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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Another lousy night's sleep in the guest bedroom (kicked out for keeping DW awake); ignored the strong urge to turn the alarm off and actually got up for a morning run at the AC. My back stayed in bed, though; it took almost four miles to semi-loosen and still doesn't feel great a half-hour later. But I got in the planned 5-miler on the TM to get the kinks out.

Still don't know really what my weekend looks like, because I don't know what I'm doing Sunday at the marathon. If my assignment doesn't involve escorting stragglers up Dillard's Hill, I'll probably do a double tomorrow -- or do a second lap of my 10-miler with the Crackheads. If I am on chase patrol, not sure what I'll do. I may still do a light second run just out of sheer OCD to get my miles up to 80 for the week. Definitely need to make more time to spend with DW, though. We've been invited to a Saturday night dinner involving friends who are participating in LRM, so that will be fun. DS is going to his state Spanish competition Saturday morning, so he'll be busy himself.

Night Sleep Time: 4.75Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.75
Comments
From Robert on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:46:59 from 206.195.193.254

You are showing great dedication as well! (I just made a similar comment for Rockness) Takes my legs forever to warm up in the morning, but it's better safe than sorry.

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