TEXAS Paul - Out to Pasture - Healing

Week starting Jan 28, 2007

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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
26.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	28.00

Sun, Jan 28, 2007

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

At 2:30 AM Texas time, got back from our drive from the funeral in Utah and seeing our daughter's family in Colorado on the way home. This whole week messed up my running. We were driving all day Tuesday and most of Wednesday, then the funeral on Thursday. I spoke at the funeral so the preparation time just didn't allow for a run. Then driving to Colorado all day on Friday, and then leaving Colorado Springs on Saturday at about 1:30 PM, and driving all night until getting home at 2:30 this morning.

We saw lots of snow in Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado, but Utah didn't have hardly any snow. The temperatures in Utah and Colorado were in the teens.

Slept in this morning and then did a 12 mile run from Georgetown HEB to Andice. Wow am I out of shape. I was running a easy slow pace averaging 9:30 to 9:45 per mile, but my heart rate was bumping 160 most of the time during the run. Goodness do I have a long way to go. I have gained 7 or 8 lbs since mid November. I told Lynn that I just want my salad for lunch at work, and start doing salad's for dinner each night. 3 months until Boston, and I want to drop at least 10 lbs, to get down to about 155 lbs.

And this next weekend we will be driving to Tucson, AZ on Thursday & Friday, and then driving back to Texas on Monday. I'm defenitely going to get in some kind of a run either Saturday or Sunday morning.

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Mon, Jan 29, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	4.00

Monday night at McNeil HS. .75 easy mile warmup. 2.25 miles at medium effort. 1 mile cool down. This really felt good tonight. Lots of talk about the 1/2 marathon from yesterday. Tam is really feeling good. Same for Daniel. Karen and Karen ran great tonight.

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Sat, Feb 03, 2007

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

Tucson, AZ. Walked for 7 hours at the gem show. Taking credit for a 12 mile easy run. At the end of the day the feet were sore and legs tired. Had a great time.

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
26.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	28.00

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