| 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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| 58F, 100%, calm, fog and rain. LLHR run, 5.0 miles at 11:42/mile. RHR 50 bpm. Average 121, max 128. Not a good run. Stretching and weights at the gym after the run. Right heel marginally better, but was hurting by the end of the day.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 35F (25 WC), 88%, NNE 14-23. Was supposed to be a freezing rain this morning but it did not materialize. Heel was bad when I first woke up but improved so I went back out to punish it some more. Started with 4 at 9:00 pace or better, followed by 5 at GMP, then 1 miles CD. GMP splits were 8:07 (158), 8:02 (162), 7:46 (162), 8:01 (163) and 7:52 (163). Overall 153 bpm average, 167 max. Much better run than yesterday. Heel seems no worse so far today, I'm thinking it might gradually fade even under training stress. Either way, can't really stop training if I am going to run on March 1. If the heel craters I won't run, which is what would happen anyway by stopping now.
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| 34F, 95%, NNW 9 mph. Still wet outside, but not raining. Did 5 slow (11:43/mile, 121 bpm, 126 max), then stretching and weights at the gym. Heel still bad, but felt better after the gym, not sure what is going on there that is helping but the same thing happened on Monday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 23.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 |
| 30F, 100%, calm and clear. Three shirt morning. Almost a full moon, first time I have seen it in a month, didn't even realize it had cycled through already. The sun came up at the halfway point, pretty much perfect running weather. Ran 23 miles in 3:26:02 at 8:58/mile, 152 bpm, 163 max. Last 4 were 8:59 (158), 8:56 (159), 8:58 (160) and 8:56 (161). Very similar to Saturday, but colder. Heart rate higher today than Saturday by a little bit and I broke 150 a few miles earlier. My gimpy heel was really bothering me this morning, not sure if it is going to make it to race day. I may have to alter my training to accommodate it.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 38.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.00 |
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