Getting back to Boston

One Hour Track Run

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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
75.906.725.000.0087.62
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Slow 6 with the Chickens. Still a bit wheezy and lots of drainage but the big issue was just lack of fitness. Got it done though with a bit of progression.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.040.000.000.005.04

A slow 5 on a loop I haven't done before. Down Burnham to Rogers, down Rogers to 70th (almost getting run over by Hooters), 70th to Phoenix, Phoenix to 62nd, up the hill to Waldron and back home. It felt just like what it was -- my first back to back runs in a while. Finally got a little loose after I topped the hill on 58th and could maintain a semidecent pace from there on. But I am way out of shape with 108 days to go.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.510.000.000.004.51

Out and back in Furry. Which means lots of hills. Slow. Very slow.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.250.002.000.004.25

Pushed the pace out of Ben Geren. Pushed being a relative term, but I was working hard no matter how slow that was.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.180.000.000.009.18

Slow, hilly and cold, as in wind chill of 7 and temp of 19. Handled the cold OK. The hills, not so much. Stumbling with three miles left, even less. Must have strained my abs trying to regain control because they really hurt the rest of the way, slowing me down a lot. Got it done though. Need to get in a lot better shape in the next 104 days though.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.000.005.20

Took two days off for sleep deprivation and sore abs, finally got back out this afternoon. I was able to hold a faster pace but it was hard to do so. Wound up at sub-9 pace at the end.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.002.500.005.00

Bit of a tempo run this morning. Easy 2.5 out, pushed the pace coming back. Pushing the pace is a bit of a relative thing, but I was sub-9 for the last mile and low 9s for the 1.5 before that.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.300.000.000.005.30

Easy at dawn after work. Joined Staci, David and Scooter for a half mile or so when they set out on their 14 from the Boys Club.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Cold one after work with wind chill in the teens.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.010.000.000.005.01

Three slow loops around the gravel trail at Ben Geren. Did not want to be out there. The cold really wasn't an issue, the stiffness was. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.160.000.000.0010.16

Long and slow at 5 a.m. with the chickens.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.004.20

Easy run to ease into the one hour race. 

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Race: One Hour Track Run (6.72 Miles) 01:00:00, Place overall: 60
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.256.720.000.007.97

Went about how I thought it would go. No speed, no stamina. Took two early breaks then ran the last four miles nonstop and even managed a bit of a kick. Probably could have gone a little faster but not much.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.300.000.000.005.30

Treadmill time before work. Not too sore from the race yesterday, although I really didn't race very hard

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.500.004.50

Finally got back on the mill before work, cranking it up to 7:30 pace for the last half mile. The legs will still go that fast. Sorta. Work has been brutal this week and the running has suffered.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
75.906.725.000.0087.62
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