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
Sat, Nov 19, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.710.000.000.002.71

Another power walk. I think some of the discomfort is the IT band flaring up, I hope so, I know how to deal with that.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Tom Slick on Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 15:43:01 from 107.34.43.152

Whats going on here? How long have you been feeling this pain?

From Spiderpig on Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 19:42:03 from 170.29.64.4

I took most of the summer off, largely due to lack of motivation, but partially due to tightness/soreness in the hip flexors which was a real issue in my training this spring. Well, after the hiatus, it's still there, along with the old bugaboo of IT stiffness which I've had from time to time. I think I just let the hip flexors get a little weak. They feel a little better after a few sessions of power walking (16:00 pace, roughly) so I may continue that for a week or so longer before I try to run.

From Tom Slick on Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 05:03:35 from 174.154.217.93

Do you have a weight lifting program?

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