| 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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Beautiful night in Texas, temp about 70 degrees, humidity a little high, but a great night for running. Ran at McNeil HS with Donnie's group. Tam and Daniel and Karen H. didn't make it. We celbrated Joe's birthday with a cake after the run.
2 miles warm-up. Drills. Then Donnie had us do 1100M at 10K pace, then 100M recovery. Then 700M at 5K pace, then 100M recovery. Then 4 by 300M at faster than 5K pace with 100M recovery each. A great workout. Then Karen F. and I did 2 miles cool down.
I was still in some recovery mode after doing 24 miles on Saturday, but this workout was still doable and a lot of fun, as Johnny and I ran with Karen F. on this one. Johnny and I sprinted in the last 125M of the last segment, and he passed me with 20M to go. Fun. These young guys can still push past us old guys.
Still doing 7mg prednisone. Right plantar tendon felt really good tonight. I think it is actually healing. | | Comments(1) |
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PIKES PEAK MARATHON !!!! I got registered this morning for the Pikes Peak Marathon. Two weeks ago the Active.com web site melted down trying to handle the volume of traffic, so they did a re-do registration today, and I got in. This will be my 3rd year in a row doing Pikes Peak.
Today the marathon registration filled in 15 minutes!! Last year it filled in one day. Two years ago it filled in 4 days. Prior years registration filled in a few weeks or months.
Outside of Colorado Springs, the most runners who do Pikes Peak Marathon come from down here in Austin, TX. A bunch of flat landers that love to run up the mountain and back down. The running community here in Austin is out of this world. For Pikes Peak training we have the Barton Springs Green Belt and the Hill of Life. Great training for Pikes Peak.
First we need to get Boston out of the way in less than 5 weeks. Then hit the trails and the treadmill on maximum elevation setting for Pikes Peak training. | | Add Comment |
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Ran Williamson County Park with Donnie's group. Took it real easy. Pain in left shin. Donnie thinks it is connective tissue. Ice it and be careful. Did one mile with Daniel. He is still on a high from running his first marathon. I gave him the DVD that my son put together of Daniel's marathon, with the picture of Daniel etched in the face of the DVD. Cool.
Still on 7mg prednisone for the muscle issue. | | Add Comment |
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Owieee. The left shin was hurting last Saturday after the 24 mile run. Then on Monday night instead of taking it easy, I pushed it and on the last 300M segment Johnny and I sprinted in to finish the workout. Ouch, I knew I shouldn't have done it.
Well, Wednesday night the easy 3 miles at Williamson County Park hurt all the way. These were slow careful easy miles, and they all hurt.
So I iced the shin real good yesterday afternoon at work, and last night at home, and today at work whenever I could. I also bought an Ace stretch bandage during lunch today and put it on after the icing.
I've called off the 15 mile run that we were going to do on this Saturday. And with all this, Karen H. went to see Dr. Speers today to see if she has a hairline fracture in her left leg. She is going in on Monday for an MRI, so she won't be running this Saturday either.
Amazing, we both ran a great 24 miles last Saturday, and this Saturday will be a zero miles day. My goal is to hurry up and get better so I can get back on the Boston training plan. Boston is 4 weeks away from this weekend. | | Add Comment |
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