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Run Bentonville Half 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, Mar 28, 2015
Race: Run Bentonville Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:48:16, Place overall: 192, Place in age division: 7
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.8813.280.000.0018.16

Decided to run Bentonville as a training run at BQP for 13 miles on a tough course, and tack on some mileage before and after to get into long run territory. Worked perfectly. I averaged 8:15, just what I'll need to get a safe BQ time in Canada, and that in spite of the last four miles being uphill. The course in Mississauga is not nearly that tough. Weather was around 40 and occasionally rainy but not much wind. If I can get weather similar to that in five weeks I'll be happy. All in all a very successful run. And I still finished 7th in age group despite taking it easy. If I'd raced it I might have gotten an AG award. Or I might have blown up. Yes, I have to go double that distance in Canada at the same speed, but I'll have tapered on an easier course with net downhill.

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