TEXAS Paul - Out to Pasture - Healing

Week starting Feb 03, 2008

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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
15.00	5.00	10.00	0.00	30.00

Tue, Feb 05, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

After a 5 day trip to Tucson, AZ and back (900 miles each way) and then returning to work this morning, goodness it felt good to get in a run tonight at the Florence HS track, even if it was only 5 miles. I was late leaving work and then had a 8:00 PM teleconference call from here at home so I sneaked in the 5 mile run prior to the call. It just felt good to be running instead of driving 900 miles. At least the Texas weather is okay as it was a little windy but temps in the high 50's or low 60's.

And then for the 8:00 PM call it turned out that when the Japan team arrived to work this morning (our evening) they must have cancelled the call because I was the only one on the call. Go figure.

Wednesday morning we are doing a 10 mile run so that is going to be nice.

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Wed, Feb 06, 2008

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

A cold morning in Austin, TX with temps in the high 20's. Ran 10 miles with Karen F. Nice run.

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Sat, Feb 09, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	10.00	0.00	15.00

A beautiful morning in Austin, TX. Temps about 48 degrees at 6:00 AM down at Austin HS track where Karen H and I did 10 speed interval miles with 1/4 mile recovery between each interval mile.

Karen's goal was to stay below 8:00 and she averaged 7:54 with a slowest interval of 7:56. My intent was to stay at 7:30 pace and most of the time I held it down to about 7:30 with the fastest at 7:03. We went to breakfast over at Maudie's after our run and I messed up the order, as I ordered bacon, eggs & cheese taco wraps instead of potato, egg & cheese taco wraps. We ate them anyway.

This past week was a busy one at work so I hadn't run since Wednesday morning when Karen F and I did 10 miles, so chalk this one down as almost a recovery easy week that finished on a very good note. It was the easiest 10 miles of intervals that I have ever done.

A key as we get ready for Boston in April is to stay injury free and right now all systems are go, no issues, no injuries. I think the 10 mile days and 50 mile weeks have been good to strengthen the base and continue to bring the heart rate down.

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Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.00	5.00	10.00	0.00	30.00

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