| 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 | | 42.50 | 1.50 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 51.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| 60F, 99%, (DP 60F), NNE 4 mph. 2 wu, 8:25, 7:56, then 3 tempo miles: 7:19, 7:23, 7:02, then 3.5 at old MP, about 8:00 give or take. Overall 7:49/mile, HRmax at 176, may be getting a bit faster, need to up the tempo to 4 miles soon.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 66F, 98% (DP 66F), NE light breeze. Got out early and did 4 fast ones before meeting up with Wade. He has been doing weights and cross-training lately, which slows his running. Fast ones were 7:24, 7:27, 7:22 and 7:15, HRmax 177, had a 7:41 average through 6, but the last 4 were in the 9:00 range.
I'm going to try something a little different through this training cycle, ending with Dubai in January: Keep mileage low during the week, with one medium long run that includes a workout, one other workout, then as long as possible on Saturday, 20 to 30 if there is time. Then filling in with lots of quality gym time. I think I can maintain stamina that way and maybe get my sustainable marathon pace well into the 7s.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| 75F, 95% (DP 73F) calm to start, then a rainstorm and 65F, 95% (DP 63F) to end, wind from NE 5-10 mph. Got soaked about halfway through and almost called it a day, but the rain wasn't getting any worse and there was no lightning. Within a couple of miles it eased up and almost stopped by the time I was done.
I got only 4 hours of sleep last night with an extended work day, so felt pretty lethargic to begin, 9:29 on the first mile. But things gradually got loosened up and warmed up, and I was hitting mid-8s easily, then low 8s as well. Finished up with 1.5 at workout speed, 7:34 for mile 12 and 7:36 for the last half mile. 152 bpm average, 175 max. Overall 8:21/mile, good run.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| 68F, 95% (DP 66), NNW 3 mph to start, 66F, 95% (DP 64), NE 10 mph to end. Started at 4:16 a.m., thought I might do 30 but not in shape yet to do it at this speed. First mile was 9:15, then 8:33, then mostly under 8:30 after that. One drink at 12 miles, at which point I knew I wouldn't get past 20. Rain started at about mile 14 and feet were starting to blister up a little bit, which doesn't usually happen to me. I hit 8:36 on mile 14, then 8:33 on mile 16, both times I wondered if I could finish at speed. But I did. Final time was 2:49:37, so 8:29/mile. Average HR 152, max 167.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 42.50 | 1.50 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 51.00 |
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