| 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 beautiful evening at McNeil HS track. Perfect weather, temps in the low 70's or high 60's. 3 warm-up miles, drills and accellerations, and then Donnie had us do eight 350 meter runs with a 50 meter recovery. I ran with Tam and Tom, lots of fun. Then we did stretches after the workout.
Donnie reported on his marathon Sunday up in Waco where he won his age group with a sub 3:15 marathon, only his second marathon ever. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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Beautiful evening at Brushy Creek with temps in the 60's, clear sky, sun setting as we finished the run. I got in a warm-up mile, then we did drills, then we ran across the dam to the hill loop. We did 35 minutes of hill loops where I ran with Tom for his last training run before doing the New York Marathon this weekend. We ran steady with purpose but we didn't push it hard like I ran last Wednesday. Then we ran back across the dam to the start. Just a really nice evening to run.
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Mowed down grass and weeds in our lower 3 acres of pasture for about 2 hours to clear a path along the fence line. Then worked on putting up about 450 feet of fence. The posts were already in with barbed wire already installed from 6 years ago. We put up a square wire fence to keep the neighbor's goats out of our lower 3 acres. This was a lot of time on my feet considering we have a race on Sunday morning, but I drank lots of sports drink throughout the day. I don't think it had any serious affect on the race results, 3rd place in my age group. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.75 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 15.75 |
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