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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
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67F, wind SE 13 mph, 9:00 p.m.  Ran 9.32 miles at an average pace of about 10 per mile, regular shoes, no heart rate monitor.  Today was a mess work-wise and I needed the early morning hours to try and meet my deadlines for the day.  So it was late before I got out, I came pretty close to not getting out at all.  Even though it had been 36 hours since I last ran I still had a lot of aches and pains.  Running hard for 9 miles yesterday took a lot out of me, and my bad groin was making it hard to go very fast.  Plus I ate a full dinner before going out.  I was hungry, but also wanted to see what that was like.  Didn't cause problems but it definitely slowed me down.  Starvation is the best way to go.  The object tonight was to just get through the run.  Tried to pick it up a little at the end, but didn't do much, most of the splits were right at 10.  I came home and went right back to work, didn't get to bed until 1:00 and still didn't finish.

Comments
From lightitup on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 14:51:58 from 67.185.20.107

I felt great for London's run. Ate a half a bagel with cream cheese and a banana a couple hours before I ran. I can see why you're losing weight.

From flatlander on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 15:08:23 from 76.31.26.153

E, gotta lose weight, can't be fat and BQ at the same time. Despite all I've lost there is still a residual layer that needs to like, disappear.

From lightitup on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 15:10:33 from 67.185.20.107

I did it. I was fat when I BQ'd. And yes, it's just as hard for a girl, IMHO. And I'm fatter now, hoping to better my PR. Just think of it as more in reserve...oh, and softer for grandkids

E

From baldnspicy on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:47:11 from 167.164.3.140

I'm still trying to lose the belly fat...no matter how much I run or how little/well I eat, I can't lose it. Oh well, maybe I'm actually converting some fat to muscle. Maybe if I start the P90X like Burt I can have ripped abs and chest. That would be cool...

From flatlander on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:57:34 from 198.207.244.102

I dunno, do you think Burt is really sold on P90X? He was "baring" his testimony about it the other day. I think that has something to do with the style of pull-ups he does but not sure.

From baldnspicy on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 13:24:04 from 167.164.3.140

I think he's probably just looking to make a quick buck off this P90X thing. The way he uses Photoshop to flatter everyone, you know he would use it to show a ripped, hairy chest. You don't get that from doing granny pushups!

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