| 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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| After a tough 21 miles on the greenbelt and Hill of Life on Saturday, I spent 1.5 hours behind the lownmower on Sunday so I'll take credit for 3 miles of cross training. | | Add Comment |
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| 101 degrees in Austin, TX, and to my surprise we had 40 of us at McNeil High School tonight, amazing. Tam even showed up. After drills Donnie had us do "circuits" tonight with push-ups, crunches, lunges, and jumps every 100 Meters for 4 laps of the track. A hot night and a good workout. Heartrate held at 165 during the workout. | | Comments(2) |
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Met Tom at Lake Georgetown at 4:30 PM. Temp 98 degrees, but there was a breeze blowing so that helped. We ran two loops of the route across the dam, on down the road, back up the hill, then down through the rocky face of the dam, the back across the bottom of the dam, then down the rocks to the parking lot at the bottom of the dam, then across to the hill that went back up to the starting point. Repeat a 2nd time. 6 miles of heat and good running. Heart rate stayed about 155 for most of the run and in the mid 160's on the uphill sections. Tom's HR was generally about 10 to 12 beats higher than mine.
Went home and watched Cal State Fullerton beat Georgia in the last game of the College World Series, a great series for Fresno State. They set a record as the lowest ranked team to win the College World Series. Don't we love the underdogs? | | Add Comment |
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Met Tom at 6:00 AM at the top of the Hill of Life in Austin, TX. Temp in the high 70's and high humidity. We did 11 reps of the HOL. Heart rate generally in the mid 150's on the ascent and down to 133 on the descent, same HR as I had at Pikes Peak two weeks ago.
The last 4 reps were the fastest of all, even as the day warmed up into the 90's. We pushed the last ascent the most and got the HR up into the high 160's, a great run. Afterwords we drove down to Barton Springs and dipped in the spring to cool down, wow what a refreshing dip. Then Lynn and Tom and I went over to Maudie's and had breakfast with Karen F and Karen H who gave us their report on the week they had in Colorado riding the Rockies on their bikes. Boy, did they have some stories, wow. What a great way to start the weekend. | | Comments(4) |
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