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
40.230.876.350.0047.45
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.330.870.130.009.33

Quite a week. Got dizzy Sunday afternoon, which we finally decided was due to Cialis. Then I got sick. Coughing up brown/green stuff, felt miserable, probably triggered by the asthma attack last week. Finally felt like running last night, and got in 15K on the mill after work this morning with some hard stuff at the end. Pretty good level of fitness for taking a week off; hard stuff wasn't bad. Now I'm in a hard nine-weeks mode again. Just like 2009. Hope it works out the same. I'm a lot happier now though. Things are going very, very well with Dianne. We both care a lot about each other, and the relationship is deepening. Which is a good place to be for running and for life. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.120.000.000.008.12

After a day off for ice, snow (and sleep), back at it this afternoon for an easy 8. Still around freezing but the sunshine had just about melted everything. No ice to negotiate at all

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.030.006.220.0010.25

After a day off for a pity party after Dianne decided she's not ready for a relationship right now, back on the mill at the hospital to hammer 10+ with 10K at 7.6 mph. Went pretty well, I thought; held 7:53 without much difficulty. Wish I could say the same about my love life, where there is nothing but difficulty.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

More snow at the Casa and didn't want to risk running on the streets, so I drove to SHS and did 36 laps on the track in the screw shoes. Not a slip to be had. Snowed the whole time, but lightly. I kept a fairly constant 10:15ish pace; still kinda sore from last night's tempo run on the mill. Driving home was kind of interesting, even though I avoided Cliff Drive in favor of Old Greenwood, Rogers and Burnham, Still lots of slippage. I really need to get chains for the old Bimmer.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.750.000.000.0010.75

Two crunchy, icy, sloppy hours. Wound up 10.75 miles

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.230.876.350.0047.45
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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