| 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 | | 47.62 | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.72 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.18 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.18 |
| 79F, 95%, SSW 5 mph. Wonder why it felt so hot today. This run was slow from the beginning and only got worse. LHR miles were 10:12 pace, then couldn't finish off 5 MP miles, had to stop at 3, 7:35, 7:44 and 7:51. I did the marathon death march for the last 2, mid-9s, but heart rate never came back down, stayed at 170. Very disconcerting. Tempted to blame it on backpacking, but I ran twice in Jackson Hole immediately after backpacking and felt better than today. I am thinking I lost conditioning by basically taking the week off, even though it was an active week. Just have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.06 |
| 73F, 95% and calm. A little cooler than yesterday, and a little better through first 5 miles. After that it was still very slow, total of 10.06 in 1:43:25, LHR pace of 10:17 per mile. Trying to be patient. Met a neighbor out walking her dog, a very athletic German Shepherd. She wondered where I have been and I told her Wyoming, trying to get used to the heat again. She had been in Europe for two weeks and boarded her dog at a local air conditioned kennel. She said her dog was now having trouble getting used to the morning 5-mile walk -- so maybe there is hope for me. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.95 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.05 |
| 75F, 94% and calm. Pretty good running weather today, relatively speaking. Ran 5 LHR miles, average pace 10:14, but it wasn't really that bad, ran them at super low heart rate. Then 5 x 1K at a fairly relaxed pace: 7:29 (154), 7:24 (159), 7:15 (166), 7:11 (72) and 7:16 (176). Legs felt better today, but there has definitely been something going on. Maybe residual fatigue from hiking, maybe I gained too much weight on vacation, maybe it's just too dang hot here. But I'm gonna be fine. | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Inside on TM. Work prevented getting outside this morning, so did 6 on TM at noon. Started out at 5.5 mph and ended at 10 mph, uphill and downhill, 3% incline each way. (Not to worry, the 10 mph was downhill all the way and lasted less than a quarter.) Legs actually felt pretty good, we'll see if it translates into better running tomorrow. I didn't try to watch TV on this session and it seemed to actually help the boredom. Could it be that my brain is more interesting? Probably not. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 17.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.43 |
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80F, 80%, WSW 4 mph. A little bit better running weather with slightly lower humidity. I can't do a full long run tomorrow so decided to try today. The goal was to warm up for 1 mile and run 19 at 8:00 per mile. Happy to report that the warm-up mile was successful.
I picked out a 3.17 mile loop close to my hosue, set down 3 water bottles and decided to run it 6 times if possible. I also carried a 6-oz flask of EFS. Once I started in, I could tell by the feel of things that 8:00 was too ambitious. So I tried to stick to an 8:20 pace for the duration. I mostly succeeded, but by the time I finished 4 laps things were lagging. I had an 8:19 average for 4 but finished 5 (plus a little to get to 16 miles flat) with an 8:22 average. By then the sun was way up, I was almost out of water, and my sweat rate had diminished, so I called it quits. Was also gagging on the EFS, but I'm getting better at it. Despite falling short this was a pretty good run. No bonk, and no regrets for stoppping early. I have another high altitude adventure planned for Saturday a week, so my next shot at this run is in two weeks.
If I could get 6 laps at 8:00 per mile in the heat I think that would set me up for a good race in St. George. The last time I did St. George, 2 years ago, I got about 1:20 per mile boost over my best 20-mile time in the heat. On the other hand, that was for a 5-hour marathon (11:23 per mile versus 12:40 training) -- I don't expect to improve anywhere close to that much this time around, but 0:30 per mile would be fantastic if it actually happened.
It is now late afternoon and I can still feel the endorphins from this run, even though my legs ache and my right achilles is complaining. I think it was a good thing to do, although nobody I know recommends doing 20-mile time trials on a regular basis. Maybe I will feel worse when I hit 19 or 20, but for now I am happy. | | Comments(8) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 47.62 | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.72 |
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