| 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 | | 51.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.16 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.16 |
| 80F, 80%, WNW 3 mph. 3.16 miles in 27:24, 8:40 per mile. Shortened run was due more to work pressures, although I was also trying to be careful. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 78F, 84%, N 2 mph. 7.00 miles in 1:02:52, 8:59/mile, 152 bpm, 164 bpm max. Went to the chiro and told him I had been rolling my piriformis across a softball, trying to mimic what he did to me on Friday. The guy is a little competitive I think. He dug into it even harder, brought tears to my eyes, chuckled and said that is a little different than a softball don't you think? I said yes sir. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 78F, 88% and calm. Ran 11.00 miles in 1:38:09, 8:55/mile, 157 bpm, 172 bpm max. This was about all I could do with my current level of conditioning. The sun came up for the last mile and a half and I melted like a popsicle. Actually started to get nauseous, which was pretty weak. My back hurt for the first 0.1 then wasn't much of an issue. I took water at 4.5 and nothing further. I have ice on my back now but it is mostly precautionary. I think I have turned the corner on this thing but I'm trying to be smart about how fast I come back, although going from 7 to 11 doesn't look too smart, I know. | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 75F, 94%, SE 1mph. 10.00 miles in 1:28:50, 154 bpm, 165 max. Felt good. I think I'll do the same thing tomorrow. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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75F, 95% and calm. 10.00 miles in 1:28:52, 8:53/mile, 154 bpm, 167 max. Felt a little better today, but according to heart rate it was the same run as yesterday. No two runs could be more similar. Tomorrow is the first Saturday with the possibility of a legitimate long run, still trying to decide how far to go.
Suspecting that heat and lack of conditioning didn't explain everything, I got on the scales last night, 165; back on this morning before the run, 164; then after the run and after drinking 4-5 pounds of liquid, including one water break during the run, 159. Apples to apples it appears that I have gained about 5-7 pounds from relative inactivity in the last month, hard to believe I could put it on that fast. I thought I was watching my calories more closely than that. That is significant extra weight to be carrying around. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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77F, 94% and calm. Another day, another 10, 1:30:05, 9:00 per mile, 153 bpm, 165 max. Wasn't sure what would happen today. I had designs on a longer run, but last night sitting in a movie theater my disk starting pushing against my nerve, to the point I was limping on the way back to the car. (It was MIBIII, good movie by the way.) Stretched it out last night and this morning and I made it through the run, intentionally pacing a little slower. Tomorrow is a well-timed day off. So no long run today. This has been a good week, no sense pushing it. I am still struggling with the heat in any event. Better to ease into it over several weeks instead of jumping in the deep end like I had to do this year.
Then I took my son's dog for a walk and wore her out. At this rate she is going to be my dog. | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 51.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.16 |
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