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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Wed, Jan 23, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.003.000.0010.50

Ran tonight at Brushy Creek park.  Cold weather with temps in the 30's so I dressed for it, but by mile 3 I was pulling off the long sleeve shirt and gloves and hat.  After 5.5 miles I joined Bill and the Wednesday night group where we did our drills and accellerations, and then ran down to the boat dock and did 6 loops from the boat dock and up through the parking lot and back to the stop sign.  Then I did 2 more aerobic miles. 

I could feel the left knee just a little bit after taking the fall yesterday, but not actually an injury, just a nuisance.  No problem.   

Comments
From Benn on Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 21:45:42

Hey Paul. So my achilles didn't hurt too bad during the run today, but it started to ache by the end of work after being on my feet another 9 hours :(. I am applying heat right now to it. I just won't feel the same if I don't get in runs during the week. Is it still okay to run with the soreness? I just don't understand where the weird soreness/scraping came from!

From Paul Ivory on Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 22:25:51

Benn, I would be careful not to overstress an achilles tendon issue. I have had achilles issues in the past and although it will sound crazy, some of the best recovery I received was to do trail running in preparation for Pikes Peak Marathon. Trail running demands all kinds of muscles and tendons to work together and somehow it helped with the achilles issue. For a more authoritative medical advice you can always to to http://www.webmd.com/ I got 58 entries on a WebMD search on Ashilles Tendon Pain.

http://www.webmd.com/search/search_results/default.aspx?query=achilles%20tendon%20pain&sourceType=undefined

Be careful and listen very closely, but if it were me I know I would go out on the run but slow down a bunch, a whole bunch.

From wheakory on Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 23:24:57

Great run in the colder Texas weather. I hope your knee is better. Again your really building up the miles. I believe your going to PR Boston.

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