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
4.970.007.470.0012.44

Took last night off because I was beat. Did the workout tonight I'd planned for last night. Intervals at the track, 5 X 2400 at HMP. Nailed 'em. Each rep faster than the previous one, from 11:16 down to 10:56. Total of 12.44 (20K) with warmup, cooldown and recoveries. I'm really happy with how things are coming together late in the cycle.

Also have another date scheduled with an attorney named Shala. She actually called my back while I was running the first warmup lap. Good to be getting another date so soon, and it'll also be good to have someone for comparison to Kay, as much as I like her,.

For the question on Sunday's blog entry, this is a family forum, so I'm not going to define exactly what BOTT means. But it's the opposite of sandbagging, where you softsell your prospects and then go out and run way faster. I'm setting a very ambitious goal for Boston, and then I'm going to bust it for nearly 3.5 hours on the 18th to reach that ambitious goal. Which may mean that I crash and burn along the way. So be it. That goal: 3:25:00, which should get me safely in for 2012 regardless of the rolling registration.

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