Getting back to Boston

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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

Another double day for me. Four easy this morning, although the jerk on the elliptical next to me was not making it any easier, then 15 tonight. Probably the 15 will be on the dreadmill as well. Oh well. Get through it and get to the taper in three days. Only 23 days to Newport!

Note to self after PM run: Do not do a hard VO2 max run and a medium-long run on consecutive days -- especially if you're also doing doubles on those days. The legs could hardly have been any more dead if I'd had them amputated. No life whatsoever. I had to really struggle to finish 13, and another 20 minutes of torture to get those last two miles didn't seem worth it, especially with a 22-miler in, oh, about 36 hours. So I shut it down and went in search of glycogen replenishment.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments
From Marissa on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 14:58:06 from 74.211.92.135

I hope your 22 miler went well today!

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