Getting back to Boston

Capital City Classic 10K

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
50.920.006.210.0057.13
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.430.000.000.007.43

Up at dawn to run with Tiffany. She decided to push me. I let her get ahead about 50 yards, ten reeled her in, and we just kept getting faster and faster. The downhill to Reynolds House was darn near a full sprint, or what passes for one for me. Good to know I can go that fast, though, even downhill.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.090.000.000.005.09

Hilly and slow before work, including 66th  Street. That's about all I remember.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.720.000.000.006.72

Planned to do 18 today, but that was without consulting the forecast. Mom Nature dropped 40 degrees, wind and horizontal rain on me, and silly me didn't wear long pants. I made it 6.7, realized that hypothermia was a real possibility and bailed. For once, I made the wise decision.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.150.000.000.0018.15

Since I didn't get my 18 done yesterday, did it today. Ran across the Garrison bridge and back to Creekmore on my own, met up with the Wednesday evening crew there and did 6.7 with them, then ran back home. I think there were 10 significant hills on that run, and right now I'm feeling every one of them. Got it done, slowly, but got it done.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.050.000.000.005.05

Slow, slow, slow recovery run. I felt beat up when I started, barely able to go faster than 11:00 pace. Loosened up enough during the run to get below 10:00 for the last mile, but still sore. Glad I got the kinks out, although I think the kinks had some kinks of their own.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.080.000.000.005.08

Out at 5:15 with Sherrie for an easy 5 from Marketplace. I worked until 11:30 last night, so that 4:15 alarm was really early -- especially since I was still awake at 1:15. Got the run done, and the legs felt OK. What will I have for the 10K in the morning? We'll find out at 8. George and I (and maybe Rose) are leaving at 4:30 am to get to Two Rivers Park. I know the layout there, not that that will help me any.

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Race: Capital City Classic 10K (6.214 Miles) 00:47:24, Place overall: 78, Place in age division: 8
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.400.006.210.009.61

Good run at Two Rivers this morning. I'm a little ticked at myself for losing focus in mile 2 and slipping to a 7:50 mile, but once I locked back in, I actually negative split a 10K, which I think is a first for me. No chip time, so results are gonna take a while, I suspect, but Garmin time was 47:24, which is my best 10K in a while. I was hoping for top 10 AG and top 100 overall and got both. One of those runs where I substituted toughness for lack of speed. Which, come to think of it, applies to any run where I do semi-well, because speed ain't part of my game.

Gun time was 47:26. I got to the line within five seconds of the gun, I think, but then again I'm not entirely certain where the finish was. I'll stick with the Garmin time. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
50.920.006.210.0057.13
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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