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
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Got up this morning and scouted out the area. There is NOTHING remotely flat around here. But Pupe told me there were trails over at Big Cedar, and I figured at least those shouldn't be too horribly mountainous. Which was true as far as that goes, but they definitely are very hilly. I found a trail marked "5K Run" and decided to follow it. Went all the way to the end, which was more than 2 miles, so I don't think there's anything 5K about it. Wound up running 4.55.

I think I may do a double today. After I got back to the condo, found an actual map of the property showing the trail. I had run most of it, but not all. I could go back and do all of it, or just do the two-mile out and back again. That would give me a 9-mile plus day. Then do intervals on the treadmill at the fitness center tomorrow before I go back.

Update: Double done. Did 5.3 on the treadmill, plus the .3 to and from the fitness center. Total of 10-plus for the day. Not an overly strenuous day for a double-digit double. Still working on that enormous basket of crab legs, sausage and shrimp I had at Joe's on the river this afternoon, so this burned off some of those calories.

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