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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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6.000.000.000.006.00

46F, 98%, NE calm breeze and clear. 6.0 at LLHR, 120 bpm average, 10:54/mile. Legs felt good, but must be hung over from Saturday because this run was slower than some equivalent runs last week. Last 3 with Wade.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.309.200.000.0010.50

56F, 95%, calm and clear. Today I intended to run a metric marathon at a 7:30 pace, which is about where I left off at the end of the last training cycle. Warmed up for 1.3 with a bio break sandwiched in. Then I re-set the watch and took off. First one was 7:42, then 7:39, then 7:24.  Splits kept bouncing around, but by mile 8 I hit a 7:12, then 7:24 for mile 9 when my left calf started hurting again, to the point it wasn't wise to continue. Heart rate peaked at 168, so I had some more to give, but called it a day. Overall average was 7:32.

Left calf is still hurting as of 10 a.m., definitely not a cramp like I originally thought. I'm leaving for Cairo on Friday night and was hoping to get this one out of the way before leaving. If the calf recovers quickly I may try this one again, though it will be much warmer on Friday morning.

Finished with stretching and weights.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.309.200.000.0016.50
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