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
57.671.720.000.0059.39
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.720.000.000.008.72

90 minutes easy in beautiful weather. 69 this week (and since my birthday; I think I'll track mileage in my 55th year).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

Slept most of the day yesterday and awoke with a headache, so bagged the day. Decided to run for Jacob Wells today, starting with the CoC crew and then doing 7 miles plus on my own, winding up with 13.5. Every bit of it in the rain. Temp about 60, and there was briefly a pretty fierce headwind that fortunately didn't last long. I was able to pick up the pace decently at the end of the CoC leg and the last three miles or so overall.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.070.000.000.009.07

Creekmore run with Jill, David, Kathy and Glen. No shirt for Jacob, of course. Felt pretty good once I got going and picked up the pace coming in, particularly on the downhill

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.320.700.000.0010.02

Up at crack o' chickens for the Schoolhouse gang. Kept going after that for a total of 10; actually cranked it down to MP for about 6 minutes. No shirt and 42 degrees really felt pretty good, but I wish I'd brought gloves. Once the hands were warm though I was fine. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.060.000.000.0010.06

A very somber run this morning. All of us had run GP races and knew Jacob or at least knew of him. I struggle to make sense of this. Why take someone younger and fitter than me and leave me here? Just saying it was his time doesn't help. Why?

We're going to do a run in his memory Sunday afternoon. Lots of shirts off, to be sure.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.001.020.000.008.02

Cruised 7 this afternoon then hammered the last mile. Thought a lot about Jacob, and living every day as though it's your last, because it could be. Took quite a while to get loose, but I finally got there.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
57.671.720.000.0059.39
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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