| 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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Lone Star Stampede 5K (3.14 Miles) 00:21:05, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.14 | 4.30 |
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75F, 100%, S 6 mph. This would have been a great race in February, well organized, well attended, lots of good food afterwards. But the first weekend in May is almost always going to be a little tough temperature-wise.
It was 72F at the time I left the house this morning, and 82F at 10:00 in the morning, so I am guessing the temperature for the 8:00 start. This race is sponsored by the University of Texas, so there was a lot of burnt orange around and no Aggie maroon to be seen anywhere. But they were taking anybody's money. The wife of a colleague at work was running in it, and their kids were running the mile race afterwards (his two boys got first and second, but he doesn't like to run, go figure), so I decided to go to this one instead of the 5K in the Medical Center that I did last year on the same weekend. I read this week that if you "prime the pump" by racing your heart a little bit ahead of time, you won't have so much trouble with the first mile. So I warmed up for a bit then ran two and a half minutes at what felt like a 10K pace. Was good and warmed up for the start, but there is no cure for being out of shape. The first mile went OK, 6:30 (175 bpm) and I figured I was going to get a PR. Second mile was 6:37 (186 bpm), still not too bad. Then it all went south. Couldn't maintain it any longer, third mile 7:01 (187) bpm, then 6:52 (188) for the stub split. 6:43 overall pace, not a PR. I was 17th overall, and all alone. Winning time was 14:55 and there were 16 runners under 20:00, including 3 or 4 women, then me, then the next one was over 22 I think. They had me listed as a female, but I got it fixed, or at least they said so. First in age group and I think third overall master.
The course had lots of turns, but I ran every tangent and it still measured long. I saw something recently about course measurement. Race directors say the discrepancy is attributable to the Garmin technology, not the course measurement technique. But Garmin geometry says that because it measures each straight line segment compared to a curvy actual course, the Garmin will always measure a little short. So why does mine always measure long? I think course directors make it a little bit long to ensure certification. This one wasn't too bad, though, only 0.03 miles long, about 20 seconds at the pace I was running. On the other hand, it meant the different between getting a PR and not -- but I am really aiming for 20 flat, which I wouldn't have gotten today under any circumstances, so no big deal.
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