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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.220.000.000.005.22

73F, 88%, SSE 6 mph, partly cloudy.  Summer weather patterns are starting to take permanent hold.  I felt about the same when I got up, but armed with the chiro's encouragement I went out and ran.  5.22 miles in 45:04, 8:38 per mile, 151 bpm.  Even correcting for the heat and humidity I have lost 4 or 5 bpm in conditioning, could have been worse and might still be.  The back/glutes/abs/whatever it is were an issue the whole time, iced immediately but still seized up like an overheated engine when I tried to get out of the car after driving my daughter to school.  Limped around for a while fixing my breakfast, could hardly put any weight on the leg.  Then all of a sudden it improved, shortly after taking two Ibuprofen.  I never take drugs.  Actually, I think the improvement was starting to happen anyway, but not sure, maybe this stuff kicks in really fast?  If they hadn't told me I could run I would be thinking right now that I had made a serious mistake.  I'm going to keep my other appointment on Monday, see what he says.  The best I can say for this morning is non-definitive, trending toward negative.  But it's just one day.

Comments
From derhammer on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:24:51 from 64.245.52.2

Stick with the plan, but I would say don't be afraid to back off if it hurts. I know these guys like to say go run on it, and I usually do, but if there is significant pain I back off. I have been running through this tendon issue and it has somehow gotten better without any treatment other than rolling it out after runs and at night. The point is you never know how these things work themselves out. Good luck.

From Dan on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 19:59:47 from 24.209.83.20

2nd DH on the don't be afraid. To cut it short when it hurts. Post running ibuprofen may be okay, but watch it pre running, I believe that Is what made me worse last summer even though my first bad doc said it was okay.

From I Just Run on Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:16:59 from 67.79.11.242

If you remember my doctor said to take 5 ibuprofen before I ran when I had the bone spur in my knee.

From SlowJoe on Sat, May 26, 2012 at 18:25:20 from 69.131.141.92

A dozen doctors would probabaly have a dozen different diagnoses (that's alliteration) but I like the one you have that lets you run. Hopefully he's not a quack. I am pro-ibuprofen but I definitely understand the trepidation.

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