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
Tue, Sep 23, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.005.000.000.008.00

Back on the run tonight after taking last night off. I had planned at least a recovery run last night, but I had to go fill a pump at Baptist and then my son had an induction ceremony for the National Honor Society starting at 7. Which meant no time for dinner, or a run, before the ceremony. So, after the ceremony, I chose dinner and bed over a run. Chalk it up to my taper for the 20K.

So tonight, I decide to do my first extended MP run in quite some time, kinda practicing for Saturday. Warmed up with 2 miles, then ran 5 at 7:53 pace, then cooled off with a mile. Felt comfortable, probably more comfortable in the last two miles. Hopefully I can stretch that out for another 7.4 Saturday morning. But this run was a confidence builder, not only for Saturday but for December -- I can hold a sub-8 pace for at least five miles.

Night Sleep Time: 7.75Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.75
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