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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.161.080.002.2543.49
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.001.080.000.008.08

Finally got out with Kathy, Lo, Erica and Hobe after five days off. Legs felt like I was still on the mountain in Vail, but I was able to crank up to BQP for the last mile plus anyway. Just needed to get back out there. Probably should have run Sunday but I was too groggy and never even left the house.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.220.000.000.007.22

Recovery run before work. GI tract decided not to cooperate. Really not cooperative at all. Last 3.5 miles were ... messy. Even after that, I felt queasy and like it was about to happen again, which persisted after I got home and got cleaned up.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.520.000.000.0010.52

Progression run after work. Legs kinda heavy after running at 4 p.m. yesterday but finally got loose in the last 3 miles.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.150.000.002.257.40

Hill repeats on the treadmill after cold rain zapped me this morning and lack of sleep zapped me this afternoon. Actually was left unpaged for the 37 minutes it took to do the actual repeats/recoveries. The warmup/cooldown? Another matter. Reps were one minute at 5KP with jog recovery; I put them at 2/3 of 5KP for 1:30 so the distance was roughly equal.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.000.005.20

Easy recovery run on the mill right before work. So close in fact that I showered at work and swiped my badge right at 7, before I even got my socks and shoes back on. I was still pretty stiff after last night's hill repeats but loosened up 3-4 miles in. Easy run tomorrow prior to the hour run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.070.000.000.005.07

Easy run between hoops game and work. Hip flexors still quite sore from hill reps Thursday night. I've got to get them stronger between now and Mississauga, and I think that will require some weight work, or at least plyometrics. Worked on knee lift for the last half mile which may also help there.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.161.080.002.2543.49
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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