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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Fri, Dec 12, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.050.000.000.008.05

Easy 8 this morning after work to get back on the morning run schedule. Kind of a tough double with 11 last night finishing at 6 and starting 8 at 7:10, but got it done and actually felt pretty good at 10:00 pace.

Tomorrow gets me to 14,000 miles since I restarted my running life on 7/8/07. It continues to surprise me that I've stuck with it this long. Yes, I like that it keeps my weight (mostly) under control, and I like the afterglow of a good run, but it's still not easy to get myself out there day after day after week after month. And you have to figure that I've averaged somewhere in the high-9 range for most of those miles, which means well over 2000 hours running in the last 7.5 years. Probably more than 250 hours a year. Yikes!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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