Masters Fathers Day Weekend Races and Runs

Impressive marathons, and impressive 800 meter workout.

Decent week here in Iraq, I got to run two 5K's in the last 5 days.

Holidays are hardest when away from home, I've just got to drive on knowing this is my last go round before retirement.

appreciating what I can, Tim

Happy Father's Day out there everyone. I'll take my greetings by phone as I am in Milwaukee area for work, home Monday. Will call my dad but I am sure after we hang up he'll be thinking 'Who was that?'. His Alzheimers is very bad now. Am very used to the repetitive questions, answering each one as if it were the first time being asked. Will see him next weekend as I am taking my wife and girl to Colorado as I work, then see my dad. I'll be glad to have them along.

Great week, highlights here in Wisconsin. Enjoyed a very nice run on the hilly trails of Lapham Peak Park between Milwaukee and Madison - found it by doing a search on Letsrun. Great trails and a few steep hills with posted names of 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'The Wall'. Very nice park.

Yesterday I was in Racine and headed south to the track at Carthage College in Kenosha. Track was wide open so immediate access and managed some decent 400's. Treadmill runs otherwise.

Nice times from Grandma's and good speedwork for you NYLOCO.

Happy Fathers Day all.

29 miles this week with one workout. Spent the weekend in Greensboro at the New Balance Nationals (HS) and saw some nice races.

Nice marathon times! Keep up the good work.

In honor of Father's Day am about to shirk the "honey dos" and head out for an 11 miler through the adjacent Sonoma County vineyards...uh oh, wait, I don't have kids...oh well, I did have a Dad, so 11 miles it is ;}

Managed a solid 5 x 800 track session on Thursday...just 3 weeks out till Sacramento (gulp)...heading to Eugene for 4 great days of track & field later this week...that'll get one fired up for sures.

Anyone else here a fan of "the big man", Clarence Clemmons...was bummed to read of his passing in the morning paper...he lived nearby in Mill Valley for a short while and our wives became friends...he'd have us as his guests at his table when he played at the Sweetwater...was a really soft spoken nice guy and man could he work out a saxophone...RIP Clarence.

havejust a fine week of masters training and racing,

MF

happy father's day, everyone. Fun week of running for me incl. 20 miles with 6 at marathon pace (37:10) tuesday, hill repeats on treadmill thursday, and 13 this morning with 4 mile tempo in 23:46.

Less fun week as a Dad -- my 20-y.o. son who was visiting us for just a week (per original plan--now looks like it will be a while longer) from Olympia, WA had a bad bike accident thursday night and took 35 stitches just below the knee. So far so good in warding off infection, which is a big worry esp. since he has diabetes. I don't think sitting around at our house playing chess with me and keeping his leg straight is a lot of fun for him, but if he makes full recovery it'll be well worth it.

have a great week,

Dave

ach, sorry about your son's accident dhaaga - I hope he recovers quickly.

I did just 35 miles this week - recovering from a tough race a couple weeks ago.

But I did my favorite hill workout today and for the first time since the race I felt some speed and strength.

Starting in two weeks, I'm racing every two weeks through mid august - I'm aiming for masters prs in several events.

Will you be in CS?

Got in a double digit run today. First in over 18 months. Lost my 4 legged running buddy Monday. She was up there in years and miles but had no idea. She thought she was still a puppy. We played ball Monday am. She was in doggie heaven by noon. A good way to go.

Yes, but not running. Visiting my dad. Overnight in CS only.

In Denver, it will be treadmill running.

Thanks!

My Dad came down on Thursday night to watch my son in a school play, which I think was a big treat for him. He also brought me something amazing. He just turned 70, so the government is paying to insulate his attic, so he had to clear it out...and he found a some boxes of old books of mine, including all the running books I thought I had lost 15 years ago, and my first five years of training diaries!

Anyone else remember the green spiral-bound "Runners Log" with a foreword by Bill Rodgers, and the little mileage chart to shade in? Or "Thirty phone booths to Boston"?

Anyway, I kind of played Fathers Day the other way round. Time for my family to be nice to me - which means a day off to race with no complaining allowed! I went to the Southern Counties 5000 this morning (regional champs for south of UK), and got completely left for dead by young fit people in strong winds - although I did overhaul 3 kids in the final straight. 15:50ish, 15sec slower than a month ago, but after the month I've had at work I'm not complaining.

Midweek I had a mediocre 3000, well beaten by my clubmate Ben Reynolds (defending M45-49 world champ) who is sharpening up nicely ready to defend his title.

Tomorrow night I'm chairing a coaching talk with two of our best ever cross country runners from the 1980s - people who have been to the world cross about 8 times each. Life is starting to be fun again!

My son is bringing Chinese Food over for dinner.

