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
19.001.250.000.0020.25
Night Sleep Time: 17.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 17.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.001.250.000.0013.25

Spent the day packing, then decided to go run tonight. Had planned to do 8 or 9, but legs felt good and I only did 48 last week, so I kept going. Eventually decided to run for exactly two hours, progression style, and see how far I got. Ended up at 13.25 before I had to pull the panic switch to stop (control panel shorted out again; 10 miles seem to be the tipping point where my flying sweat does that). Ran the last 1.25 at GMP-plus. Legs felt surprisingly good for as hard as I ran in the 5K yesterday. Hope to take advantage of the holiday for another good run tomorrow, perhaps after Tyler leaves to go back to school.

It's been a good weekend -- good time with my son, enjoyed the ball game, two good runs, got a lot accomplished on the house. And an added bonus: After lunch with my parents today, we went over to a coworker of Pam's house who was offering us boxes from her recently completed move. There were plenty of those, but there was another offering -- an essentially unused treadmill, complete with incline feature, free. Somebody gave it to her, she's not going to use it and it's taking up space, and she offered it to me. I would have turned it down a month ago because I would have had no place to put it, but in the house in Springdale, I will have a place to put it. And I can use it

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

 Easy 7 tonight on the treadmill. Legs a little stiff after Saturday's 5K and last night's 13, but loosened up OK as the run went on.

Pam and I had a long talk this afternoon and I think I understand some things better, about her, about myself and about us. Which should make my life better, and maybe even my running due to improved mental outlook. Let's hope that comes to pass, particularly the life part.

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.001.250.000.0020.25
Night Sleep Time: 17.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 17.00
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