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
21.831.504.500.0027.83
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Recovery run on the TM. Very happy with my PR yesterday, although I needed to pace better and/or push through the discomfort a little harder.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.250.002.250.003.50

LT intervals tonight, maybe a little ambitious so soon after a hard 10K, but got through them OK at paces in the 7:30 range.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

Recovery time

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.931.500.000.004.43

Hill intervals X 3 at GMP, which by now, by the way, is 8:00; after my run in Conway, I'm seriously thinking about shooting for a BQ in Memphis, and Memphis is definitely my target race.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.150.002.250.003.40

Pfitz and Hal Higdon both call for doing your long runs on tired legs to try to simulate the strain of the last six miles of the marathon. I have been generally taking off Friday and running on Saturday morning, but I decided to try it this time. So a tempo run at right around GMP tonight, then run at Maumelle in the morning.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

So I did a tempo run last night, finishing around 9 p.m., and nine hours later I'm on the road at Lake Willastein. Uh, no. Did. Not. Work. At all. Legs absolutely dead. Had to walk within the first three miles, and the last six miles didn't go any better. Even Hobbit asked me if I was all right. Truthful answer would have been no, but I said I was OK, just feeling the effects of a hard run last night. That part was true, anyway. Don't think I'll do that again for a while.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.831.504.500.0027.83
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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