| 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 | | 12.30 | 0.00 | 11.70 | 0.00 | 24.00 |
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| 70F, 92%, ESE 5 mph, swinging to NW. No running yesterday due to work schedule, but didn't really need to run. Was planning on running later in the day but that never panned out.
To bed at 12:30 last night, figured I would miss again this morning, then old man wakeup at 6:00, so I ran anyway. 5 miles: 1 warmup (8:41), three fast ones: 7:42 (155), 7:25 (161) and 7:15 (166, max 169), then 1 cooldown at 7:56 (162, ending at 155). The cooldown mile was a good indication, marathon pace in the heat with heart rate retreating.
I’m going to do the same thing in the morning, not too hard but enough to get my heart rate up.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.30 | 0.00 | 6.70 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 59F, 90%, NNW 3 mph, thunder approaching. Plan was to meet Wade for 5, 3 fast, he was already out there when I got there. Lightning was moving in closer so we quit after one loop. Got in 1.7 fast ones, 7:23 and 7:33 (155), then scurried back inside. Might go out again, since I won't be running tomorrow, but the way my day usually goes it might not happen.
Late AM: The sky cleared up beautifully, and by the time I got to work it was cool, breezy and sunny outside, low 60s. I got to a stopping point late morning and couldn't resist, especially since this morning's run got cut short and I need to stay sharp. Dressed out and went out for another 6, 1 quick warm-up mile (8:29) followed by 5 at tempo, 7:28 average for the 5, then short cooldown. Felt good, I have no injuries or fatigue, running is pretty great right now.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 65F, 93%, SE 3 mph. 5.0 LLHR miles @ 11:01/mile. Huge thunderstorms last night, the whole neighborhood seemed like it was torn up, but it was only trees, boiloff from the pavement even though it wasn't that hot. Now leaving for Boston tomorow instead of today, so I'll probably run 5 more in the morning, mix in a couple of fast ones to keep circulation going. Current headwind forecast is 17 mph, hard to believe, I hope it moderates a little bit.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 68F, 96%, calm and cloudy, getting ready for the next line of thunderstorms. Despite the moderate temperature, the air felt stifling because of all the water on the ground, it has been raining heavily for 2 or 3 days now.
Last shakeout run this morning, 2 warmup at brisk pace, 2 at tempo (7:39 (157), 7:24(161)), then 1 cooldown and that's it. 5.0 in 40:20, 8:04/mile.
Heading to the airport in a couple of hours. Feels like I have latent head cold symptoms, hopefully just the taper blues.
Bib number is 17192. Starting time for my wave is 10:50 Eastern, I'm in the second corral, so a few minutes after that I presume.
Good luck to all who are running on Monday, or anytime else for that matter.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.30 | 0.00 | 11.70 | 0.00 | 24.00 |
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