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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.034.000.000.0013.03

52F, 77%, NW 3mph, cool and clear.  Matchless running weather, joggers out in droves this morning.  Did my normal workout, 6 before at low heart rate (9:42 average), break for seminary run, then 2 more warmup, 4 at GMP (7:35 (157), 7:35 (160), 7:23 (163) and 7:07 (168)), finished with 1 cooldown.  Total 13.03 miles in 1:56:48, average pace 8:48.  I did some stretches during the break and that seemed to help.  Maybe I should go back to that a little more than I have been.

Talking to my younger son this morning as we ate our respective healthy breakfasts -- he is a bodybuilder, although he has lost some weight and is trying to get more into running.  Now that he is down to the last two months of his senior year he is starting to think about college.  He asked if I thought it would be a good idea to take a business class the first year instead of all straight requirements.  I told him to go for it, but why the sudden interest?  Turns out he was talking to the owner at the local GNC store who is apparently raking it in, saving up for a 911 Turbo.  My son says there are lots of idiots out there, just like he was when he first started buying that stuff, and he wants to be a seller instead of a buyer.  Progress.

Comments
From I Just Run on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:59:27 from 67.79.11.242

Good run......

Priceless conversation.....!!!

From Dan on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 23:03:19 from 24.209.83.20

Funny how selling earns more than buying... Nice miles man

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 23:09:30 from 184.79.24.255

Nice weather, nice run!

Being able to buy a cool car is a fine reason to go to college. That was #2 on my list after meeting girls.

From Dan on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 23:20:57 from 24.209.83.20

Joe- for just a moment I thought you said girls was the #2 reason. Happy I read that wrong, respecting the priorities.

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