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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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Nice run to start a Labor Day weekend.  Met Karen F., Karen H., and Tom H. down at the Austin HS tennis courts at 6:00 AM.  A moderate temp day with temps in the 80's and moderate humidity, not as bad as yesterday.  While we ran our 15 miles, Lynn did her walk of the People Bridge loop.  She saw a homeless guy peeing off the bridge down into Townlake, duh. 

We ran up to Mt. Bonnell and saw a live armadillo run across the road right in front of us, fun.  Then we ran up to 2222 and over to Shoal Creek and then down to LaMar and down to the Town Lake trail and back to the start.  Just a really nice run.  Tom and Karen H. picked up the pace the last mile and we pushed in for a nice finish.  Then we got showered off at Deep Eddy and then over to Maudie's for breakfast. 

During this run we were able to tell Karen H. some of the stories from our Pikes Peak Marathon race because she was in Ohio last weekend during our run.  Tomorrow is the Human Race 10K, should be fun. 

 

Comments
From barry on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 23:53:59

Nice run today. Good luck on your 10k race. Also, thanks for the tip about the shin splints exercise it has really helped me a lot. I have been doing them every time i run.

From Paul Ivory on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 13:15:16

Barry, great news about the shin splints exercises working for you. The 10K Sunday is going to be just a training run with my running partners, I'm not really going to race. It will be hot about 96 degrees but should still be fun.

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