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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Mon, May 29, 2017
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.520.000.000.001.52

Went out for an early Memorial Day run with Chelle, which is a story all its own. Followed by an interesting morning. Chelle is even more out of shape than I am, so about all she could manage was Gallowalking in bursts of 1.5 to 3 minutes. But she got the last 3 minutes nonstop which I thought wasn't bad.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Tom Slick on Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:28:52 from 173.117.137.27

Well "SP" sounds like you need to get motivated! Sign up for a marathon that will get you a "BQ", unless you already have a "BQ" for 2018. I've got my 2018 BQ, but I signed up for the Huntsville Utah Marathon because it's a 2fer run. It's on September 16th and if you BQ there you get 2018 and 2019 at Boston. Check it out!

From Spiderpig on Mon, May 29, 2017 at 13:03:36 from 70.178.129.119

I think my BQ days are way in the rear view mirror. At this point I'm doubting I can get up the motivation to train for 26.2, much less to race it. Somehow 5+ hours of pain is more of a disincentive than 3.5 hours of pain was. The goal now is to let some air out of this spare tire growing around my middle.

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