.  After an hour and a half I decided I had punished myself enough and I quit, then took my wife to a new restaurant that turned out to be pretty good.  We will go back.  So all in all not a bad day, even though I missed a key speed workout.  I'll do it tomorrow and figure things out from there.  I'm going to go watch the Astros lose again now.  Predictability is underrated.

Comments
From Burt on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 21:10:32 from 206.19.214.144

They're not playing the D-Backs, are they? Because then you could predict a victory.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 07:41:46 from 214.13.130.104

Wow, 90 minutes on the elliptical is a harsh punishment!

When we lived in Houston for a couple years after college, we'd go watch the 'stros a few times a month. Always fun, but they were much better back then of course...

From flatlander on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 09:26:13 from 198.207.244.102

Burt and Joe, my sins were worse than I thought. The Astros had a 6-run lead and lost by 7. How is that possible? No more naps for me.

From KP on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:07:18 from 65.208.22.26

excuse me... don't you have a JOB!?!?!

From flatlander on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:19:08 from 198.207.244.102

Job?!! Actually, I was working out of the house yesterday since my car was in the shop. Managed to keep my clients happy and get a nap as well. Like I said, it was a good day.

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