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
34.7610.000.000.2645.02
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.5610.000.000.0020.56

Wasn't sure what I had in me when I set out on this morning's run. Didn't sleep well, didn't carb up yesterday as I had planned. The 7-mile warmup went OK, even with a significant wind in my face for a while, but the left quad started tightening in the MP portion. And the double out and back meant I still had to deal with the wind some more. But after a bad sixth mile (8:20), I put the hammer down, well under 8:00 pace for all four remaining miles. The result was a 7:56 average for the MP portion, which would put me into the low 3:28s at Bayshore. I'll take that.

Then at the WRA clinic that slavedriver Staci got me to run another 3.55 with the ladies. Very slowly, but I'm glad I did. Legs feel better after I finished than before I started. Nice 20.56 mile day... 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.540.000.000.268.80

Recovery run after work. Decided to stretch it a bit into a GA run and add some hill sprints. Went pretty well, felt strong on the sprints and maybe even a touch faster. HR stayed in the 130s all the way, even during the sprints (not long enough to get them up high and I took extra time between to let HR come down below 110). Pretty good run, all in all, and took me over 200 miles for the month.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.550.000.000.006.55

Stress reduction run after work. I'd intended to do a tempo run at 6:00 am, got dressed but never got out the door and eventually went back to bed for an hour. Tonight, I was completely frazzled and I needed to burn off some frustration. So I gave T some money to get his (and my) dinner and headed out. Then I ate and crashed. Felt a little twinge in my left hammy early, but that didn't last long. Otherwise nothing special.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.110.000.000.009.11

Up at 4:30 to run with Sherrie. I wasn't sure how much the legs had in them after finishing a run at 8:30 last night, and sure enough they were complaining after six or so. Sherrie had enough time to do 9, so we did that and I called it a morning. Not quite up to Pfitz' schedule, but this week, I think, is just about surviving at this point. Just get in what mileage I can, get through the week and deal with training next week. Now for my shower and a little nap before work...

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
34.7610.000.000.2645.02
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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