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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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Have been running a bit lately.  Skipped yesterday because my back felt sketchy by the time I got to the end of mu cul e sac.  Felt much better toay, I wouldn't say it is going great but there does seem to be some slow progress.  I have picked out a two and a half mile loop but haven't been running with any technology.  I timed it on Tuesday with my cell phone and I was at a 10:18 pace, felt a little faster today. 

Also on Tuesday I had a followup appointment with Dr. Kevorkian.  He had a complete write-up prepared from my first visit (love it when the medical profession embraces customer service) and we discussed my situation in detail.  He reiterated that he is not going to tell me not to run, he knows how addicting it is.  He said he is 10 years older than me, and he remembers starting to fall apart at my age.  Nice -- we old guys love black humor.  He also said he spends 10 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at night stretching, that it needs to become part of my life, i.e., the same as brushing my teeth -- especially hamstring stretches.

I mentioned how much I liked Rhonda, the physical therapist, and he said he liked her too.  I reported that she had me on a regimen to get to a strong core, and he agreed that it would help, then lifting his finger he said, "to a degree".  It's not a magic pill.  Speaking of which, I am very lucky to have gotten rid of my back pain with two 800 mg doses of Ibuprofen.  Translated:  he sees back patients all day long who almost need morphine to get through the day, this is not something to mess around with, especially since I am already old enough to order the senior special at Denny's. 

When I told him I had gained 10 pounds already he was alarmed, said no more desserts.  This is one tough old bird.

Lots to think about, to be contineud.

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63F, 83%, N 8 mph, light rain.  Went out for a bit longer this morning, missed yesterday due to work.  By my watch about 10:30 pace, was hoping it was under 10, just amazing how difficult running is right now.  At about the 3-mile mark my back started to hurt in one spot, low and slightly right of center.  But it was more worrisome than painful.  Finished off the run and so far today OK.  Didn't have any problem cycling through my core routine.  Hoping to do 4 a day next week -- tempted to do 6 but that might not be smart.  The bummer is that it appears I have neatly missed every last day of the good running weather.  Temps aren't ferocious yet but the heavy moist air is back, just feels different when it is coming off the Gulf, even if the official humidity readouts say it isn't fully saturated yet.  The wind was out of the north but that was from local rotation related to the rain storm, not a general weather pattern.

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