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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
67.107.000.000.0074.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

57F, 100% and calm.  Ran 7.5 in the neighborhood and to the gym, did a quick leg and core circuit, adding a little weight over last week, then another 3 back to the house.  Pretty uneventful but felt good.  First 7.5 was LLHR, about a 12:30 pace as close as I could tell, then based on Saturday's effort it felt like about a 9:00 pace on the way home.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

66F, 94%, N 3-10 mph.  Starting to get blustery during the run, but no rain materialized.  Ran for the first time in forever with my Garmin, at LLHR, was pleasantly surprised.  Either because of the cooler weather or better conditioning, I ran at a faster pace than I have been:  10.00 miles in 1:55:58, 11:36/mile.  52 bpm resting HR.  Average HR 119, max 125.  This heart rate sits right at 50% of my heart rate reserve, i.e., halfway between 50 bpm and 190 bpm, which are conservative numbers for min and max (have actually clocked 44 on the low end and 193 on the high end but not consistently).  That is where I measure higher than 80% fat-burning as compared to glycogen, so it is an efficient rate to do base miles at, if I can stand the monotony.  Also, based on perceived effort, prior to today I have been running slow miles without my watch too slow, probably in the 110-114 range, which is not necessary, but better than running it too hard,  Legs are fatigued from running this slow but they should recover quickly.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.517.000.000.0010.51

50F, 100%, calm and clear.  Pretty much perfect weather and I took full advantage.  Warmed up for three:  9:16 (133), 9:00 (140) and 8:50 (142); then 7 at GMP:  7:51 (154), 8:05 (154), 8:12 (155), 7:52 (159), 8:04 (161), 7:55 (163) and 7:52 (164), total time on these miles was 55:52, 7:59/mile; then 0.51 cool-down at 9:26 pace, overall 1:27:45, 8:21 per mile.  I was happy overall because I didn't know how hard 8:00 pace would feel.  But I would like to see the heart rate drift a little flatter, it started out nicely but would have been nicer if it had stayed under 160 through the entire 7 miles.  I had to increase the effort level somewhat in order to reach the target cumulative pace.  Bottom line, though, 8:00 pace at marathon-length effort at least felt approachable this morning, which is good news.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

53F, 96%, calm and clear.  Another beautiful day, ran 8.0 at LLHR, 11:00 per mile, exactly, 119 bpm, 128 max.  Average heart rate on last mile was 122.  Then a weight circuit at the gym and back home at a comfortable pace, 9:00 to 9:10 per mile, heart rate between 138 and 145.  Today was the best LLHR time I have achieved, though looking back at my summer entries I was surprised to see some mid-11s toward the end of July.  So adjusting for temperature today's run may not have been that much better.  But in September I had nothing under 12 and one LLHR run in the 13s, yet I ran a 3:34 at SGM.  Nothing makes sense, but I feel like I am getting stronger, sticking with the strategy for now, probably all the way through New Years Day then reassess.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.090.000.000.0015.09

53F, 100%, NNW 1 mph, clear. Ran 15.09 miles at LLHR, 2:57:15, 121 bpm, average pace 11:45/mile.  Held steady at 11:20 per mile average through 8 including an initial 11:53, then significant pace drift for the remainder in order to maintain the low heart rate:  11:35, 11:51, 11:57, 12:14, 12:23, 12:15 and 12:30.  Interesting that I was slower on the first 8 today than yesterday.  Yesterday followed a GMP 7-mile run from Wednesday.  Today followed a "recovery" run from yesterday, but I also did a weight circuit, so that could be the difference.  I was going to do this again for 20 tomorrow, but I'm having second thoughts, I would be over 13:00 and maybe even 14:00 by the time I got to 20 miles, not sure I have the bandwidth in my brain to take that on.  There is definitely conditioning that needs to occur even at the low end of the spectrum.  I'll probably either do this one again or switch to a faster pace to get in the 20, not sure which.  My legs are trashed this afternoon, which surprises me.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

54F, 100% and calm.  Ran to Wade's house, ran 13 or 14 with him and returned home.  Did not feel good at all for the entire run, my heart rate was running 20 bpm higher than Wade's; usually it is 10 and sometimes even less.  If Wade ran 50 miles per week he would be faster than me, but he doesn't really have the time to do it consistently.  Despite the bumpy start and a PoP stop, we gradually increased our pace throughout the run, mainly me keeping up with Wade.  He slowed down a bit toward the end to accommodate me, but after leaving him I actually sped up the last two, hitting sub-8.  Overall pace was 8:44 per mile, which I was happy with under the circumstances.  Heart rate topped out at 173.  I think the most likely culprit is Thursday's gym workout; weights take a lot out of my legs, as they should.  Took two naps during the day and saw Gravity, pretty good but not primo -- too much bad science.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
67.107.000.000.0074.10
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