| 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 | | 28.78 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.78 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.31 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.31 |
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43F, 100% humidity, calm and foggy. Can't complain about the weather right now, this is the best time of the year for running in Houston, or doing anything else outside. Back into a routine this morning after taking three rest days following Saturday's race. Ran 5.31 miles in 46:45, average pace 8:48 per mile, regular shoes. Warmed up two miles then ran 3 at my new MP goal, 7:59, 7:45 and 7:50, then jogged in. Felt good to put 8:37 behind me. My next marathon is on New Years Day, might be too ambitious to get to this pace by then, but it is time to move on. Plus I don't know when my next race will be after that one, toying around with a few ideas but I am thinking it will be at least April or May before I do another one, and after that summer will be back.
My legs had almost no race residue in them this morning, so I will probably ramp up pretty fast if I continue to feel good. The family is planning a big Turkey Trot in a week, 5 miles, need to think about what I can do at that distance. | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.17 |
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47F, 71% humidity, wind NNW 6 mph, clear and blustery. Very nice running weather, if you are going fast. Today was a slow day so I stayed pretty cold. I was colder than Saturday when starting temperatures were 35F. I ran 8.17 miles in 1:27:13, average pace 10:41 per mile, low heart rate and regular shoes. Had a hard time keeping a heart rate read-out with the wind, it was about 5 miles in before I started to get a steady read, so I ran mostly by feel but I had it about right. After the new year I may go back to a lot of long slow running for 2 or 3 months.
I ran into 4 or 5 friends last night who had heard about my BQ. They all think I am either going to quit now or I should. I understand the point, but I won't quit until family support wears thin or until I stop improving. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.17 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.17 |
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38F, 97% humidity, calm and foggy, kind of eerie out there before the sun came up. I warmed up for two miles then ran 4 at goal pace, 8:07, 7:49, 7:57, 8:02, heart rate about 165, regular shoes. I'm short on sleep and time, legs felt heavy, so I called it a day, don't want to push too hard this week anyway. Pigged out on TexMex last night but slept well anyway, first time since the race. I was not happy to hear the alarm, but I'll get caught up soon.
Happy weekend all. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.13 |
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48F, 100% humidity, calm and foggy. Very nice running morning, got out the door at 4:45 and ran down to the Y, met up with Wade and ran some miles with the Saturday group, then Wade and I broke off, I dropped him off at his house and ran home. Total 16.13 miles in 2:33:40, average pace 9:31 per mile, regular shoes. The last two miles my legs felt like they were about to fall off. I usually have quite a bit left in my legs, it's my stomach that limits how fast I can run, but today I was still tired from a week ago. It is now Saturday night and I feel like I ran 20 at a 9:00 pace, not terrible but certainly some residue. Ready for a day off tomorrow.
Wade and I are talking a big game these days. There is a 50K in Huntsville State Park on December 11. We are thinking it would be a good training run, certainly wouldn't want to race that distance right now. Maybe sanity will return in the morning. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 28.78 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.78 |
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