| 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 | | 78.91 | 8.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 86.92 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.07 |
| 35F, 61%, NNW 5 mph. 16.07 LHR miles in 2:43:21, average 10:10 per mile. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.46 |
| 35F, 88%, W 4 mph. It was as cold yesterday and today as it was warm on Saturday. I ran with long pants yesterday and decided they weren't really necessary, so just shorts today (long sleeves, gloves and beanie though), and that worked better. Much faster, plus I am probably better recovered by now from the paces Joe put me through on Saturday. Didn't have time to do a full run, and a little concerned anyway whether I can sustain 16 through the whole week, so I ran 10.46 LHR miles in 1:40:12, average pace 9:35 per mile. It went well, nothing over 9:40 after the first mile, sort of gives me hope that this base stuff will help. Did leg weights afterward and pushed it a little harder, I can feel it today. | | Comments(8) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.23 |
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41F, 75%, calm and clear. 20.23 LHR miles in 3:21:02, average 9:56 per mile. LHR pace started to drift in the last two miles, otherwise did OK. Won't be running on Friday, so trying to run a little longer today and tomorrow. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.15 |
| 38F, 100%, calm and clear. No complaints about the weather this week, nearly perfect. I ran 20 again because I won't be running tomorrow. Couldn't make myself do another LHR run as long as yesterday, so I sped up and it was more fun, though my legs are feeling it now and I am not clear as to the purpose of running much in-between speed like this, especially after doing the same thing last Saturday. I went out very early because all of a sudden I am self-conscious about my wardrobe. (Maybe Rye can suggest some new colors?) So I finished shortly after dawn. Ran 20.15 miles in 2:51:02, average pace 8:29 per mile. A little slower than Saturday, but I tanked it a little because Joe is in Abilene. | | Comments(12) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 8.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.01 |
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63F, 93%, SE 12 mph, cloudy and trying to do something, unsuccessfully. Just a warm and muggy morning, pretty typical even for this late in the year. They never last long this time of year, and all the lows next week are being forecast in the 30s, along with some moisture and wind, so I didn't mind being comfortable this morning even if it was a little warm.
After traveling yesterday I got in late-ish and had a nice dinner at a restaurant with the family, but it did put me to bed a little later than I planned. I was originally going to get up very early to run down to the Y and run with Wade once I got there, but I slept a little longer, drove instead and did the first 12 with him starting at 5:30, thinking I wouldn't do much more after that. We went out at a pretty good clip with Eric, another runner in the group who is targeting 3:15 at Boston next year. After two miles he sped up and we stayed at the same speed, maybe a little slower, ended up averaging 8:25 for the 12.
Then I chatted a bit, tanked up on water and went back out. Pretty stiff to get going and the re-start first mile was 8:37, but I kept pushing the issue and the second one at 7:47, at which point it was game on and I decided to do a full 20. Pretty tired toward the end but I did the next 8 at a 7:47 average, including the slower first mile. Overall 20.01 miles in 2:43:38, average pace 8:11 per mile.
I need to stop talking about my no-injury streak. The topic came up today during the run, and sure enough about 15 minutes after I finished running my right achilles started complaining. I have it iced now and I think it will be OK, but this happens every time I brag about how healthy I am. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 78.91 | 8.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 86.92 |
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