| 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 | | 63.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 63.72 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.32 |
| 72F, 99%, E 4 mph. Cool weather coming but not here yet. 10.32 miles at LLHR, pace estimated by feel but according to the clock it was extremely slow, probably went slower than I needed to for the low heart rate effect. Was going to go to the gym but ran out of time.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.24 |
| 73F, 96% and calm. Still no cool weather, it is offiially overdue now. Predictions are in the 50s for tomorrow morning. I ran 7.5 in the neighborhood, then 2.68 to the gym, all at LLHR, a little over 12-minute pace, then did two circuits of legs and one of core, then ran home (3.06) at a normal pace. Pretty tired after all that but it felt beneficial. Hip started bothering me again, but not acute and not sure if it means anything.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| 70F, 99%, NW 6 mph. Cold front still not here, but wind was freshening during the run and it is definitely moving in. Was only gong to do 10, but decided on an extra loop at the end. 12.5 at LLHR, 12+/mile pacing, though not certain any closer than that. New Garmin is on its way. Legs felt tired to start but felt OK through the middle, quite fatigued as I finished. Slow speeds are hard, mentally and physically. But the good thing is you are always good to go the next day.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.66 |
| 54F, 100%, NNE 1 mph. Actually felt a little warmer than that, the air was very heavy. Saw Wade out there and he thought it was 63F. Started out clear but rain is moving in. Took the day off yesterday due to work constraints, wasn't worried too much about that since I raced so recently. Ran 10.66 at a comfortable long-run pace, i.e., I didn't go fast, slow or long, bad runner. But it felt good. Stopped at the gym at 7.5 miles and did weights. Garmin has shipped, should be here Monday or Tuesday I am guessing.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 |
| 62F, 100%, NNW 5 mph, rising to 12 mph. Ran 5 in my neighborhood then drove to the Y and met Wade for 12 more. He was feeling it pretty good this morning, we started out at a 9:30 pace and ended up at 8:10, 8:45 average for the 12. The first 5 were a little slower than that.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 63.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 63.72 |
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