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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.120.000.000.006.12

Amazing what a good night's sleep can do -- and how long I've been operating without proper rest. Got, I think, about 8.5, maybe more, and had plenty of energy for a long day at work and then a 6 miler tonight. Even taking it slow, wound up averaging 9:10 per mile -- just about Daniels E pace. Which is encouraging with my last race of the spring coming up.

Tomorrow, intervals, probably at FHS, although I won't run the intervals the rest of the FF crew runs. I'll do 2 mile warmup, one mile at 7:00 pace, 4 minutes jog, then 8X400 at about 6:40 pace with one-min recoveries, then warm down for 2 miles. That will make a good final speedwork before Toad Suck.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Alice on Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 00:17:41 from 174.23.101.185

Sleep is so crucial to everything. I need to do better at sleeping more during the work week. It is just hard to get to bed early for some reason.

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