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
6.002.000.000.008.00

Revising this week's schedule on the fly, as usual, although I actually went back to the originally planned run tonight. I had intended to do intervals tonight, as part of changing peak week from next week to this. But I was still a bit sore from Saturday's "half"/MP run, and I waited too long between watching the HI board for news on the basketball coaching search, and chatting with LooHoo1 on FB. So stuck with what was written on my schedule all along, 6 easy followed by 2 hard progression. Went well. Did the 6 at 9:15 average and the 2 at 7:40, and the 7:40 really felt comfortable. I thought I was more in the 7:55 to 8:00 range, then looked at the watch at the end and it said 15:20 for the two miles. Maybe 7:50 pace is more in my range than I thought.

Speaking of watch, sent the Garmin back to the factory for the second time today. I'm hoping I'll have it back in time for the 22-miler on Sunday, but not counting on it. May have to depend on RunKeeper for my paces instead. I'm not thrilled about carrying the cell on a 22-miler; although it makes sense from a safety standpoint, it risks water/sweat/falling off my belt damage. I already fried one cellphone by getting it rained on during a run. I guess I can go back to the ziploc trick and hope that doesn't mess up the GPS.

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