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
45.042.650.002.0049.69
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.821.200.000.0015.02

Pushed it a bit on the schoolhouse route, having gotten separated from Kathy, Jill and Erica early this morning and thus just did my own thing (I think they did the Wells Lake loop but not sure). Pace around 9 even with all the hills on the bike trail and Massard. Running tonight with Meagan if the thunder permits (there was widely scattered rumbling this morning but mostly I just got wet). Total of 7.2 this morning. Last 1.2 at MPish.

Ran with Meagan and Leslie, her MIL, tonight. They wanted to push the pace, and we did; sub-9 for the six-miler on Phoenix. My legs really didn't want to go that fast, and I went numb at the 62nd Street crossover. Pushed it on home anyway. Wound up with 15 for the day with an extra 1.8 before and after the run with the ladies.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

SHS and back at 9:30 pace. Steamy. Very steamy. Not very warm, but very humid. 73 degrees and 80+% humidity. Not a dry thread on me by the time I got home.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.001.450.000.006.45

Couldn't stay awake after work, or get up in late morning, to get my planned morning run in. So I hit the rehab treadmill for the first time. Wasn't bad, although I couldn't get the overhead fan engaged. Ran at 9:30ish for the first 5 miles then cranked it up to MP for the last 12 minutes, which turned out to be 1.45 (it went into heart rate mode so I couldn't tell how far I was running until it cut off at the hour mark). So I see that an hour is the limit, at least on that one. No midnight 20-milers, not that the pager would let me go that long. I got six pages; answered three while running, last three came in a cluster at 57 minutes and I just let 'em sit for five minutes.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.590.000.002.006.59

To the track after work for my first session of Yasso 800s. I did 4 reps, and wasn't sure I could get through the fourth. but it went OK. Not sure I could have completed a fifth, but didn't try. It wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Weather was overcast and not too terribly humid. There was a sprinkle or two; I could have stood for a little more rain but anyway.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.210.000.000.006.21

Run at Ben Geren with Jill and Kathy. As usual with Kathy, we got faster as we went along. Wound up with basically 10:00 in spite of walk breaks. I felt OK although there was no chance for a nap at work last night. Sleeping later in the afternoon is definitely the way to go on this schedule.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.420.000.000.0010.42

Took my time this morning from the schoolhouse. Ran with Kathy the whole way, joined Sheri and others for a few miles in the middle. Kathy wanted about 10:30 pace which was fine with me. Work was brutal last night and I was feeling it. Even at that slow pace, the legs were feeling it to some extent.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
45.042.650.002.0049.69
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