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
28.460.000.900.0029.36
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

A double that wasn't supposed to be a double. Started out on a planned 8 at MAFC, but Jen called at 3:25. She needed something brought to her at Vista, and it was either get it there by 4 or not until Tuesday. Fortunately, I already had it in my car. So I changed clothes without showering, drove to Vista, got there at 3:55, gave her the stuff, got a hug and a kiss, left, went back to the gym, changed back, and finished my 8-miler. Felt better afterward than I have in a while, which may have as much to do with 68 degrees and low humidity inside as anything. It's gonna be a long hot summer. Already a hot spring, and spring hasn't even started yet. I think it got to 87 yesterday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.020.000.000.007.02

Another indoor run, as thunderstorms moved through. About 9:25 pace overall, faster as I went on, as usual. Took a while to loosen up after Sunday's 8 miler, but felt OK when it was over. A full night's sleep made a big difference. Still going to the doctor tomorrow to get some things checked though.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.270.000.000.006.27

Another sushi on the SHS loop, a little quicker than I've been going. Dodged a few raindrops, again.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.170.000.900.008.07

Gr8 at the track after visiting Jen in the hospital tonight. She should come home Friday (crossing fingers). Hadn't seen her in four days, and realized how much I'd missed her. She's better than I deserve, but who am I to argue?

Anyway, back to the run. Decided to shake things up with some surges; two laps per mile once I got warmed up. Surges were at about 10K pace, I guess. It feels like I'm getting my mojo back after the pneumonia and all. I'd be in trouble if I were running Boston this year, but I'm not.

Eight days now to the half in Bentonville. Obviously in no shape to really race it, although I'd thought about giving it a try anyway. But Rose has asked me to pace her for a 2:00 run, which is low-9 pace, and I figure I might be able to handle that, so I agreed. Probably smarter to do that than to bust it trying and failing to go sub 1:40. Especially since we'll be going directly to Tulsa from Bentonville.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
28.460.000.900.0029.36
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