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
29.873.540.001.7335.14
Night Sleep Time: 16.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 16.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.300.000.000.0014.30

AFter five days off for the flu, and packing and a few other things, got back on the trail this evening for 14. Which, in retrospect, was too much. But I finished.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.090.000.000.256.34

Went out for a late run to test the sore shin -- sfc, splints or what? Got a little sore, but nothing significant, and I was able to get through an easy 6 and run 10 hill sprints at the end. Took a total of an hour-2 for the whole thing, including sprints and recovery jogs. I guess it was just a weird kind of splints.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.481.540.001.487.50

Fartlek tonight -- 10 one-minutes surges, three minute recovery between, then 12 minutes at GMP after the last surge. Wound up running 7.50 in 61:27, managing to Beat the Cop one more time. Found the run kind of energized me, or maybe it's the lifting of the stress I've been feeling for a few weeks now.

Got the last occupational uncertainty out of the way today; handed in my reservation and was not kicked out the door summarily. So I don't have to forfeit a week's worth of pay on the way out, which is nice. So I have that going for me.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Needed to accomplish four things tonight: Run, work on paperwork for the new job, pack belongings for the move, or catch up on my sleep. The night's total: Sleeping. :) Hopefully will get more done than that tomorrow.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.002.000.000.007.00

After catching up on some sleep last night, felt like doing more today. Got home, packed several boxes of nick-nacks and kitchen stuff, then got in a good progression run, capped off by two miles at GMP. Wound up averaging 9:00 for the seven miles. Hard to believe that run felt so easy. Maybe giving my body a little more chance to recover this cycle is paying off. The legs do not feel so dead, and I feel like I can get more out of them when I do put some demands on them.

Try to get in a bit of a run tomorrow, but likely will be doing a whole lot of packing, since we leave REAL early Saturday with trailer in tow for NWA.

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
29.873.540.001.7335.14
Night Sleep Time: 16.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 16.00
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