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
29.750.005.580.3035.63
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.010.000.000.0010.01

Really struggled for the first three miles; legs felt like they did in Kenmore Square last April. I think they loosened up on the downhill from Cliff to Phoenix, and really warmed up on the uphill on Leigh. Felt pretty strong for the last 3.5 miles. Got in 66 for the week and am well over 1900 for the year. Now back to work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.520.000.000.306.82

Easy 6.5, then hill sprints at the end. Felt pretty good in spite of sniffles. Legs felt much better than last night. Now off to work. Bleah.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.120.005.580.007.70

HMP intervals on the mill, 3 X 3K. Was supposed to do 4X, cut it short for two reasons. One, the big toe is still really sore after I took yesterday off; two, I was paranoid I'd get called to do an admission once the workout crossed over 10 a.m. So I dropped the last rep and the cooldown run. Might get in a late 3 after work tonight if time and energy permit, to make up for it. Went pretty well, though, despite the sore foot. A guy there working out gave me the thumbs-up during the last rep, then came over to semi-congratulate me in the locker room afterward. I guess he was impressed.

It's so weird that all this running I do, and this toe injury happened while I was standing still at the football game. My shoes just don't protect the top of my foot at all, which is a price I pay for their light weight, and when the woman stepped on the toe, I might as well have been barefoot. I don't think she broke anything, and there's not even any more blood under the toenail than there was Saturday morning, but it's just sore, sore, sore. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.100.000.000.0011.10

Took off two more days with the toe, but it felt better last night (bigger toe box of the Green Silences helped). So I ran with the WAR crew this morning in the GS. It was a ROUD, which wound up being 11.1. Felt pretty good, no major toe discomfort, legs loosened up OK after the first few miles. Probably 6 or so tomorrow, then I need to do 20 on Monday -- with 20 days left to CIM, I gotta do a long run some time.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
29.750.005.580.3035.63
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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