| 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 | | 33.52 | 10.00 | 7.45 | 0.00 | 50.97 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.12 |
| 76F, 89%, WSW 4 mph, pretty good running weather for this time of year. After an easy Saturday my LHR pace was better today, ran 10.12 miles at 10:09 minutes per mile -- not particularly fast, but my heart rate was considerably under normal LHR range for most of the run -- legs feel like they are getting stronger from being on a taper, even though I'm not really tapering from anything, just taking a bit of a break this week. My older son (Clint) joined me for 6 miles (4 through 9), he is staying at the house because his wife, his sisters and his mother are all partying in Las Vegas. Hope they all make it home with no arrests. Clint and I stopped once to talk to my neighbor Todd also out running, so it was a nice relaxing run. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.21 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 10.31 |
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79F, 82%, WSW 5 mph. Hard to say if today was better than yesterday, but humidity was a bit lower and I think it made up for the higher temperature. Ran 5 LHR miles at 9:44 per mile, which included one split at 9:19, the fastest I have run at these temperatures. Then I did 5 x 1000, goal was 7:00 and I got 7:02. 7:16 (159), 7:00 (163), 6:54 (168), 6:57 (172) and 6:59 (175). MaxHR 183. This is starting to be my favorite workout. It is easy and seems like I am getting some good out of it. I concentrated on trying to keep my strike long and smooth and that added speed. Probably should be running these at about 6:50 at this point, but need to keep thinking baby steps.
During August it will be difficult to maintain a consistent running schedule. We are leaving Friday to go backpacking in Wyoming and won't be back for 10 days, although a lot of that is driving and doing vacation-y things other than backpacking. Then I have an outpatient procedure, then a quick trip to Peru, then back to Utah to climb King's Peak with Wade. I should be well rested up by the time September arrives, just not any faster. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.30 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
| 80F, 85%, SSW 6 mph. Pretty warm but not too bad. Ran 5 at LHR, average pace 10:22, really feeling the repeats from yesterday. Then ran 5 at GMP, 7:42 (155), 7:28 (162), 7:33 (167), 7:28 (176), 7:25 (179), average pace 7:31 so not too bad. Amazing how fast my heart rate climbed at that speed and temperature. Overall 10.30 miles in 1:31:59, 8:56 per mile, maxHR 182. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.71 | 0.00 | 4.35 | 0.00 | 10.06 |
| 77F, 90% and calm. Felt a little cooler despite higher humidity. Started out with 3 LHR, 9:47 per mile, then 7 x 1000 at tempo pace: 7:12 (152), 6:44 (161), 6:57 (165), 6:40 (171, 6:47 (176), 6:58 (177) and 7:07 (177), average 6:55. MaxHR was showing 193, but that is not accurate, 182 was the highest I saw. Overall 10.06 miles in 1:24:32, average pace 8:24. As usual, finished out each interval by jogging to the end of the mile. I felt strong through 5, then I was dragging by the time I got to 6 and 7, the sun was out by then and they were probably a little ambitious. This is 3 fast days in a row, not sure I'll do it again tomorrow. But it's August now, time to ramp it up for St. George. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.18 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.18 |
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80F, 87% and calm, ramping up the heat a little but I can handle it. Actually, I knew from the beginning that today's run wouldn't be as good, heart rate started out high and it never lies. Well, sometimes it actually lies, but not today. Did 5 LHR miles at 10:05, then 5 MP miles at 7:39 average: 7:44 (157), 7:34 (167), 7:38 (172), 7:38 (178) and 7:45 (182). Sorry folks, that's all I had today. Funny thing is my legs feel great, not sure why.
Off to the mountains, but it will take two days of driving to get there. Not much running for a week. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 33.52 | 10.00 | 7.45 | 0.00 | 50.97 |
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