For Whom the Dogs Bark

Week starting Dec 18, 2011

Previous WeekRecent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesFlatlander's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageMonth ViewYear View
Graph View
Next Week
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2009201020112012201320142015201620172018
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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.

Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
70.580.000.000.0070.58
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.130.000.000.0010.13

53F, 86% and calm.  Got out early, still in Houston, ran 10.13 miles in 1:44:17, average pace 10:17 per mile, not a good run, probably too little sleep.  My wife was up when I got back, demanding to know what I thought I was doing, good question.  Then caught a 7:20 flight to Chicago and was in meetings by 10:00, so the week was off to a fast start even though I ran slow.

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Treadmill miles only this morning, schedule is very heavy.  6 miles at 10-minute pace at the hotel.

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

More treadmill stuff, but less time this morning, I did the first mile at 6 mph and ramped up 0.5 mph each mile, last mile was 8.5 mph (7:03).  It wasn't easy, but my legs felt strong, was feeling pretty happy all day about this progression run, maybe the long slow miles are actually going to have a payoff.  Got back to Houston late at night but stayed up even later looking at my new heart rate books that came in. 

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

I went out early this morning and it was raining with thunder, so I slunk back inside and drove meekly to work.  Finally got on the TM tonight and finished up 10 just now.  It has been a tough week, family is starting to arrive for Christmas, everybody will be here by tomorrow night, the house will be rockin'.

Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.360.000.000.0018.36

47F, 83%, NNW 8 mph.  Good running weather but not a good run.  Clint thinks I had fatigue left in my legs from running 10 late Thursday night and he is probably right.  Beats some of the apocalyptic diagnoses I came up with.  I ran 18.36 LHR miles in 3:14:35, average pace 10:35 per mile, 131 bpm.  Each mile was slower than the previous one, starting in the low 10s with the last at 11:01.  Pretty discouraging but I finished it and went to work.

Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.090.000.000.0020.09

46F, 85%, NNE 16 mph.  Didn't want to go out this morning, but finally drug myself out at 5:45 after promising myself I would quit at 10 if I still wasn't feeling it.  The plan today was to run 20 at my old BQ pace, just didn't know if I had it in me after yesterday's drag-a-thon.  Ran the first one in 9:23, then 8:36 and 8:20, so I was in the zone, then miraculously ran into Dave and Keith from the weekend running group.  They were already in mile 11 of a 20-miler, so I invited myself to run with them.  Keith stopped for a bathroom break and I left Dave in his neighborhood at mile 10, average pace at that point was 8:42 and it was a huge boost having company for the first 10.  I picked it up a little on the way back, trying not to run too hard, and ended up with an 8:35 average, exactly 2 minutes per mile faster than yesterday.  Overall 20.09 miles in 2:52:31.  I was no less tired than yesterday, running this speed exercises a different system than LHR runs, that's for sure.

It was great running weather, lots of runners out and all in a good mood.  I was in an even better mood because they were all slower than me -- is that proper?

Merry Christmas all you great bloggers!

Comments(11)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
70.580.000.000.0070.58
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
Recent Comments: