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
43.337.405.750.3856.86
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.310.000.000.009.31

Hilly.Humid. 9.3 on the bike trails along Massard on both sides. Finished just before the rain started. Would have rather finished after the rain started, but whatever. Got it done. Now for work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.607.400.000.0018.00

Took me a long time to get motivated and get out the door this morning, almost until noon. And I neglected little details like eating adequately before the run, or drinking adequately during the run. But I got 18 done anyway, with 7+at what passes for marathon pace these days. Wasn't pretty; I bonked badly on Old Greenwood and hurt badly from then on. But it's in the books, and I'm a lot closer to 1500, not to mention getting ready for the Corndogs.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.650.000.000.386.03

Six miles on Phoenix with strides thrown in the last 3/4 mile, just because I felt like it. Beautiful weather for a run, before I went to work (thought I was off today; wrong).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.960.000.750.005.71

Easy 4-mile fun run at Riley Farm to benefit the Martinez Scholarship fund. Took it relatively slow for three miles, until Rose caught up to me. Then we both kinda put the hammer down. After that little race (I won), I looped back to find Sheri and Heidi and put in another mile and a half. That part was a lot slower.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.290.005.000.0011.29

Interesting run. Set out from the house toward SHS and my back locked up, so badly that I couldn't even run. The first thing I tried was to walk for a while and see if that would help. It did, some. I could jog from the Rogers crossing to SHS. Got there, stretched for a bit, then tried to start my 5-mile tempo run. A mile at just over 8:00 was the best I could do. Walked a lap, then tried again. Now the body kicked in. Two miles at 7:59. Recovered for another lap, then the last two miles. This time I managed 7:48 pace, in spite of my shoe coming untied with two laps to go (or maybe because of that brief recovery time). Then jogged three miles home. Total of about 11.3, good quality tempo work, which didn't seem possible when I left the house.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.520.000.000.006.52

Joined Sherrie, Jill, and the crew at Wells Lake this morning, and Sherrie led us down the bike trail by the amphitheater. Yes, that bike trail. My quads are still complaining. Stayed with the group for four miles, then headed back to the car while they went into Ben Geren. All in all, a good recovery 6.5, about what I wanted, minus the hills on that trail.

On track for 200+ this month and 1500+ for the year. I may not be ready to run a PR at Baton Rouge, but I should be prepared for a good run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
43.337.405.750.3856.86
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