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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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Thu, Jan 21, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.05

59F, blustery. 10.05 miles in 1:54:55, 11:38 minutes per mile average pace, low heart rate. Better. The weather this morning was very spring-like. I have seen large flocks of birds the last couple of mornings, too dark to tell exactly what. I could tell from their voices that they aren't local. Spring is an interesting time of year, lots of stuff to see living on an avian migratory flyway, but I hope it doesn't stay warm. I like spring but it is too early, we'll be in trouble next summer if it warms up too quickly.

So the good thing about this week, despite slower times, is that I seem to have recovered from Saturday's run, which was too long, doing it on the run without cutting my miles back. That is good information to have and I am pretty sure the times will fall back into line as soon as the temperature drops a little bit.

I plan to drive to Utah this weekend to deliver wedding presents that my son and his wife acquired at the Texas open house about three weeks ago. So I'll probably do my long run in the morning before I leave. Too much hassle to try to deal with that on the road, but I'm wondering what it will be like to sit in a car all day after doing a big run.

Comments

From Huans32 on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 09:56:00 from 138.64.8.51

Wow look at the miles for the week already. As for riding in a car after a big run. You can do it. Just make sure to stretch you legs by walking a bit every 2 hrs or so. Or it will be just miserable.

From crockett on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:28:54 from 216.49.181.254

Funny, I had to do the same drive for the same reason. Three weeks ago driving back from Spring, TX to deliver wedding presents from the reception there. Should have loaded up my car with yours.

From flatlander on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:42:00 from 76.31.26.153

Huans, thanks, and good advice. I tend to take very few breaks when I drive, my daughters won't go with me anymore. If I back off and follow your advice I should be fine.

Davy, that is very interesting. There are a lot of Texas/Utah connections. I live in Cypress, practically next door to Spring. Maybe I'll get to meet you in a couple of weeks. Still trying to see if I can put my schedule together to pace you for the last 40 of RR100. I am worried that I won't be able to keep up, but on the other hand it might make the miles go quickly for you if you have somebody to laugh at.

From jasro on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 19:41:31 from 198.50.4.4

Your having a good week. Keep up the good work. I'd invite you to run with me this weekend, but I'm going down to St. George for the 5k. Be safe on your drive.

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