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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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Race: UNCF 5K (3.2 Miles) 00:21:49, Place overall: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.400.003.200.009.60

70F, 84% and calm.  The heat has pretty much returned.  My firm decided to be a sponsor of a fundraiser for UNCF (United Negro College Fund), Elizabeth, one of my partners, is on the board.  I wanted another 5K today anyway, kind of a do-over from Monday, but it was more of the same.  Actually a little better.  If I get credit for the whole distance I ran, I got 6:48 per mile, and my PR at this distance is 6:41.  So 7 seconds per mile slower, even though conditions at that race were pretty comparable.  Ran the course once to warm up and once to cool down, pretty boring by the third time around.

I finished third, but I am not sure how many runners there were.  At least 80 but I think more like 150.  Two younger guys beat me but I had third place all to myself, next guy in was a minute slower.  Pretty slow 5K, not sure why I am still slow after running pretty hard all summer.

Missed yesterday because of work, at the office from 6:00 a.m. until midnight, hoping to get a little better running in this coming week, it will be my last chance before a short 2-week taper for SGM.

Went to the Texas/BYU game in Austin this evening.  BYU won the first half handily, after that it was a nightmare.  At least I got a good photo.  This is the definition of a nose-bleed seat, even though it wasn't priced like it:

Comments
From allie on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 01:06:31 from 24.10.191.18

nice race, flat! and cool picture. hook 'em horns! (sorry...)

From Mack on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 03:14:56 from 50.39.193.169

Nice job on the third pace finish! All of that consistent hard work you put in sure shows on race day.

Cool picture. Still looks pretty good for nosebleed. I it on TV. Close game but Texas' defense sure got stingy in the second half.

From lightitup on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 04:11:32 from 67.5.103.78

Just checking in to say good job. Good job. You are a very impressive, older than me, person.

From JG on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 22:53:51 from 71.59.27.33

Great job, those conditions def take a toll on you running speedy miles. Hope you have a strong last week of full tilt prep for St George

From ACorn on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 23:12:04 from 24.2.76.146

Solid race! I'm also impressed by the 18 hours at the office, you deserve a medal for both.

From Rye on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 01:16:29 from 174.27.123.67

Wow! What an interesting weekend that you experienced. Is your football interest like most Texans? By the way, third place is awesome. Great job! Hey, what's up with Burt being ahead of you? Is that one of Burt's photoshop pics?

From SlowJoe on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:45:34 from 132.3.53.68

Nice race, congrats on 3rd - it's definitely still a little warm out there.

The BYU game stressed me out; I think it's gonna be another long rebuilding year for my Longhorns again. Cool that you got to see BYU play close to home though.

From Dan on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 19:08:01 from 208.54.7.134

Hey congrats on the race! Nice pic, love college football :)

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