I ran 70 minutes this morning with 8 x 150 meters in 28-30 seconds each sandwiched in the middle of my run. I am trying to get some of my lost speed back. At 66 I hope to run a 2:45 800 meter in the next year. 2:45 is the WAVA standard for excellence in my age group.

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Howdy Masters.

Managed a little over 80 miles this week. No real workouts, but some good tempo on several of the runs.

My first Father's Day as a dad started with me in the kitchen early while my wife ran and my 16-week-old son and I made enchiladas for lunch with my wife's dad this afternoon.

Then I had a great 16-miler with lots of hills and great views of the mountains and the lake.

Thought a lot about my dad, who passed away too young some years ago, and what he would think about where my life is now and the awesome little grandson he never got to meet. My dad worked a lot, separated from my mom when I was 10 or 11, but I don't think he ever missed a race I ran in high school. Today I was thinking about how he had these big hands and a really thunderous clap that echoed through the woods during a cross country race.

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers here. This week my second oldest child (oldest son) graduated high school. He's a good kid and has done very well as a student and an athlete. Next year he'll be playing DIII baseball. I know many of you have already seen your kids move out. I'm kinda having a tough time with it. Not much you can do about it though. As Hemingway once wrote, "it's nasty business chasing the ghosts of the past." It just seemed like yesterday they were running to you when you got home from work, and now they're gone.

Yesterday I took third in a local 5k that honors a hs classmate of my oldest who died last year. 17:46 on a muggy morning. I'll take that. Today it was even muggier and I went out for a 12 miler that did NOT feel so good in the last 20 minutes or so. It's amazing when the dew point is high it just saps your energy.

Have a great week everyone.

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. I miss mine. Wish I could see him again.

Just finished up competing/helping run the 3 day Western States meet and it was a good one. Lots of participants, lots of food, and a live band playing Friday night. I ran only 9 hundredths off my AR for Friday's hurdles, and it was into a headwind. I ran the 100m early today...windy and gusty, but this time it was a tailwind. The mother of all wind gusts happened around the 40m mark of my race. It was huge; like someone was pushing on my back and my legs were turning over like crazy. I was afraid my hammies might not be able to handle an overspeed situation and I didn't want to risk injury so I instantly relaxed and coasted the last 30m of the race, and still PR'd. I think I'm ready for the world meet.

Stay healthy everyone, and happy running.

Ran a 33:36 10K (time trial, track, spikes) then spent the day with my 6y son playing soccer, running in the sprinklers, and ordering the colossal sundae from Buca di Beppo. I'm hoping these are good memories for him so he forgets having to go to my track meets! HFD to all, OGH.

In Park CIty trying to fight headaches and breathing heavy. My second day hopefully I will adjust and be able to run on some dirt.

Met a few runners who ran the relay from Logan to Park City , looked like a fun time. This is a fit town

ran with a bunch of compex-dads this morning: magill, burns, diconti, koningh, the arsenault bros, ambos, ernst, broady, and others; magill was also celebrating his 50th b-day--there's going to be a kick-ass 50+ team this fall if these guys stay healthy.

i'll be driving up to eugene (anyone else going?) to watch nationals this week; since i was already going to watch, i figured i'd enter the masters 1500 exhibition event and get my ass roundly kicked next sunday. that's if i even finish, since i'm still nursing achilles tendonitis; my last 1500 at sacramento last summer was a dnf because of my temperamental achilles.

i'm also saddened by the passing of "the big man"--i've been listening to springsteen/clemons songs all day. my dad turned me on to bruce springsteen and the e street band with the born to run album--i spent the summer of '83 learning the lyrics to virtually every springsteen song pre-born in the usa. however, lyrics were not complete unless you could play a mean air-saxophone--rip clarence clemons...

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there. I for one appreciate my step-Dad as my biological Father died when I was very young.

Only hit 30 miles this week because of work related problems (several very long days!) but, I did get in my first speed workout since I injured my calf. Did 4X 800 and 4X200 was pleasently suprised that it went better than I expected...was lucky to have a friend available to do it with me.

Tim I'm sorry you can't be home this Father's Day and am glad you are on the downward slope of this tour.

Billie

Nyloco, i am on road and flying next weekend, hopefully you csn leadoff again, thanks, ombts

Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there.

Cush, you are going to Eugene?? I think Fanelli is going, too. Good luck in the 1500m!

Decent week for me, over 60 miles, a 15 mile long run on trails and an attempt at speed work - 2 x 15 min. @ tempo. It felt okay.

I, too, am sad about the Big Man. I ran for Warren Street way back when I was 20-22 yo and learned almost all of Greetings from Asbury Park by heart. I still think I can do all the lyrics to "Growin' Up". WSSAC's jerseys (and/or shorts) had "They said 'sit down", I stood up." on them. I still have mine in the basement.