Getting back to Boston

CASA Half-Marathon

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.5913.110.000.0022.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Ugh. Just ugh. I'm starting to wonder if I can finish 13.1 Saturday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Went to Springfield to visit Jenny on her work trip and got in a hilly 5 behind the hotel after she went to work. Legs weren't bad considering. Then drove back to the Casa. Down to Little Rock tomorrow, Pine Bluff/Bryant Saturday and so on from there,.

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Race: CASA Half-Marathon (13.109 Miles) 02:04:01, Place overall: 127, Place in age division: 7
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.5913.110.000.0013.70

Humid, warm, and out of shape is a bad combination for a race. I would not have been surprised to need well over 10:00 per mile, Wound up at sub-9:30 instead, which isn't bad. Only walk breaks were at water stops. Fortunately there was a bit of breeze which kept the humidity from being completely intolerable. Course was OK, basically flat except for a dip down to a lakefront pavilion at the 3-mile/10-mile water stop. Otherwise resembled a pancake; even flatter than Frankfurt. If I were in shape, a PR type course. I'll have to keep that in mind if I'm ever in good shape again in December.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.5913.110.000.0022.70
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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