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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Planning a double today. AM run was a little variation on one I've done before, ROUD style, and it wound up being 6.23 miles (which is exactly what mapmyrun said it would be, so I guess the Garmin was accurate for once). Warmer than I would have liked, and sunny to boot, so a bit of a struggle in that respect -- plus the hills on Free Ferry and Old Greenwood.

Tonight, a shortie at the park with KK. Plan is to get her to do four laps tonight. She doesn't think she can. I know better; she's plenty fit. Addendum: We did four laps, with one brief walk break at the 2-mile mark. She was having some asthma problems, but got it done anyway. I recommended she take a hit of her inhaler before running to head that off. Also may have talked her into letting me take her out for her birthday on the 17th, which is progress.

Between now and the 10K, I'll do two long runs on Mondays, probably two more interval sessions, then back off for a couple of days. That course is fairly hilly, but I have yet to run a 10K that wasn't (never ran one on the RT at Little Rock, unfortunately). Certainly Toad Suck has its undulations.

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