| 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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99 degrees hot and humid. I was the first one at McNeil HS track tonight and did an experiment running easy in the heat and monitoring my heart rate. It was proof to me that the extremen heat and humidity does take a toll as my HR bounced in the mid 150's even though I was really holding back for easy warm-up miles.
During our drills it even bounced in the 150's, and for the workout Donnie had us doing circuits with pushups, lunges, crunches, and jumps mixed in with running. The HR was 167 most of the time duing the workout and that was again with me holding back a bunch. Just a hot night, but we still had about 40 of us there for the workout tonight, a fun group. | | Comments(1) |
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Another 100 degree day in Austin, TX. The weatherman said this is like the 12th or 13th in a row of 100 or more. No big deal, just go run at Brushy Creek. I kept the heart rate in the mid 150's for most of the run with a highest of 159.
Tonight was another of the RunTex Summer Series 5K races at Brushy Creek. I ran the course but didn't figure doing a race tonight, just get in the run. Fun to see some of the guys I know who were doing the Summer Series.
After the run, hot and sweaty, I jumped in the water fountain/showers where the kids play and cooled off before going home. Feels so good after a run.
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ISO 9001 audit has kept me really busy the past two weeks, but this is the last week of my granddaughter's vacation here in Texas, so when I got home we took her down to Brushy Creek to the water park where she could play in the fountains while Lynn watched her and while I would run the 1 mile loop. After each loop I would go over in the water fountains and cool off, a great way to run in 99 degree Texas humid weather.
We leave Saturday morning and drive all day to get to the Colorado Springs area to our daughter's home. My running highlight scheduled for the weekend will be running half way up Pikes Peak to Barr Camp and back down. This will be a great training run. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 |
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