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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
6.960.003.110.0010.07

59F, 69%, SSW 7 mph.  Wonderful running weather today.  Unfortunately this noteworthy weather is occurring in Anaheim, CA, here for a wind power conference.  Got up very late because of the 2-hour time difference, but it was just getting light, so perfect timing.  Ran 5 at LHR, average about 9:40 per mile, then did 5 x 1K at tempo, finishing off each mile with a jog:  7:21 (159), 7:14 (160), 6:59 (167), 7:03 (166) and 6:48 (174).  Basically ran the streets, a 5-mile loop around Disneyland.  Mostly flat, but some hills around the I-5 overpass, same kind of hills we have in Houston.  Lots of conventioneers out running, all of them slow just like in Texas, felt right at home.  Overall 10.07 miles in 1:30:57, average pace 9:02 per mile.  I am scheduled to fly out Wednesday morning, but there is a 5K race associated with the wind conference that morning, and I am enough of a junkie I might change my flight to run it, even though it has a $50 entry fee.  Hopefully good sense will prevail, but it never has before.

Comments
From Burt on Mon, May 23, 2011 at 21:38:32 from 72.223.90.79

I think you chased off the blog's other flatlander.

Say hi to Mickey.

From SlowJoe on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:44:28 from 184.79.24.255

Hey, great run. That 59 had to feel nice. Good luck on the 5K, I'm assuming you will run it!

From I Just Run on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:58:45 from 67.79.11.242

Hey if you go to Disneyland you'll see the water and light show our company designed it's the night show called "World of Color"...Say hi to Mickey for me too...!

From derhammer on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:35:04 from 192.156.110.40

That's funny, because after the first line I was like "what is he talking about?!" Never pass up an opportunity to race - go for it!

From flatlander on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 13:26:42 from 207.88.181.2

Burt, I hope not. Honestly didn't think anybody else would choose such a lame name. They should set this up so you can't pick somebody else's name.

DH and SJ: Thanks, even cooler this morning. I actually decided not to run the 5K though, oh well.

Preston, you are full of surprise talents. Next you'll be telling me you're an astronaut!

From I Just Run on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 13:29:32 from 67.79.11.242

Ahhhh.... Remember Flat, you can be anyone you want to be on the Blog... :}

From Burt on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 13:40:16 from 206.19.214.144

Yep, last post Sept. 21, 2010.

Nice job on not running today.

From Burt on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 13:40:27 from 206.19.214.144

I mean racing.

From flatlander on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 17:24:51 from 198.207.244.102

IJR, yeah, I'm actually 32 with a full head of hair. I just thought being an old man would be funny.

Burt, hope I'm not responsible.

From I Just Run on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 17:27:45 from 67.79.11.242

Welcome back to the Promised Land ... Wait a minute, it's more like Hell as hot as it is...!

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