| 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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Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure (3.1 Miles) 00:22:03, Place in age division: 3 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 4.10 |
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Lynn and I drove to Austin and picked up Karen F.and Karen H. and we drove to Auditorium Shores for the Susan G. Komen breast cancer 5K race. A warm November morning with temperatures in the low 80's. Last year I won my age group with a 6:59 pace, beating the winner from the previous year by about 40 seconds.
This year I ran a 7:07 pace and the guy I beat last year by 40 seconds turned the tables on me and beat me this year by 22 seconds. What a fun race and what a great workout. The race starts on Congress Avenue Bridge, over Town Lake, and heads up Congress Avenue toward the state capital. The route takes a few turns up some hills so when I finished the first mile in 7:19 I felt pretty good about it having worked pretty hard that mile. The second mile continues up more hills and goes back behind the state capital and finishes on the beginning of the downhill. I finished mile 2 in 7:19 as well. Mile three is mostly downhill but with some turns that flatten out and finishes while crossing the 1st Street bridge. My mile 3 time was 6:45, and then I sprinted on in to the finish line with a total finish time of 22:03. Last year my finish time was 21:47.
So, I took 3rd place in my age group (out of 22 runners) this year, and Karen F. finished 43 seconds behind me and took 3rd place in her age group (out of 115 runners) and Karen H. took 4th place in the same age group.
After the race we went over to Maudie's for breakfast tacos and Joe and Angel joined us as well. A nice group get together. | | Add Comment |
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A warm evening in Austin, TX at McNeil HS track with temps in the mid to low 80's. Got in my warm-up miles and then we did drills while the high school football team worked out on the field so we had lights for the first part of our workout.
Donnie had us do Yasso 800's tonight. My right heel was tender after racing yesterday and my left hamstring has been real tight so I didn't overdo it and ran 6 Yasso's at 3:36 each. Just a nice general workout. The lights were turned off during our workout so it got immediately dark. We had about 45 or 50 of us here tonight, a nice group. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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A nice warm evening at Brushy Creek with temps in the mid to low 80's while I ran my warmup miles on the trails, then Bill had us do drills and then we jogged over to the dam where we did a 3-2-1 workout of the entire half mile length of the dam. I ran with Tom H. and got his race report after he had run the New York City Marathon 2 days ago. He liked it.
The moon was half full which helped give us some additional light during our run tonight, a nice evening. About 18 to 20 of us here tonight, a nice group. | | Add Comment |
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| What a nice morning in Austin, TX. 45 degrees at 6:00 as we met down at Town Lake and Mopac. Just the 3 of us this morning, Karen F., Karen H. and me. Lynn did her walk while we went for our 15 mile run up to Mt. Bonnell, then up to 2222, over to Shoal Creek, down to 24th, up behind the State Capital, down Congress to the Town Lake trail and then back up to Mopac to finish. A really nice run. Then of course over to Maudie's for breakfast tacos. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 21.00 | 0.00 | 9.10 | 0.00 | 30.10 |
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