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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Mar 28, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
30.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	30.00

54F, 72%, NE 2 mph to start, 58F, 63%, SSE 5 mph to end, completely clear. Not much to complain about there -- the last hour was in the sun, but that's the way it is going to be on race day for a lot more than an hour.

Out the door at 4:23 a.m. for my last long-long run of this training cycle, 30.00 miles in 4:16:37, 8:33/mile, 145 bpm average, 156 max. Last 4 were 8:34 (151), 8:26 (154), 8:30 (154) and 8:25 (154). Marathon at 3:44:37, first split over 150 bpm being mile 23. Watered twice, mile 15.25 and 26.3. Today was a small but definite improvement over the last one two weeks ago, easy to compare since the temperature was the same on both days; a little less humid today but I don't think humidity matters much in the 50s. Two weeks ago, the last 4 splits were 8:25 (157), 8:32 (158), 8:34 (159) and 8:37 (159), overall pace 8:38/mile, 147 bpm average, 160 max. Marathon at 3:47:20, first split over 150 bpm being mile 21. So I improved by 5 seconds per mile while dropping my heart rate at the end of the run by 5 or 6 bpm.

Still, my body feels like it is plateauing, especially my legs. I don't think another 30-mile run would do me much good, even if there was time. I'm glad I did them and I think they will pay off, but right now I feel like I need to rest my legs as much as possible. My legs and my heart rate seem de-linked, like they are on two different curves, and unfortunately it is the legs that get you getting along.

Comments

From allie on Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 09:57:42 from 73.207.133.226

great finish to a great week. really strong run this morning -- i agree that these long efforts are going to pay off.

rest!

From Tom K on Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 10:48:39 from 174.58.54.215

you are beast, sir.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:23:33 from 104.51.208.13

Nice! Great effort to lead you into phase 1 of your taper plan. I'm definitely stealing this idea for my next marathon.

From Yasir on Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 06:47:54 from 99.20.240.157

wow this is a massive workout flat. 30 miles less than a minute slower than your MGP. Please enjoy your tpaer weeks and remain sane :) your body is going to miss those 30 milers.

From Yasir on Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 06:50:29 from 99.20.240.157

how are we tapering? :)

From flatlander on Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 08:59:27 from 198.207.244.102

Thanks Allie, legs are already feeling better this morning.

Joe, it's all yours.

Yasir, taper seems to be OK. Normal aches and pains that come with easing off on the mileage. A little early to tell because I ran hard yesterday, but I think it is going to work.

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