| 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 Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 39.66 | 1.00 | 10.20 | 0.00 | 50.86 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 79F, 100%, S 3 mph. Temperature was 80 when I went to bed last night, so I was surprised to see the high reading this morning, but the wind turned and conditions were close to the max we have here in the summer for morning runs. Starting my taper now, so lower but more intense miles. 5 at GMP or faster: 8:17 (154), 7:51 (164), 7:44 (172), 7:44 (178) and 7:52 (181). HR 169 average, 182 max. I'm not really very good at these higher heart rates. 3 WU/CD. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.07 |
| 79F, 93%, SSW 6 mph. 8.07 miles in 1:32:37, 11:28/mile, low-low HR: 53 resting, 121 average, 127 max. Different kind of fatigue after finishing these super slow runs. Either I am training a new system or using new muscles. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 8.20 |
| 76F, 96% and calm. 8.20 miles, 3 WU, then 5 x 1K: 7:50 (156), 7:29 (163), 7:12 (170), 7:14 (173), 7:16 (176). RHR 53, 152 average, 183 max. Cool-down and stop. Pretty good times today Comparison to July 2, which was 69F: 7:44 (158), 7:33 (160), 7:33 (163), 7:23 (165) and 7:14 (169). Hard to draw any conclusions. Temperature and heart rate were lower on July 2, but I ran faster today, so I'm calling it a win. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.16 |
| 78F, 96%, SW 5 mph. Slow-slow again today, trying to stay smart and still get something done. 8.16 miles in 1:34:43, 11:37/mile. 53 RHR, 121 average, 127 max. So definitely slower than Tuesday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.03 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 8.13 |
| 79F, 94%, SSW 5 mph. Intervals again today, trying to force some speed memory into my legs. 3.0 WU then 5 x 1K again: 8:00 (157)), 7:25 (166), 7:35 (170), 7:38 (173), 7:41 (177). RHR 55, 151 average, 180 max. I tried to dial it down a bit on the speed, so my legs felt better but my heart rate for each repeat was almost identical to Wednesday. These heart rate results are probably not a good sign for a taper week (I should be improving, not getting tired across the board, starting with RHR), but I think I can get away with some experimenting this far out. Might even go hard tomorrow, though certainly not 20. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
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79F, 93% (77 DP), SSW 5 mph. Got in late last night from a trip to the airport and I had an 8:00 commitment this morning, so there wasn't a lot of time to run. Made it out for a few anyway: 10.30 miles in 1:31:27, 8:53/mile, 151 bpm average, 169 max. The last 6 were between 8:30 and 8:35, and I could have made it to 16, which was what I originally intended.
Weather in Hurley, WI this morning: 48F, 87% (45 DP), NW 6 mph, raining. I probably won't be that lucky in 2 weeks, but one can always dream. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 39.66 | 1.00 | 10.20 | 0.00 | 50.86 |
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