TEXAS Paul - Out to Pasture - Healing

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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.

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Sat, Mar 29, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
26.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	26.20

Boston is only 3 weeks away so we needed a long run this weekend.

Lynn and I drove down to Austn and I met Karen F and Karen H at Austin HS tennis courts at Townlake at 5:30 AM and we ran a loop along Townlake trail down to the People Bridge and then across and up through Austin on Lamar and Shoal Creek way up past Far West then over to Balcones and then back down to Hancock and over to Shoal Creek and then back down to Townalke and Austin HS tennis courts. Then did the Congress Avenue loop with a mile out and back built in at Congress Avenue which gave us 26.2 for the day.

Good news is that we were able to keep a good consistent pace and got in the distance. Karen H was really feeling it throughout most of the run, but she hung in there and got it done.

Then we all went over to Maudie's for breakfast tacos and that was the finishing touch to a great start to the weekend.

Comments

From wheakory on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 19:16:39

Nice marathon run. Your definitely ready to pursue an impressive run in Boston. I really hope you meet your expectations of beating a 3:35.

I seen that Dell bought out Equallogic. We have 4 Equallogic SAN's.

Good luck in Boston again.

From Benn on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 20:19:40

MAN nice job!!! You're going to slice em and dice em in Boston, Paul!

From Paul Ivory on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 21:15:40

Kory, Benn, thanks for the good faith notes. The good news for the rest of the day is that there is no big deal soreness in the legs. Came home, took a short nap, then worked on some remodeling a room doing sheet rock work. Now my back is stiff from the actual work, duh.

From Brian on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 17:14:13

Paul...

Thanks for the words of encouragement. My first marathon is going to be May 11 in London Ontario....if all goes well.

Looking forward to that!

........Brian.

P.S....Good luck in Boston!

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