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, Oct 06, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.50	0.00	10.00	0.00	13.50

Very warm and humid morning in Austin, TX. Ran at Austin HS track with Karen F & Karen H. Did 1 mile warm-up, then we did 10 each 1 mile intervals at 7:26; 7:26; 7:27; 7:22; 7:19; 7:24; 7:25; 7:19; 7:19; 7:11. Averaged 7:22.

We sweat profusely. I finally took off my dripping wet singlet at mile 6. We were surprised by how many running groups showed up at the track. By the time we did the last couple of repeats we had to run around lots of other runners. It was a great workout. We went over to the shower by Townlake and got the smell off, and then went to breakfast at Maudie's.

I was thinking of the folks running the St. George Marathon this morning as I was running this workout. Maybe next year we will get in on the lottery for St. George.

Comments

From Ethan on Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 22:00:25

Howdy Paul!

Good workout today.

Speaking of the folks running St. George I won a free entry from Wasatch Running here and ran the race today. I PR'd. Finally beat my Austin time. My real Austin time was 3:28 and some change but my official time was 3:25:28 due to their timing problem that year.

Well in St George today I got a 3:26:10 which bests my real Austin time by over 2 minutes. I am super excited about that. Although I am extremely sore. No cramping after the race though, which is nice. After my first Austin I cramped like a mofo once I stopped moving around. I cramped bad getting onto the massage tables for the Distance Challenge people. So no repeat of that this time. Just limping around. My right IT band is pretty tender and some muscle aches. Other than that my body faired pretty well.

My GPS crapped out after the race though. At least it had the decency to wait till the race was over!

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