| 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. |
|
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
|
| Miles: | This week: | 0.00 |
Month: | 0.00 |
Year: | 0.00 |
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 40.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.92 |
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 74F, 87%, S 9 mph. Ran 5.45 mile in 50:52, 9:19/mile. 147 average heart rate, 152 max. Miles 4 and 5 were 9:18 (149) and 9:21 (150). Then 0.55 CD then 1 mile with dog for a total of 7. Was trying to go slow today to compensate for the hard day on Saturday. Everything feels fine though.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 44F, 78%, NNW 9 mph. Ran 8.00 miles in 1:10:00, 8:45/mile. 149 average, 157 max. Resting heart rate 52. Miles 4 and 5 were 8:48 (149) and 8:31 (151).
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.37 |
| 32F, 43%, S 7 and clear. Beautiful morning in Sandy, Utah. I arrived late Tuesday night for a funeral on Wednesday, flight 5 hours late and didn't get to bed until 4:00 a.m., so didn't run yesterday. But found the Jordan River Parkway this morning. The computer said 38F for this zip code but there was frost on the grass down by the river, so that means 32F. Ran up the trail from 100th South, hit the golf course and ran (trespassed) around it, got lost a couple of times, not sure where the trail goes from there. Got back to my starting point and headed south, then back to the car, total of 8.37 miles in 1:13:34, 8:48/mile, 157 average heart rate, 163 max. Ate breakfast and barely made my plan. I could get used to running in this but I know it isn't so pleasant in the winter.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.54 |
| 61F, 83%, N 1 mph. Back in Houston. Ran 4.12 miles at LLHR, 12:00 per mile, 119 bpm, 125 max. Took a drink and headed back out for more, 5.42 miles at 8:42 per mile, 151 bpm, 160 max. Miles 4 and 5 were 8:25 (157) and 8:34 (158). Then lifted weights at the gym.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.01 |
| 54F, 98%, NE 1 mph. I think today is the last sub-60 day until November, lucky to have made it this far. Ran 8.01 miles in 1:06:42, 8:20/mile. 155 bpm average, 169 max. Miles 4 and 5 were 8:10 (157) and 8:11 (158). Got two sub-8 miles at the end. Heel is feeling pretty good this week, not really a factor anymore so long as I honor the fact that it is still in recovery mode. Went to the Y for a spin class and got trashed as usual, but I kept up fine. I hit 174 heart rate a couple of times. Started to wonder how long a particular sprint was going to last then realized I could hold it as long as the instructor, which was a good feeling. I feel like I am improving pretty quickly right now, getting my fitness back. Here is a table I made up of my speed and heart rate at miles 4 and 5 for the last 8 or 9 runs. Earlier in the week and last week I was running those miles at a lower heart rate, so not a lot of conclusions, but the last 3 days are pretty instructive, starting with the Utah run:
|
Date
|
Conditions
|
Mile 4
|
Mile 5
|
|
04.09.14
|
45F, 93%, calm
|
8:30 (154)
|
8:19 (159)
|
|
04.11.14
|
64F, 93%, S 5
|
8:34 (159)
|
8:33 (160)
|
|
04.12.14
|
Upper 60s, SW 10
|
9:19 (147)
|
9:05 (148)
|
|
04.14.14
|
74F, 87%, S 9
|
9:18 (149)
|
9:21 (150)
|
|
04.15.14
|
44F, 78%, NNW 9
|
8:48 (149)
|
8:31 (151)
|
|
04.17.14
|
32F, 43%, S 7*
|
8:51 (157)
|
8:44 (157)
|
|
04.18.14
|
61F, 83%, N 1
|
8:25 (157)
|
8:34 (158)
|
|
04.19.14
|
54F, 98%, NE 1
|
8:10 (157)
|
8:11 (158)
|
*Jordan River Parkway, 100th S., Sandy, Utah
I did significantly better at sea level despite being 30 degrees warmer, then even better today when it was slightly cooler, despite lifting weights yesterday. I am definitely a flatlander.
| | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 40.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.92 |
|
|
|
| Debt Reduction Calculator |
|
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
|