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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
37.741.600.001.5840.92
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.001.600.000.006.60

Finally got out o run after the marathon in Memphis was frozen out. Legs felt heavy, as they often do after a prolonged layoff, but they had energy too. Decided to run for an hour, and the last six laps or so were at close to MP. Not great, but OK.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.040.000.000.005.04

Ran with Sheri along Phoenix at dusk. Wound up at sub-10 pace; I just couldn't slow down any more in spite of complaints from my legs after last night's run at the track.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.020.000.000.009.02

Easy 9 from Creekmore, after nobody else showed up for the Wednesday night run

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.470.000.001.587.05

First crack at Billat intervals. Thirty seconds at mile race pace followed by 30-second recovery jog, one after another after another. Harder than it sounds. I got 20 done. Probably could have done a few more, but the goal is not to ruin myself for the next 3-4 days, so I thought shutting down at 20 was reasonable. Wound up with 7 miles total and about 1.6 at the prescribed pace. I'm glad I didn't try this on an 80-degree day. I worked up enough of a sweat on a 40-degree day.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Planned to do five after work, but I wasn't too tired from the day, the weather was OK and the rain held off, so I stretched it to 8 at 9:30 pace. Worked out OK.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.210.000.000.005.21

Easy recovery tonight after work.  Could have skipped it since I'm running at 7:45 in the morning, but tonight got me to 2000 miles for the year and I wanted to get there tonight. It's going to be hard enough to get to 2100 by the end of the year as it is without too much skipping. Tomorrow, not sure. Maybe 12, maybe 14, depending on how I feel and how cold it is (mid-20s, maybe).

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
37.741.600.001.5840.92
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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