I found a picture of mom with us at the St Louis Marathon a few years ago. Mom and dad stopped by, in St Louis, on the way back from Florida. She looks good….maybe even good enough to run a block or two with us :).
Winter cold, ugh. Now that I am old, Arizona looks better all the time in the winter. Time to give the treadmill a workout until it gets a little warmer. The following picture is of me running the Boulder Bolder a couple of years ago. Because my qualifying time was great, due to my 1/2 marathon in St Louis, they put me up in the front with all the real runners. I hung in there though and BEAT MY AGE! I was 51 then, and I ran under 51 minutes. Apparently, only 3% of all the runners did that, so I guess it was a big deal. The Boulder Bolder was kind of neat, running with around 50,000 other folks and finishing in Folsum Stadium. This picture of me running is kind of funny, because the guy in back of me makes me look like I have a blue afro haircut going.
My nephew Matt and I ran a 1/2 marathon a couple of years ago in St Louis. It was the longest race I had ever run, and it went pretty well. I do, however, think that training at almost 7000 feet does make a difference when running races in the midwest. I finished right behind Matt at around 1 hour 50 minutes.
the 2 running studs
We went to visit the folks in Florida last year, and I ran the 15k Gasparilla. I was not in very good shape, but got through it. Wifey ran/walked the 15k too. This is us before the race.
Ready to go!
not too bad for an old guy
Got signed up for the Colorado marathon in May. This will be a 1/2 marathon training run. The course is supposed to be a stunning run through the mountains of Colorado. Wifey may get signed up for the 10K…..
Link to the run is HERE
Got signed up for the EARLY bird registration. Anyone wanting to run with me has to get signed up before April first 
Part of my training included 9 holes of golf today at Valley Hi…Pretty nice for January 2! Beautiful day in the 60’s. This is me in my training for the marathon.
Nice way to start the new year! January 2, 2009
After the race. Turkey Trot 2008
As part of my training, it is always fun to run a race every once a while. The Scott Co Y Turkey Trot was a perfect run for me right now. A 5 miler with a good hill thrown in. Beautiful day for a run. Pretty chilly starting out, but not much wind and sunny!!!
I used an old Turkey Trot t-shirt to run in.
Ran a 4 miler today and felt pretty good. The weather is perfect right now to run outside. Very cool with warm sunshine. A Colorado trademark and awesome it is! Lucy ran with me also, and she did pretty good. Usually she poops out after a couple of miles but maybe she is getting in shape. Ready for the Turket Trot on Thanksgiving. Then it will be time to PIG OUT!!!
