| 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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| 77F, 88% (DP 73F), ESE 6 mph and clear, calm before the next storm. Out early for 10 LLHR miles, 1:50:35, 11:03/mile, 121 bpm. Followed by stretching and weights.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| 75F, 100% (DP 75F), NE 8 mph, starting to gust. Tropical Storm Bill is moving in, the air actually felt fresh, if you can say that when you have 100% humidity at sea level. I thought I might have to quit, but the rain held off until I finished, other than a couple of minor episodes from the outer bands of the storm. Good run, was under 11 for all splits until mile 10. Average 10:50/mile for the first 10, 11:00/mile overall for 15 LLHR miles (2:45:01, 122 bpm). Last split was 11:38, more than a minute slower than the fastest one, things really fell apart in the last 2 or 3 miles. If I were an ultra guy I would probably do this every day, which is why I am not.
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| 77F with rain and too much wind this morning, so I drove down to the gym to run on the TM. Gym was closed, even though we have had less than 2" of rain in this part of town. Drove back to my neighborhood and went to the clubhouse where they have a TM and a few machines. Did 10 at about a 9:05 pace. My heart rate didn't go above LLHR level until the last mile or two. It is amazing how much easier the TM is compared to the pavement, about 1:30/mile faster than outside at the same heart rate. At least for that particular machine.
Finished with stretching, leg curls, squats, lunges, core and jump rope.
Storm should be moving out today. I think tropical storms should be named something other than Bill, might as well be Peggy or JoeBob. Should be something more ominous and foreign, like Barack.
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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 |
| 77F. Planned to go 15, but got a late start due to work last night; then in addition there was a 17 mph south wind this morning, can't run LLHR in the heat if I am fighting a wind, can't get a steady enough effort. So back to the gym, this time LLHR came in at 6.2 mph, compared to 6.6 on the machine yesterday. Finished with stretching and jump rope.
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| 75F, 100% (DP 75F), S 6 mph. Very muggy, but finally made it back outside. Got 10 at 10:49 pace, which I am OK with. Finished with stretching and a heavy weight session.
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| 75F, 100% (DP 75F), S 6 mph. Identical to yesterday. Hit the road slightly after 4:30, ready to run 4 hours if necessary to get to 20 at LLHR. Haven't gone this far at this speed before. It is more difficult than doing it at 9:00 pace. The first 10 came in at 10:50/mile, then my watch went dark at 10.18. I forgot to charge it. I knew how far I had to run to get to 20, but not sure if I ran the right pace or not. Pretty close though. Sat in the pool for my post-run workout -- that was tough.
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