| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 45.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.89 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.35 |
| 28F, (18 WC), 55%, N 12-17 mph. Wasn't going to run for a few more days but couldn't pass up the great weather. 5.35 miles at relaxed pace, followed by some more strething and weights at the gym. Still very sore from weights on Saturday though.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 23F (16 WC), 60%, WSW 5 mph. Quite a bit calmer and actually felt warmer than yesterday, though I still wore three shirts. No watch or heart rate monitor, just running at a comfortable pace for a few days at least, neither fast nor slow. Legs are still sore from weightlifting, I'll probably wait an extra day to go back.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 42F, 73%, ENE 7 mph. The wind was actually swirling around from all different directions and at various speeds, felt like 20 mph at times. Also, I don't think it was quite as cold as the computer indicated. I went to one shirt and wore shorts -- shed my gloves during the run and rolled up my sleeves. Whatever it was I was glad for the change. Legs felt a little better today but still sore.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 56F, 100%, ESE 6, raining steadily. 8.0 miles in the 9:00 to 9:20 range, though I wore no watch. Feeling much better, lifted at the gym afterwards which also went well.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 59F, 100%, SE 8 mph, low clouds but moving out post rain, lots of rain in the last 24 hours. Ran 9.0 miles in the same range, 9:00 to 9:20, no watch, still feeling good, pleasantly tired at the end.
So about 6 weeks ago I was running very early and needed to make an emergency stop at a construction site PoP (we call them "Juans"). But a guy in a honey truck pulled in just ahead of me to service his equipment. Throwing caution to the wind I told him "you beat me to it". He looked thrilled to have human conversation and told me he would be happy to wait, it wasn't like he had anything else to do. I wasn't sure of the proper etiquette for pre-dawn encounters of this type, but decided to "gut" it out for another loop. A couple of weeks ago I saw him again and waved; he enthusiastically returned the courtesy. This morning in the bright daylight he drove up behind me and laid on the horn even before I smelled him, right in front of all my neighbors. So this is the second friend I have made in five and a half years of running, the first being UnaTed, the questionable guy who rides around the neighborhood on a 6-foot unicycle. I think I'm climbing the social ladder around here pretty quickly.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.54 |
| 56F, 100%, W 4 mph and clear. Kind of nice this morning, but a little warm. Got in late last night from helping my daughter move, so didn't hit the road until about 7:00 this morning. Ran 10.54 miles in 1:29:14, 8:28/mile, did not wear a heart rate monitor. Last two splits in the high 7s, but was working pretty hard. More fun than anything, no real information without heart rate data.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 45.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.89 |
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