| 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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| Wow, reading the St. George Marathon stories is so impressive. PR's everywhere with awesome times!! I hope I make the lottery next year. Today is a day off. Age still 59. Weight 160, did body fat measurement at the YMCA last Thursday: 14.6%. Body fat goal for Boston next April is to be below 10%. Resting pulse as I woke in the morning: 49. Prednisone medication still at 4mg per day for one more week, then drop to 3mg per day. Muscles a little tight today after yesterday's run. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran at McNeil HS. Just did 7 easy steady miles, 4 with Tam & Andy, 3 by myself. All I'm trying to do is continue the 5 days a week running. Into my 3rd week of 5 days a week. Also trying to figure out if the general stiffness and aches in my legs in the morning is from the ramp up of running, or from the tapering down of the Prednisone medication, down to 4mg a day the rest of this week. Next Monday drop to 3mg a day. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran at Williamson County Park. Ran 2 medium effort miles on the mulch trail with Ethan. Ran 2 easy road/trail miles with Daniel and Ethan. Ran a medium/hard mile with Tam and Andy. Then a cool down mile. Called the doctor today about the sore neck in the mornings and aches in upper legs. He agreed I should raise the Prednisone medication back up to 5mg a week for a couple of weeks, then we will talk more. I will start the 5mg on Thursday. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.80 |
| Raised medication to 5mg Prednisone starting today. Neck and upper legs felt lots better. Temp 90 degrees & high humidity. Ran Wells Branch north and south loops, twice each. Ran an easy pace just to get the distance in. I was suprised by the heart rate being so high considering how easy I was running. I don't normally check heart rate, but after looking at the heart rate that Sasha had running St. George, I decided to start measuring my own. When Sasha was blasting his sub 6 minute miles his heart rate was lower than mine today running in the heat, but running easy. I got up to HR of 168 while running an easy 8:24 and 8:52 paces, unbelievable. I'm going to pay a lot more attention to HR. My measurement method was a finger on the neck for 15 seconds at the end of a mile, then multiply by 4. I'm getting more serious about buying a Garmin 305 toy, so I can have a much better HR record. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Temp about 84 degrees. Heart rate was better than yesterday in the 90 degree noon temps. I didn't have any mile marker information on tonight's route. Tonight HR was: Segment 1: 8:51 HR 152; Segment 2 8:41 HR 148; Segment 3: 8:49 HR 152; Segment 4: 8:46 HR 152; Segment 5: 8:47 HR 152; Segment 6: 8:55 HR 152; Segment 7: 9:01 HR 152; Segment 8: 8:47 HR 152. Ran the road and sidewalk down to Parmer and around the block back over to Howard Lane and back to the parking lot at work, and then did an out and back past PN3 just so I could be sure it made at least a 4 mile loop. Then I repeated it again. Our I/T group did a patch tonight that I had to be back here at 7:00 PM to validate, so I did the run around this block. Prednisone medication this morning: 5mg | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Did the Juvenile Diabetes Walk at Dell Diamond and then walked the Georgetown trails with Lynn for about 1 mile. Saw Donnie O'Neil running on the trail. He said he was doing 10 miles at a 6:30 pace. He looked like the 6:30 pace was real smooth for him. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 28.80 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 31.80 |
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