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
7.004.350.000.0011.35

Starting point from the Arts Center. Starting temperature 75 degrees at 6 a.m. The usual Central High/Capitol/Heights course, turning around at Hillcrest and Kavanaugh. Definite negative split -- 48:14 for the first five miles with Pat K., 57:19 for the last 6.35 after I left Pat. Sub-9:00 pace for the last 3.35. Finished just before a major thunderstorm hit, so quite windy for the last half hour. Overall very good run.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.75Total Sleep Time: 7.75
Comments
From Walter on Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 13:39:22

Nice running! Welcome to the blog!

From marion on Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 18:44:28

Welcome! Love the blog name! I live with a bunch of Simpson-ites!

From Jon on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:56:26

Yes, welcome to the blog. Looks like you're working off the Pfitz program- good choice.

Spider pig! Now I'm going to have that awesome song stuck in my head all day! Yesss!

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