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
12.330.000.000.0012.33

Reminded myself again why I don't do doubles. My six-miler last night ended at 8 p.m. or so. Ten hours later, I'm back out doing a 12-miler. And it's 70 degrees with 100% humidity on the first Sunday in January????? Cold front with a nice breeze finally moved in, after I'd already run nine or ten miles, but by then I was already drained. Humidity and I just do not get along; same with me and doubles, even if there happens to be a midnight between the first half and the second half. But I got my 12.33 in, and actually felt up to putting in a decent kick in the last few miles (being downhill helped). Total time, including more Gallowalking than I would have liked, 2:08 for almost 20K.

I have one week to go on Pfitz' five-week post-marathon recovery program. That leaves 20 weeks to Newport, if that's where I'm going to run. So I'll base build for two weeks, then start Pfitz 18/70. Unless my new edition of Pfitz arrives by then, in which case I may start on 18/85. We'll see what it looks like.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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