| 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 | | 7.60 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.10 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.10 |
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61F, 97%, calm and clear. Out very early again to finish the run before the seminary run, thus avoiding the dreaded re-start. Ran 4 easy at 8:25, then dropped it to GMP for the next 6: 7:23 (156), 7:33 (159), 7:36 (162), 7:22 (164), 7:30 (166), and 7:27 (169). These felt pretty good. Altogether 10.10 miles in 1:19:24, 7:54 per mile. The plan is to do 20 at 7:45 on Wednesday (the run I missed on Saturday), however . . .
Possible disaster after the seminary run. My lower back, which has been bothering me all weekend but felt fine during the run, seized up and I could barely walk when I got out of the car. I have been stretching and I have iced it, to little effect. I have a herniated disk which pushes against the sciatic nerve between L2 and L3, causing a small amount of permanent numbness in my right foot. I got this 4 years ago, right after I started running, and it shut me down for the summer, very intense pain initially. This morning is a rude reminder that I am not a young man. Maybe it will go away as quickly as it came, but I am worried. At least it appears I have been through every injury now, since we are apparently in a recycle mode. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 63F, 89%, NW 6 mph with light rain. Figured I should at least post the weather. My injury might be in my upper glutes instead of lower back. It is very deep, impervious to ice, and it only hurts when I try to walk. I can stand, sit and drive normally. And my left leg is normal, just my right, too bad I need them both. When I focus on keeping the muscle relaxed, whatever muscle it is, I can walk. And it is a little better this morning. So there is hope, although a 3:20 marathon in Duluth is not going to happen at this point unless I am back to full speed at some point this week. That will be a long shot. | | Comments(11) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| Painful throughout the day. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
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Not much better. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.60 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.60 |
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