| 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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A fun silly evening at McNeil HS track. I forgot my running shoes, but one of the ladies, Jennifer, had an extra pair that was one size too small but I was able to wear them anyway. Nice lady.
Tam showed up again. His new running play has him running on Monday's only. Good to see Tam. Tom was there too, our first Monday night run with the group since our Pikes Peak race, fun.
We had 50 of us there again tonight, awesome. After drills Bill had us do 1500 meters medium hard (7:20 pace), then 100 meters recovery. Then 700 meters faster (6:40 pace) and 100 meters recovery. Then 300 meters hard (sub 6:00 pace) felt really good. Gordon paced our group.
Normally I would have had 2 to 4 miles warm-up, but without shoes I didn't make that. Still a fun evening, good to get out. | | Add Comment |
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This week at work has been busy with our community service Juvenille Diabetes carnival in two buildings on both shifts. A busy time as I was in charge of organizing and running the carnival. Late getting home last night (9:15 PM). We finished up today after lunch.
Went over to Florence HS to run tonight and found the high school football team on the field playing a game so we came home and just went up and down the driveway (450 feet one way). Not much happening, but good just to get out.
We are planning on 10 to 15 miles on Saturday morning, should be fun. | | Add Comment |
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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.
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