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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Sun, Jan 25, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

First venture onto the track at the neighborhood fitness club, 12 laps to the mile. I think I ran 72 laps, but not sure; losing count was a real issue. Also not sure how long it took. Had to constantly look out for kids wandering across the track oblivious/wired into their iPods. So boredom wasn't an issue. Then I did a little crosstraining -- upperbody weights, some work on the glutes -- got in the whirlpool, showered and walked one block home. Nice workout overall. Now if I can just get the family over there to join me.

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
Comments
From Nevels on Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 20:46:16

While I was at MSU, whenever I would run on the indoor track in the rec center, I would always pass the time by weaving in and around groups of people moseying around all over the track.

72 laps. wow.

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