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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
41.685.000.001.0247.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.080.000.000.007.08

Easy 7 in the soup. Waiting until 10:15 was a tad too long; it had warmed up into the 70s with no decrease in humidity. I kept the pace leisurely on purpose, and for once I stayed there. Averaged just a tad over 10:00 which was just fine. I had a twinge in the left hip when I started but I suspected it was just stiffness, and it worked out quickly.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.990.000.001.026.01

Added a new form of torture to the repertoire this morning: Lactate stackers. They sound simple -- go just about all out for a minute, jog for two minutes to recover, rinse and repeat. May be simple, but they're brutal. Especially if you wait until it's almost 80 degrees to start them. Legs were a little heavy, not nearly as much life as for last week's Billat intervals (which I did at just about the same speed). HR was maxing out at about 160 on the last four reps.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.080.000.000.008.08

Easy 8 after work. First 3.5, downwind with the sun on my back, was pretty brutal. Back into the wind, some cooling occurred, I felt much better and the planned 6 was stretched to 8.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.520.000.000.005.52

Warm. Humid. Sweaty. No wind. Bleah. Got it done though before the heat index hits 100+ this afternoon. HI was 83 anyway. AHR somehow stayed below 130 in spite of heart rate creep and a semi-decent pace (9:40).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.350.000.000.004.35

Working out the kinks, mainly just keeping the streak going.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.160.000.000.008.16

Slow and sweaty after work. Three-plus with Jill and Kathy, last bit by myself

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.505.000.000.008.50

Treadmill run at mid-afternoon, five at MP, 3.5 warm/cool. Could have gone further but treadmill was bumping against time limit so I figured 8.5 was good place to stop. Now for a brief nap before work, then a morning jog to work out more kinks.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.685.000.001.0247.70
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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