Getting back to Boston

Newport Marathon

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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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Sat, May 30, 2009

Race: Newport Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:48:34, Place overall: 215, Place in age division: 36

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	26.45	0.00	0.00	27.45

No big race report here. Suffice it to say no BQ, bad cramping and a miserable last two miles. I was still under BQ at 24 miles, until the calves followed through with long-threatened full-blown cramp. Volunteers tried to get me to DNF after I finally picked myself off the ground after 2-3 minutes ono my back. Didn't quit, kept walking, then jogged the last .4 downhill to the finish.

Next up -- a major cutback on my summer mileage, a reassessment of my nutrition/GI issues to see why I keep cramping in races, and a fall marathon somewhere. Probably Memphis.

If anyone wants to read my RR in gory detail, go to the Runners World Online forums, Marathon Race Training, and click the sub-3:20 thread. I'm Spiderpig on there too.

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Comments

From Little Bad Legs on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 19:59:22 from 68.186.96.165

Sorry to hear you missed your BQ. Those last few miles can be BRUTAL! I'm impressed with your resolve to finish when you were clearly in a lot of pain.

Good luck with your adjustments and fall marathon. I hear Memphis is a good one!

From rockness18 on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 20:08:38 from 69.183.233.238

I commend you for finishing! The bq will come in time.

From Bec on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 20:30:29 from 67.177.35.60

You'll get your BQ. Nice work today.

From Bonnie on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:50:23 from 75.164.106.34

sorry to hear about the gi and calf issues ... definately need to get that checked out. You are one tough guy to finish!!

From snoqualmie on Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 13:06:07 from 67.171.56.164

Oh, I feel your pain! Cramping = the agony of lost potential. But I hope you enjoyed the Oregon coast! Good luck with your summer goals.

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