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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
13.170.000.000.0013.17

75F, 98% and calm.  Thankfully not 100% humidity today.  Got out late due to work issues from the night before, so ran entirely in the daylight starting at 6:30.  I figured it was 85 or 90 by the time I finished, but it was only 79, solar effect on my skin made it seem warmer than it was.  Held LHR until about mile 9 then it disappeared, could have slowed down but didn't have the patience or the time to do that, so finished up at higher than LHR.  13.17 miles in 2:15:31, average pace 10:18 per mile.  Not a good run but it is done.  I'll catch up on the other blogs soon.

Comments
From seeaprilrun on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 23:18:24 from 205.172.12.229

LoL only 98% instead of 100%. Attitude is everything...doesn't look like this heat is in any rush to go away. Nice job on getting it done.

From Stephen on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:18:00 from 204.182.3.237

I think humidity is a major drag, kind of like running through the water.

From I Just Run on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:26:48 from 166.205.11.240

Ha ha... I had late work too so decided to skip the day all together.

IJR

From JG on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 13:19:08 from 71.57.246.108

Nice long run in the heat! IJR - there is still lots of time left in the day, you don't have to skip it ... running in 100 will make a man out of you, just ask Joe!

From I Just Run on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 15:35:04 from 67.79.11.242

Hey JG...I even saw that Joe took a day off about three months ago!

From Rye on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 19:25:44 from 174.27.76.189

flat you are a well oiled machine! How about a well lubricated machine... some of that could be sweat.

From Dan on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 23:12:50 from 24.209.83.20

It is good to be thankful :) Way to keep at it!

From flatlander on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 23:42:34 from 76.31.26.153

Thanks April, your heat is as bad as ours this summer I think.

Stephen, running through water is exactly what is happening.

IJR, wish I would have thought of that.

JG, so I wonder if Preston ran 100 today. That would put him at the top of the board pretty easily I think.

Rye, makes me sound like one of Arnold Palmer's lawnmowers. Entirely appropriate though.

Dan, any run is a good run, I know that.

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