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
32.792.000.003.0037.79
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.120.000.000.005.12

Went out to Ben Geren at dawn. Couple of people had expressed interest in joining me, neither one did, so I went solo. Legs felt OK, but I had very little energy. I did one extended 5.1 mile Necessary Loop and called it a morning. Realized later that today's my six-year running anniversary. I'll have to figure out the exact mileage later, but I think it's somewhere north of 11,000 miles. I'll see how I feel tomorrow, may do the 10 I meant to do today. Or maybe not, with intervals set on Tuesday.

 OK, so tomorrow is the six-year date. Total mileage 11,154 miles. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.030.000.000.006.03

Dawdled around this morning and wound up going back to MAFC for an indoor 6. Legs felt pretty good after Tiffany's massage; I progressed to sub-9 pace easily and held it. Last mile may have been close to MP

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.700.000.003.004.70

Speed work with George and the speedburners at Ben Geren. Half mile warmup, blast 880, walk for 2 minutes, repeat. They were going to stop after four reps, I shamed them into doing two more. I got under 7:00 pace on every one of them without too much problem even with the high humidity. Very encouraging workout.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

First running date this morning with Tracey at Ben Geren at dark-30. Couple of Ashleys and Myra along for the run. We were going at 10:40 pace, which was no strain at all for me but Tracey was working hard. I think she had a good time though, and we'll do this again. Like on Friday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.240.000.000.005.24

Another morning run with Tracey, this time on the bike trail. Hillier than she was ready for, I suppose, but she got through it in about an hour. Not too bad. She's starting to get the bug, I think, and it's fun to watch. Yesterday wiped out by thunderstorm at dawn. I don't object too much to missing a tempo run because I'll get hammered tomorrow anyway.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.202.000.000.0012.20

Hammered 12 miles from the Schoolhouse with George and the gang. I haven't pushed a long run like this in a very long time. After first two miles were 8:47/8:42, the rest was quite fast and two miles were sub-8. Granted, they were downhill, but so is St. George. It was quite a bit cooler this morning which helped. And Lionel had watermelon for us after the finish. Yum! Very, very encouraging/.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
32.792.000.003.0037.79
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