TEXAS Paul - Out to Pasture - Healing

Week starting Dec 10, 2006

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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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Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

Mon, Dec 11, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

Ran McNeil HS with Donnie's group. Beautiful evening, temp about 63 degrees. Did a warmup mile with Karen, did drills with the group, then ran 1 mile at 7:15 pace, and then 1 more mile at a easy steady 8:20 pace.

Still on 4mg Prednisone, muscles achy, right heel didn't feel too bad on this run. Maybe the heel is showing some healing, I hope.

Tam ran 6 miles, it looked like sub 8 min pace. Tam's friend, Stewart, ran with us tonight. I told him he looked real strong when we did the drills accellerations. He plans to join us on more Monday night runs.

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Sat, Dec 16, 2006

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

Ran Town Lake trail around the Longhorn Dam loop. Temperature about 70 degrees. Beautiful morning. Boy did we take it easy. My muscle aches and sore right heel. Karen has the pulled muscle behind the left knee. We were quite a site, slow, slow, slow. This is a run we will talk about some day with fond memories. We saw an 8 year old boy named Shawn that was running the 10 mile loop with his mom and a Austin Fit group, wow. Lynn walked the People Bridge trail.

We all went over to Maudie's for breakfast after the run.

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

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