| 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 | | 61.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 61.65 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.10 |
| 75F, 95%, 74 DP, ENE 3 mph. Pretty good weather today. Out the door at 4:00 a.m., ran 10.10 in 2:00:57, 11:59/mile, 119 bpm, surprisingly good considering Saturday's sweatfest. I think I pegged last Monday's run at 12:20, so this is an improvement. Even though last Monday was somewhat muggier, today's heart rate was lower, so I'm calling it a wash. Slowest mile today was 12:05, fastest 11:53, nice tight pattern. Trying to take it easy this week; nothing long until Saturday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 75F, 98% (75 DP), N 1 mph. Even though there is a slight wind on record, in reality it was essentially stagnant air out there and so it felt warmer than yesterday. Ran 10.00 in 1:57:27, 11:45/mile, 121 bpm. Tailed off quite a bit the last 2 miles, 11:52 and 11:58, but otherwise felt OK. Stretching and weights at gym.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 75F, 100% and calm. Basically the same weather as yesterday, stagnant air, but really not paying that much attention anymore unless it goes back up to 80F, which is possible. But at 75F I can run all summer long, not that I have a choice. Another 10 at LLHR, 1:54:26, 11:27/mile, 120 bpm, still improving. First mile was 11:53, last was 11:37, fastest (mile 6) was 11:10. Legs were heavy the first 3 miles then I got into a rhythm, the second half actually faster than the first half by about 4 seconds per mile at a similar heart rate -- which is good because the object of this type of running is to build endurance. My "fall off the cliff" point has been moving further out in the run, probably at about 8 miles now. Eventually 10 miles might not be far enough to keep the training effect going, but that would be a good problem to have.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 78F (96%) (78 DP), S 3 mph. Got out a little late on minimal sleep and ran slower than yesterday, mostly due to the extra heat. 10.00 miles in 1:56:27, 11:39/mile, 120 bpm. Fastest mile was mile 5 @ 11:17 (yesterday mile 6 was fastest at 11:10) and miles 9 and 10 were 11:50 and 12:00. So not bad, just too hot and too sleepy.
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| 81F, 93% (78 DP), SSW 2 mph. Heavy hot air settling in for the long haul it appears. This is the kind of weather that breeds hurricanes, hope we don't get any this year. Close to a dew point PR this morning, figured the run would be a disaster but went out anyway. Began at 5:27 a.m., 10.00 miles in 1:58:08, 11:49/mile. Fastest mile was mile 5 again, 11:33. Finished at 12:13, which was the slowest mile. 121 bpm average. Other days in this range this year were July 21 (12:43/mile), July 23 (12:09/mile) and July 28 (12:08/mile); so I am happy with this LLHR pace, so long as it goes back down when the temperatures recede.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.55 |
| 79F (78 DP), 97%, SSW 5 mph. Went out at 5:00 for a long run but gave up halfway through. Trying to target 9:00 pace, but heart rate was climbing quickly. I took it from 161 to 167 in mile 8 and came out 4 seconds slower, at which point I decided nothing good was going to happen today -- did not want to be paying for a long run for the next 5 days, which is what happens in these conditions if you push it too hard for too long. Been feelling sluggish anyway for the last 3 days, apparently I am overtrained at these ridiculously low heart rates; either that or I never recovered from the last long one. Averaged 9:04 for 10.5, then took the dog out for a 1.05 mile cool down. Next week is a new week.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 61.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 61.65 |
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