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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Still a little stiff after last night's 6-miler/crosstraining session, but the schedule said LT, so LT it was. LT on the TM, of course; that bane of Mid-South winter weather, the ice storm, is in full display tonight. I darn near busted arse on the sidewalk going over to the fitness room. Once I got there, I warmed up with 3, then cranked the TM to about 7:20 pace. I could only do 2 miles at that pace, so I jogged another mile at about 9:15 pace, then cranked it back to 7:20 for another two miles. So I got my prescribed 4 miles at LT, even it it took two tries.

Schedule says 12 tomorrow. Not sure that's going to happen. May have to shuffle Wednesday's 6-mile recovery run up a day and run 12 on Wednesday, but we'll see. Maybe cruising 12 won't be that bad.

Talked an old high school mate who is getting started in running into coming out Saturday to join the Crackheads. She's planning to run the half in Little Rock in six weeks. I figured a good dose of Crackhead at Oucho's would be just the ticket for her. Surprisingly, she agreed.

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