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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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74F, 98%, WSW 3 mph and clear.  Rained most of the weekend, violent thunderstorms with lots of debris left over.  Calm this morning, though.  Today I definitely benefited from cooler temperatures, a day of rest and not running too hard on Saturday.  I will probably travel later this week, so I am trying to get in more up-front miles. 

Ran the first 10 at sub-150 heart rate:  10.00 miles at 8:56/mile, 143 bpm, 150 bpm max.  Mile 10 was  8:52 (149), best mile I have run in this training zone in a while.  On April 2 I ran this:  73F, 94%, SE 6 mph.  7.10 miles in 1:02:55, 8:52/mile, 146 bpm.  That run was in a sweet spot between getting over the flu in March and injuring my back in May, so I think it is a fair comparison. 

Then, on the theory that I still got the base-building benefit out of the first 10, but I have a marathon coming in November, I sped up the next 4.  The plan was to do 4 at 8:15, but the first one came in lower than that without a significant sacrifice to heart rate, so I did a progression run instead:  8:03 (158), 8:00 (165), 7:43 (170) and 7:38 (175), trying to kick it in on the last quarter.  I don't have a pace for the last quarter, but I think it was low 7s, not sub-7.  Overall 14.00 at 2:00:39, 8:37/mile, 149 bpm, 182 max.

Comments
From derhammer on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 15:44:35 from 64.245.52.2

Nice way to finish! What's the marathon in November?

From Dan on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 20:10:47 from 24.209.83.20

Yes I missed which one you are doing in November? Good run!

From flatlander on Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 08:44:10 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks guys, I signed up for Richmond. Really enjoyed it the last time I ran it, my first BQ. My brother lives there, so it is convenient. I hope I don't lay an egg and ruin the memories!

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