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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
1.6310.500.000.0012.13

59F, 100% humidity, wind N 10 mph, blustery and rainy.  Pretty dang good running weather this morning.  Cooler and headed to cold in a few days.  Got out late after working late last night.  Strapped on my flats, ran about a mile and a half warmup then everything else marathon speed or faster.  Felt light on my feet, although I reached threshold level the last couple of miles, not so light then.  Ran a total of 11.13 miles in 1:31:33, average overall pace 8:13 per mile.  Average pace for the "speed" miles was 8:03, max 8:30, last 6 were 7:50, 7:47, 7:41, 7:24, 7:27, 7:37.  Started to get real lactate-y at the end.  This wasn't the run I intended to do when I started out, was going to do the routine of seeing how many MP miles I could run at 160 bpm or lower.  But my Garmin was not reading out my heart rate correctly.  It finally went down to 34 and stayed there.  Weird.  Halloween is over.  At that heart rate I was afraid if I stopped I would end up with those electric paddles on my chest.  I am trying to decide how fast to run the 10K on Saturday.  I think I can do a 7:30 pace, which means if I had any guts I would try for 7:15.

Comments
From Mack on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 17:02:42 from 71.111.190.57

Nice job flat. I'm with you, rainy weather is great running weather.

From Rye on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 17:03:55 from 168.103.42.63

As far a your pace for your 10k race.. my running friend tells me..... 10cc's of suck it up! good luck

From baldnspicy on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 22:51:37 from 72.77.120.222

Glad you didn't stop (and die), Flat. Go for the 7:15 and show that 10k who's boss!

From MCKENZIE on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 23:39:37 from 75.169.116.49

You can totally do a 7:15...GO FOR IT!!!!You'll be so proud of yourself after :)

From SlowJoe on Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 01:48:29 from 109.70.68.174

Agree. Looks like you just about already did the 7:30 today for your last 6! Oh, and you might want to start running with a defibrillator next time you hit 34bpm.

From flatlander on Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 23:29:52 from 76.31.26.153

OK, how about we compromise at 7:20? I have to run a marathon in 10 days! (Joe, I decided to just go with a new battery.)

From SlowJoe on Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 00:19:32 from 195.39.154.10

That's an even better idea - less weight to carry when you're running.

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