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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
21.270.000.000.0021.27
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

41F, 100%, calm and fog.  Nice weather.  Decided on short sleeves, beanie and gloves.  Shed the gloves after 4 then got cold.  I felt faster than Saturday but I wasn't, 8 seconds slower actually.  10.0 in 1:40:03, 10:00 per mile, 137 bpm, 142 max.  Took me a long time to lose the mitochondria buildup in my legs, it will take a while to get those little guys back.  I'm thinking of running exclusively slow all the way to the last 3 weeks or so, but I probably don't have enought discipline to do that.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.090.000.000.007.09

45F, 100%, foggy but calm.  I am having severe problems with my back.  I bent over for an extended period of time doing some assembly before Christmas.  Running exacerbates it.  Just the stiffness after running, not actually while I am running.  My son Austin (the bodybuilder) pointed out that I need to stretch mty hams more diligently, because tight hams pull on the lower back muscles.  Despite his large, muscular legs, he can easily touch his toes even when he isn't warmed up.  The minute he said it I knew he was right.

I was in too much pain yesterday to run.  Felt marginally better this morning but thought I might skip it again just to be safe.  But safe isn't going to get me anywhere, so I thought I would go out for 4.  The minute I started running I felt better, and my pace for low heart rate was faster than Monday, 7.09 miles in 1:09:46, 9:50/mile, 137 bpm.  Back tightened up a little towards the end, but not as much as on Monday.  Then I stretched and rolled for a long time, seemed to help some.  Maybe back to 10 tomorrow if the day progresses well.

Comments(7)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.180.000.000.004.18

9:55 pace.

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