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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
44.740.000.000.0044.74
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

Recovery run between the 4 a.m. thunderstorm and the 8 a.m. thunderstorm. As humid as you would expect given those conditions. I'd done a little bit of yoga last night, mainly stretching. Not sure if it helped or hurt, although I seemed to loosen up a little quicker than usual. Maybe that was because of the humidity.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.030.000.000.008.03

Easy progression after work. The calf niggle was gone. Very sharp pain for the first 200 meters in the left quad area, but that resolved quickly. No clue what led to that; hope it never happens again.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Bad, ugly slog. Humid, but that wasn't it. Just no energy at all. Walked probsbly 2+ miles.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.140.000.000.008.14

Felt a lot better this morning, able to maintain a mid-9 pace throughout even with a 90-second walk break. Today gets me to 15,000 miles since July 2007. Heckuva lot of rubber laid on the roads (and a bit of skin from time to time as well). Setting off on my next 15,000 now. Hoping to be a little more consistent this time.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.050.000.000.007.05

Easy progression in the rain. I liked it better when it was raining. When it stopped it got stifling QUICK.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.020.000.000.0010.02

Another front came through overnight and it was cooler, down around 67 at the start with some breeze. So I decided to do the Zero loop, which I hadn't done in months, and which can only be done on weekends and holidays unless you like playing matador with 18-wheelers. Started slow, picked it up the last four miles or so and got under 10:00 average. Not a great run, but not bad, just piling up GA miles and rebuilding after Toronto.

Also signed up for the Go! Mile, which is in three weeks. Guess I need some speedwork somewhere in there.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
44.740.000.000.0044.74
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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