Getting back to Boston

Arkansas 20k

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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
32.8512.430.000.0045.28
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.150.000.000.008.15

Recovery run, the one I should have done yesterday. Kept it slow with AHR below 130. Still averaged 9:50 pace. Never even came close to getting out of breath. Still quite sweaty though.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.200.000.000.0011.20

Tried to do 16 this morning. Legs didn't cooperate after a pitstop at 6ish; they tightened up and refused to loosen. And I was miserable anyway so I bailed at 11.2. I've done some 16s. I'll do 12 .4 this weekend. If that ain't enough, oh well.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.310.000.000.007.31

I don't even want to try to describe yesterday. No sleep, enormous emotional stress. And no run. I crashed at 7 p.m. and slept pretty well. Out to the Schoolhouse at crack o chickens for a run with the high five group. Legs cooperated, unlike Tuesday, Went ahead and did 7 but no real stresss before the 20k.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 in the rain with Kathy. Kept the pace comfortable and the rain helped keep us cool even with high humidity. We'll see if I'm up to 20K in the morning but it should be cooler.

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Race: Arkansas 20k (12.427 Miles) 01:40:59, Place overall: 57, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.1912.430.000.0013.62

Back for another try at the 20k in Benton. Legs weren't fresh with taper just beginning. I decided to basically do an MP run for 20k, then darn if I didn't run the first 5k in 24:06. Couldn't hold that pace of course, and didn't, but averaged 8:05. I need to run 20k a minute faster in two weeks then hold that pace for 22k longer. Yikes! Fortunately the downhill will help. The uphills sure didn't help today.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
32.8512.430.000.0045.28
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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