Yeah, another PR. Jeez

This morning was the 3rd race in the Houston Marathon Warm-Up Series prior to the Houston Marathon on January 19.  It's the Sugar Land Finish Line Sports 30K Run in Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb southwest of Houston.

I ran this race back in 2005 in 4:09:21 or a 13:21 pace.  This morning, I ran it in 3:43:22, a ~26 minute PR or an unofficial pace of 11:54, an improvement of 1 minute and 27 seconds per mile.  My first half pace was 12:16 and my 2nd half pace was 11:32.  It was almost perfect running conditions with 32 degrees, sunny, and a slight wind on this 3 loop course through a residential neighborhood.

My last PR was the HMSA 25K in November, where I paced at 11:55 and had a PR of almost 10 minutes. 

I have been experiencing, and receiving treatment, for a calf and foot bio-mechanical issue.  I had no pain related to those afflictions and even the new pair (38 miles) of blue 'n green Saucony Kinvara 4's were transparent to the user.

I have a 24 mile long run left to do around Christmas, then the following week will begin the 3 week taper period.  If most of the variables are either insignificant or in my favor AND I'm well on race day, I don't see why I can't have another PR at Houston.

Thanks for your time.  

Excellent run, Doug.  Keep up the fantastic work!!

Congrats on the PR. I foresee another one for you at Houston!!!!  

Break though year

Sweet! Great work, Ounce!

Keep it up! This is going to be an awesome cycle for you.

nice job.  no reason to stop now.

Nice!

Thanks very much for the kind words!

And just so I don't have to search for these times of past Houstons, when I write the race report for 2014 Houston next month:

2013 6:09:22, 14:08 pace
2012 5:45:11, 13:09 pace *PR
2011 6:12, 14:20 pace

Goal time for next month is 5:14:00 or an 11:59 pace.  There's just something snobbish about saying, "I finished the marathon with a pace of 11-something."  rather than saying, "I finished the marathon with a pace of 12 minutes."   

great job! It's nice to see when your hard work pays off keep it up!

Looking good so far for your upcoming goal race. Congrats!

amyjoann wrote:great job! It's nice to see when your hard work pays off keep it up!

It do. It do. Now if I can just keep all the pieces together and functioning until after that marathon.

fostever wrote:Looking good so far for your upcoming goal race. Congrats!

And 'so far' are the key words in that sentence. It's been a fun training session SINCE the hot weather ended.

And thanks, too.

Nice Doug, that is a huge chunk of time you have taken off from the last time you ran this race!

Huge congrats. Now just keep it together for marathon day

Thanks, Schuey.  Now, if I can just get through Taper Madness, I'll be decent.