| Location: Florence,TX,USA Member Since: Aug 06, 2006 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: ENTRY 1: Age 61 and I'm still alive and running. . . . . . ENTRY 2: Austin, TX, Muddy Buddy Masters, 1st place, 2005, 2006, and 2008 with Karen F. (see picture above - Karen H.; Karen F.; Me; Carey) (Karen H. & Carey did an Ironman in Idaho in June 2007) . . . . ENTRY 3: St. George Marathon 2001 3:18:03; 2002 3:15:56; 2003 3:18:04; 2004 3:19:03; 2005 3:37:21; 2006 & 2007 did not make the lottery. 2008 3:54:04 (tough). . . . . ENTRY 4: 2007 San Antonio Marathon - 1st place age group 60-64. . . . . ENTRY 5: Eight consecutive Boston Marathons since 2001. Best time so far was 3:35:09 in 2003. Age 55. . . . . . ENTRY 6: Pikes Peak Marathon 5:56:33 in 2005. 3rd place out of 54 runners ( group 55-59) Age 58. . . . . . ENTRY 7: Pikes Peak Marathon - 2008 - 2nd place in my age group (33 registered, 23 finished) running in the snow and ice the last 2 miles of the Ascent at the top . . . . . . ENTRY 8: 3M Half Marathon at a 7:11 pace in 2005, age 57. . . . . . . ENTRY 9: Congress Avenue Mile Austin, TX 5:46 in 2004. Age 57 Short-Term Running Goals: Entry 1: Get in a full 6 months of prep for 2009 Boston, no excuses, run a strong Boston. . . . .Entry 2: Use Pilates methods for core strengthening and flexibility improvements.. . . . . . Entry 3: Get completely healed from the muscle disorder that has plagued me since February 2006 (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) Long-Term Running Goals: Entry 1. Complete 10 consecutive Boston Marathons - I have done 8 so far. . . . . . . Entry 2. Continue running marathons through my 60's and into my 70's, 80's and 90's. Personal: Married, 2 children, 2 grand children. My 9 year old grand-daughter is convinced she is a runner. My 4 year old grandson loves to wear his Boston Marathon and Pikes Peak Marathon t-shirts. He wants to run the mountain with grandpa. Favorite Blogs: |
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| Drove back to Texas from Colorado. We had over 2 inches of rain in the last 2 days here at home in Texas. The temperature was only 40 degrees today and freezing is forecast for Monday. It will be good to do our Monday night run at McNeil HS and see how everything feels after basically taking a week off on our trip to my daughter's family in Colorado. | | Add Comment |
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Beautiful evening in Austin, TX. Temp about 50 degrees tonight at McNeil HS track. We had a nice group of about 40 runners at the track. I did 2 careful warm-up miles, listening very carefully to the left calf muscle, as it has been tender last week. It felt real good during the warm-up.
We did drills and accellerations and then Donnie had us do the workout; 3 repeats of 1100 meters with a 100 meter recovery. Each 1100 meters was run faster than the one before. I ran a 7:20 pace for the first 1100 meters, then 6:55 pace for the 2nd 1100 meters, then 6:45 pace for the last 1100 meters. Through all of these I was listening very closely to the left calf muscle, and good news was that it felt fine all the way. Then Tam, Lemuel, and I did 1/2 mile cool down.
This was a very enjoyable evening after basically taking a week off during the holiday. | | Add Comment |
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A real nice evening at Brushy Creek. I got there about 5:45 so I only had time for a 1 mile warm-up which Joe ran with me. Then Bill had us do drills and then jog over to the dam.
We did a reverse stair step with each step pace run faster than the previous one, doing almost 1.5 miles (9:31) (probably a 6:30 pace) then a 1 minute rest, then almost 1 mile (6:08) (probably a 6:15 pace) and 1 minute rest, then almost a half mile (2:51) (probably a 6:00 pace). Then recovery back over to the parking lot. A real nice workout. Joe and I ran all 3 legs of the workout together. Gordon stayed with us for the first one but had a cramp and had to fall back on the others.
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| Awesome 15 mile run today with Karen F. Warm temps at 64 degrees and humid when we started. We met at Austin HS tennis courts parking lot at 6:00 AM and ran the Mt. Bonnell, to Balcones, to 2222, to Shoal Creek, to 45th, to Speedway, to UT, to the state capital, down Congress to Town Lake Trail, and back to the start. A real nice run. Lynn and I went to breakfast with Karen over at Maudie's after the run. A great start to a weekend. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.60 | 15.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 24.60 |
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