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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.640.000.000.256.89

ALL OF THIS TOOK PLACE FRIDAY, FEB. 18

Miserable day at work. The patient that went south yesterday, died today. I've been beating myself up all day about the woulda/coulda factor. What could I have done differently? Don't know that anything would have made a difference. Talking to the family was horrible. They were all in the room when I declared her.

So tonight's run was self-therapy as much as training. Tweaked an old route to get 6+ out of it, then ran strides at the end. Even with the strides and recoveries, I finished nearly 7 miles in 1:03, so it was basically 9:00 pace. Didn't feel difficult, though. Didn't have much time to dwell on the patient; I was trying not to get run over by Friday night traffic, of which there was plenty.

I guess I just have to learn from this and go on. I hope I never get used to this, but I suppose I will if I stay in this job long enough.

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