| 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 | | 38.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.84 |
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| Up all night on a call with China. Really loving life this morning. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.03 |
| 71F, 96% and calm. Running in the soup again this morning, but it won't last. Should be about 10 degrees cooler by tomorrow. Woke up with a raw throat, my resistance goes down whenever I don't get enough sleep. Still have it, but it didn't seem to affect my run much. Legs felt well rested at the start of the run, but by mile 10 my pace slowed significantly because of the higher temperatures. I ran 13.03 LHR miles in 2:08:08, average pace 9:50 per mile, so it was a good run under the conditions. I stopped by the clubhouse about a half mile from the end of the run and did some leg work. I figure if I can get stronger glutes and hams it will make me faster. But I think the main problem is that the spring in my tendons has sprung. When I watch a young guy run it is amazing how light they are on their feet. Not sure there is a way to fix that one. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Went to bed with a sore throat last night and it was worse this morning, plus a headache and fever. No running today, just isn't my week I guess. Hopefully I will "miraculously recover" as soon as the temps cool down. | | Comments(9) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.79 |
| 56F, 68%, NE 8-17 mph. 6.79 miles at 9:41 per mile. Test run, the endorphins masked fever symptoms for a while then they came back. But running didn't set me back. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.62 |
| 42F, 54%, E 8 mph. Very pretty morning, started out with long sleeves and gloves but decided I didn't need the gloves after a couple of miles. Very stiff by the end of the run, though. I was hitting 9:30s and a few 9:20s most of the way until the last 3 miles when it went to 9:50 and stayed there, bam, just like that, no warning. 12.62 LHR miles in 2:01:33, average pace 9:38 per mile. Still have cold/flu symptoms but it is gradually running through my system. I'm going to go ahead and do the long run tomorrow, but it is back into the 60s. We can't shake summer. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.40 |
| 67F, 86%, SE 8 mph. Warm weather again, but it isn't expected to last beyond Monday. After the endorphin glow of yesterday morning's run wore off my flu symptoms came back hard like a Mack truck (sorry Mack). Barely made it through the rest of the day and collapsed in bed at 8:45. I didn't plan to run at all this morning unless I woke up without an alarm and feeling great. I woke up once at 4:20 but the next thing I knew it was 6:00, 9 hours of nearly uninterrupted sleep. I felt much better but the groups at the Y had long since departed, so I did a short run from my front door. 6.40 LHR miles in 1:02:11, average pace 9:43 per mile. I stopped at the clubhouse near the end of the run and did leg weights, ran the rest of the way home, ate a large healthy breakfast, took a long hot shower and now I am ready for a nap. | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 38.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.84 |
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