Getting back to Boston

Mississauga Marathon

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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
15.6826.220.000.0041.90
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Race: Mississauga Marathon (26.219 Miles) 04:09:22, Place overall: 318, Place in age division: 57
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1.8426.220.000.0028.06

Marathon 16 is done. Felt strong at the start under overcast skies. Started to slow after 9 miles, pretty much knew at the half that BQ wasn't happening. Then the right IT kicked in hard. Last seven or eight miles (OK, 14K) was a hobble. Fortunately, as usual, I found an attractive female to zero in on and eventually pass, and that helped me maintain what little pace I could manage instead of a complete punt. Still couldn't break 4 hours but was able to break 4:10. I have got to work on lower body strength this summer before the Frankfurt training cycle. Thighs and butt just aren't up to the stress of 3.5 hours at BQ pace. Or four hours at slower pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.310.000.000.002.31

Recovery jog at the WAR meeting at Chaffee. Felt OK, although it was hotter than stuff.

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No run today, but went to Mercy for weight work. Mandy filled me in on exercises I can do for my hip flexors, although they don't have any machines that specifically isolate the flexors. Some upper body work as well, but mostly legs, two sets of everything for glutes, quads, hammies and gastroc/soleus. We'll see if I'm sore tomorrow afterward.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.530.000.000.006.53

My back locked up on Saturday morning rum from Goldtrap with the peeps. They ran off and left me so I did my own course.

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