| 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 | | 35.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.94 |
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| 66F, 100%, very warm in Houston this week. Got back from Cairo late Saturday night. I found it impossible to run there, because the U.S. day starts about when the Egypt day ends -- late nights and found myself sleeping until the last minute. Good trip business wise but not for running.
I wasn't overly concerned because I felt like I needed to rest the calf. But when I got back out on the road this morning the calf was stiff, and started to cause significant problems by mile 5. I planned to do a hard long run and instead it was all I could do to maintain a pace in the mid-9s for a regular distance-- just too hard to push off. I got worried when I could barely walk for most of the day. But toward evening it loosened up somewhat and by Tuesday morning I was walking OK. 10.00 miles at 9:28/mile, average heart rate was 147 bpm, believe it or not.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| 74F, 88% (DP 70F), S 5 mph. Mid-summer night's dream. I wasn't planning on running today but last night Wade asked me if we were going to meet up and the shame was too much, I said yes. Turned out to be a good decision. I ran 5.3 at about a 9:30 pace, according to Wade's watch. I didn't carry my own, so no idea on heart rate. I took 400 mg of Ibuprofen and headed out.
My right calf was actually stiffer than my left, I think this may have come from something other than running. I have had latent arthritis for about 20 years now, held at bay by running I have always felt -- but it might be coming back a little harder now. If so my BQ days are over because it really slows me down. Just a theory though.
First mile was pretty rough, but I kept at it and my legs eventually loosened up to a reasonable degree. I was actually glad for the extremely warm temperatures this morning, I think it helped keep my muscles loose.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.37 |
| 61F, 5.37 miles at 8:41/mile, 153 bpm, 162 max, still trying to get my legs back. Joints still feel stiff throughout, but calf is calming down.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.27 |
| 73F, rainy. Ran 5.27 miles, hard time maintaining any sort of pace, but came in at 8:56/mile, 148 bpm average, 156 max. Met my son about halfway and ran a couple with him. Still struggling but not getting worse.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 75F, 93% (DP 73F), SSW 5 mph and rainy. 10 miles at 8:30/mile. 159 bpm, 174 max. Met Wade for about 5 of it. Felt a lot better on the run itself, but recovery during the day has been slow. Starting to feel like I turned the corner, though, from whatever the problem was or is. It will be about 35 to 40 degrees colder next week.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 35.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.94 |
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