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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Dress rehearsal done (while temps outside in the high 90s; I'm gonna be in for a shock when I go out the door Saturday morning in Logan). Warmed up with 2 miles on the track, then 3 miles at 7.6 mph on the mill, and two mile cooldown. Had to work a tiny bit harder than I would have liked to maintain pace, but then I had just finished a long day at work, and there was no discomfort whatsoever. Just a lot of sweat.

Now the hay is baled and barned. I just have to get out there Saturday morning, trust my training and do it. Mike is going to call me Friday and we'll drive the course, hit the expo, maybe run the last 2-3 miles of the course in town to get all the twists down, and carbload. Then it'll be time to do it. Boston or Bust! The balls are definitely on the table now.

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Comments
From MarkP on Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 23:33:15 from 64.134.222.102

Awesome. See you in Logan!

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