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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
14.150.000.000.0014.15

79F, 88%, SSW 7 mph.  For some reason it didn't seem as warm today, even though official conditions haven't changed much.  I think the extra wind helped.  Ran 14.15 at LHR, 2:23:02, average pace 10:06.  Best thing was that until mile 10 I had a 9:54 average going, which was a pleasant surprise after yesterday.  After that the heart rate went south, but I didn't sweat it.  Actually, I was sweating quite a bit, but it was a miracle that I could even run today -- yesterday felt like running a marathon.  Even though my times were bad I must have gotten some benefit from it.

Comments
From seeaprilrun on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 14:33:53 from 174.70.177.86

14 miles a day...day after day! What kind of mileage are you going for?

From flatlander on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 14:49:57 from 198.207.244.102

Well, they aren't difficult miles for the most part. August is going to be pretty light with vacationing and then St. George will be upon us, so now is the time to make hay despite less than ideal conditions.

From JG on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 15:47:10 from 71.57.246.108

Wow! 42 miles in 3 days! Great job Flat! I am running my heart out this week & I still can't keep up with you on the mileage board! You should be in good shape for St. George, do you have any good down hills to prep yourself on?

From Kelli on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:55:11 from 71.219.99.3

HOLY COW!!! Some serious running this week. You really should try a 50k, you would LOVE it!!!

From flatlander on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:23:01 from 76.31.26.153

JG, you are way too kind, I am not a fast runner yet. I have a treadmill that I can do downhill miles on by propping up the back, but I am waiting until August to start on that aspect. Hope it works, the running gods have not provided any hills in Houston.

Kelli, thanks, I dunno about a 50K. I ran 30 miles once and it wasn't too fun. Someday if I live in the mountains I will try a trail 50K for sure. That would be fun once I got acclimated to the altitude and got better at running on rough terrain.

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