Getting back to Boston

January 02, 2026

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Location:

Fort Smith,AR,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Dec. 5, 2009 -- St. Jude Memphis Marathon, 3:31:56. Boston qualifier for 2011. Two-time Boston finisher. 19 marathons so far in 10 states, Canada, Germany, England and Sweden. Next up: London (4/25/17)

5K -- 21:57; 10K -- 45:54; 20K-- 1:42:39, Half -- 1:39:30. All subject to improvement. Maybe. Or maybe not.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Short-term: Just get my motivation back and go from there

Long-Term Running Goals:

A lot of marathons, and other distances, slowly.

Personal:

Physician assistant/hospitalist, divorced since December 2010, one child (son). Ran high school track, took 10 years off, ran a 15K on my 25th birthday, took off next 21 years.

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A short blog entry tonight; I really need to make up for that 3.5 hours of sleep last night. Hit the TM starting at 8:30 for a 10-mile cruise/recovery run at a steady 8:57 pace. Left leg felt kinda weird, not hurting, but felt weak, particularly the quads. But that improved after four or five miles, and I maintained the steady pace throughout.

Found out today that my son has a test three days after his graduation -- the morning we're supposed to leave for Boston. It will cost more to revise his ticket than it did to buy it in the first place. Fortunately, buying a new one-way ticket is cheaper than that, so we'll do that, get him to Boston on the night of the 22nd, and Pam and I will fly up as scheduled, then pick him up at the airport after we go to the Sox game. He can still use the return half of the original ticket.

Speaking of Pam, tomorrow is a difficult day for her: the 22nd anniversary of her father's sudden death from a heart attack. She had thought today was the anniversary, was going through all that today, and then her mom told her the date was the 23rd. So now she has to go through two days of that anguish. She was definitely Daddy's girl and April is consequently a very emotional month for her. Hopefully next April she'll have the distraction of another trip to Boston to cheer on her marathoning hubby.

Night Sleep Time: 3.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 3.50
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