| 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 | | 31.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.76 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.75 |
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Trying to run exactly 1 hour a day this week at low heart rate. This morning was 4.75 miles, average heart rate 127, average pace 12:38 per mile. Right knee pain came back right on cue at 4 miles. Not much pain, just a little worrisome. We'll see what happens there.
Part of the run was around a couple of small lakes, and there was a heron that would keep flying away every time I came close. He would always fly ahead and wait for me to catch up instead of going the other way so I would leave him alone. I noticed he had a very small head. Bird brain.
Also found a nickel and stopped to pick it up. Bird brain. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.52 |
| 4.52 at average heart rate of 127, average pace 13:17. At 7:30 in the morning, it is 73 out, 97% humidity, so summer is back. By comparison, yesterday it was 62 and lower humidity, and I ran 4.75 miles at the same heart rate. Heat is the big X factor hear in Houston. It is scheduled to cool off in a couple of days, this is the last gasp of summer for this year. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.35 |
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4.35 miles in 1.00 hours, 13:49 average pace, 128 bpm average heart rate. It is 77 outside and very muggy, so the distance was even less than yesterday and the heart rate higher. It is trying to rain out there and the air is stagnant and feels like it is trapping you in a coccoon. There might be a bit of a break tomorrow, then definitely cooler weather by Friday. I'm a big advocate of embracing the heat and humidity, it is what it is, this is where I live and I don't have much patience for transplants from certain western climes (of which I am one) complaining about the long summers here. Plus you can get some good training in that helps you in the last miles of certain races like, oh, I don't know, St. George maybe? But I have done my hot weather time for this year, time for something new.
The good news is no knee issues. I remembered last night that when the outside of the knee acts up at the same point in the run then goes away as soon as you quit, it is ITB. I stretched the knee very gently last night and no issues today. I have overstretched in the past but was careful this time. In fact, as I think about it, in the year and a half I have been running I have pretty much over-ed everything at one point or another.
My St. George picture arrived yesterday, me and my son with our finishing medals. Kind of expensive but very cool. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.58 |
| 4.58 miles at 128 average bpm, 1.00 hours, 13:06 average pace, 79F. At least there was a little more wind this morning, and it has shifted to the southwest, so the weather is trying to break, even though it is a little hotter even than yesterday. All things considered I did better today. I think my legs are starting to get with the new program. The deal is I won't beat you up so bad, but we are out there every morning, guys. Everybody on board? Quads? (yep) Glutes? (check) Hammys? (ok) Achilles? (I'm the weak link) ITB? (huh, what was that?) Not sure what I'm going to do about my long run, maybe I can sneak it in early and they won't notice. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.72 |
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4.72 miles, 129 bpm average heart rate, 1.00 hours, 65F. The weather finally broke and I could tell an immediate difference in how fast I could go. Every time my route swung around into the wind coming from the north I got a smile on my face. It really isn't that cold, only 10 degrees less than yesterday, not really even cool, but I felt like I needed long sleeves.
My legs (I have named them Charley and Horse) balked at first but after a mile they got with the program. I'll get them some oatmeal for breakfast. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.84 |
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8.84 miles in 2.00 hours, 13:35 average pace, 133 average heart rate, 57F, wind NE 7 mph (faster than me, that's for sure). This was my "long" run. For the first mile and a half, my Garmin was spitting out heart rates in the 160-175 range, even though I was going slow, so the average heart rate is skewed -- I think 128-129 is more accurate. None of my splits, including the last partial one, was over 14:00, and no particular knee pain. Looking for bright spots here.
This wasn't a particularly successful run this morning. Should have been faster with these nice cool temperatures. I ate a small steak last night and got a flu shot yesterday afternoon. When I woke up I felt a little feverish and I wanted long sleeves, atypical for me, and my legs felt like logs, especially during the second hour. I think they are still hung over from the party in St. George two weeks ago today, so no worries. It was important to get out there, stretch out the distance a little. Now I get a day off. With all my training, maybe 2000 miles by now, I have never run more than 4 times in a week. This week I ran 6. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 31.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.76 |
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