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
60.201.050.000.0061.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.040.000.000.005.04

Heard some thunder rumbling this morning as I got ready for my early run. Decided not to chance it, drove to MAFC, got in 5 on the track, showered, had breakfast upstairs, then came home just long enough to make a cup of coffee. Glad I got it done, though, instead of dawdling.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.020.000.000.0017.02

Six and a half with the Sheris this morning, 6 with Kathy, 4.5 by myself. That made up today's 17. And doing Massard at the end made it that much tougher. Wound up with a 9:21 average, which was decent. First long run in the Newtons, and the calves are mooing right now. Think I'll go hit the ice bath.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.400.000.000.0011.40

Another 11 with the Wednesday night crew, or 3 on my own then 8 with them. Pushed the last three at sub-9, including the Old Greenwood hill. Surprised at how well I ran given that I did a reasonably hard 17 yesterday. Another hard 8 with Rose, Jamie and maybe Tiffany tomorrow. Maybe I am actually getting back in shape, spare tire notwithstanding.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.001.050.000.008.05

Crack o' dawn run with Joel, Rose and Jamie from the schoolhouse. As expected, they tried to cook me. Not so expected, I held up pretty well, with the last mile or so at MP. Pretty good with the kind of mileage I've been putting in lately.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.040.000.000.0014.04

I told myself I was going to be a good boy on today's 14 with David Langford and not push the pace. Then we got to the return leg of the second loop on Phoenix. Uh, no. We cooked that last 3.5 fo' sho'. Last mile was in 8:15 into the wind, and felt even faster. That was in spite of my left quad complaining loudly. So I've done 55 miles since Monday. Yikes. I can definitely tell I'm getting stronger. If the speed comes with it, I just might have a chance in Traverse City.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.700.000.000.005.70

Today was supposed to be an easy recovery run. But as usual when I run with Tiffany, it wasn't. I had to dial her back a couple of times in the first couple of miles, then when we got to Southside and headed down the hill by Hardscrabble, the hammer went down. She says I did it, I think she did it, but whatever happened, we got faster. I wouldn't be surprised if the last mile was at MP, although I didn't check splits. Good run, though. I just have to make myself take tomorrow off. I enjoy running with her way too much, for a variety of reasons. :)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
60.201.050.000.0061.25
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