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
21.470.700.001.2523.42
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.004.20

Last day of spring is the hottest day of the year so far. It was 95 or 96 here (HI 100+), 101 or so in Bryant and Camden. Obviously, I waited until dark to run, not that it was that much cooler. Says it's 80 now, HI of 84. That had to have dropped a few degrees in the 40 minutes it took for my 4.2.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.250.000.001.253.50

Intervals today at FHS; 10 X 200 at something approximating 1500m pace. That is, if it weren't too darn hot to run 1500 at any kind of speed. I thought I was going to pass out a couple of times. Just about maxed out the HR, too, although I'm not entirely sure if that was real HR or the belt bouncing around on my chest a bit. Cut down on the warmup/cooldown because of the heat. It was at least 95, HI had to be over 100, plus the black track and the artificial turf on the infield.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.420.700.000.006.12

Progression run tonight. It was 86 degrees when I started just before 9 p.m. and darn near that warm when I finished 58 minutes later, and I don't think much evaporation at all happened in between. What few threads I was wearing were completely dripping soaked. In spite, plugged through 6.12, and had enough left to push the pace on the homeward leg at marathon pace or so. Spent most of the run thinking about the soccer game, which the US won in injury time on a fastbreak goal by Landon Donovan. Anyone who says soccer is boring after that just wasn't paying attention or can't appreciate a nailbiter in any sport. Anyway, we're on to the knockout stages and I'm on to finish up my credentialing paperwork in the morning and get it off to Apogee. Hope they can handle the rest very quickly.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.260.000.000.004.26

Mini-tornado outside the Fleet Feet about 30 minutes before I arrived for tonight's run. Knocked a big limb off the tree outside, almost threw it through the window. Left 100% humidity behind, I'll guarantee you that. Turns out there were two runs tonight -- the regular 6 p.m. run, and a "chug run", run a mile, drink a beer, run another mile, drink another beer. Which sounded really good, but it probably would have put me under the table. Plus I'd already suffered through 4.26, I wasn't gonna run another 3 even for beer.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.340.000.000.005.34

Nice and humid; nice and slow. Just get the miles in.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.470.700.001.2523.42
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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