| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 37.90 | 2.00 | 7.10 | 0.00 | 47.00 |
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| Race: Payson Onion Days 5k, in Payson, Utah. 2nd place finish in age group 55-59. Time: 22:43. Still in recovery mode from Pikes Peak. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| Went to Florence HS and walked with Lynn. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| McNeil High School with Donnie's group. 1 mile warmup, 1 mile cool down, 8 each 300M speed work | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Walked 3 easy miles at Florence High School with Lynn. Using my new Velocy shoes. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| walked with Lynn. Sasha asked if I am injured. My reply is shown below: Sasha, no I'm not injured. Once a year I take a month off for deep recovery after doing my late summer or early fall marathon. I did Pikes Peak on August 20th, and I'm taking September off. I do have an issue this year with PolyMyalsiaRheutmatica, a muscle disorder, that I am dealing with, which is why my Boston and Pikes Peak suffered this year. I'm tapering off from the medication, Prednisone, every two weeks. Next Monday I reduce it down to 5mg a day. Thanks for the interest. Paul | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Still in my September month recovery from Pikes Peak, running only on Monday nights. Reduced prednisone medication down to 5mg per day starting today. What a fun Monday night at McNeil HS. 2 warmup miles, then Donnie had us do 3 progressive miles each one faster than the previous one. A fun workout running with Karen and Tam. Then Karen and I did a 1 mile cool down. Interesting, the 1 day a week recovery is easy, but after Monday night's run, my upper back of the legs are some stiff on Tuesday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Recovery month is over. Tonight starts my return to running. Predinsone medication is at 5mg/day. Still feel pretty good. Fun night at McNeil HS. 2 miles warmup. Donnie had us do 4 sets of 400M medium/hard, 100M jog, 100M hard, 100M jog, repeat for a total of 4 sets. I ran with Karen, she said this run felt better than any for weeks. No asthma issues at all. Did 1 mile cool down. Walked 800M with Daniel and Karen. We are all planning to go out to dinner Friday evening in Austin. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.20 |
| Power walked the Wells Branch trail with my measuring wheel. North loop around the pond is 4.2 miles. South loop also turned out to be 4.2 miles. I plan to run these loops on Tuesday's and Thursdays during lunch. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Feedback from the doctor office today, blood test from Monday showed all reading normal, good news. Still will do Prednisone reducing 1mg every two weeks. Next Monday reduce to 4mg per day. Temp about 92 degrees. Ran at Williamson County Park with Donnie's Rogue Training group. Warmup 1 mile, then drills, then 3 miles medium, then 1 mile cool down. Ran with Tam, Andy, and Joe. Felt good to have my third day in a row doing something with fitness. Taking it easy these first few weeks of returning to running. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.20 |
| Ran Wells Branch north loop this morning before work. Took it easy, relaxing run. Upper legs a little tight. We will do 10 miles Saturday so this will be my first week of running 5 days a week for over 2 months. Taking it easy with focus on flexibility and base building for the first several weeks, just extending the weekly total. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 6:00 AM met Karen F., Karen H. and Katie. Did the 10 mile Mt. Bonnell loop. Met up with Tom about a mile into the run. Took it easy, just wanted to get in the distance and get my 5th day of running in this first week back. Upper legs some stiffness. I was glad to be back when the run was done. Oops, I forgot to take my 5mg of Prednisone this morning, so I just took it as I'm doing this entry. Next run is Monday night at McNeil HS. Karen H said she will join us. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 37.90 | 2.00 | 7.10 | 0.00 | 47.00 |
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