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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.660.000.000.0040.66
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.220.000.000.006.22

Same distance as yesterday's rate, same negative split, 30 degrees warmer, nine minutes slower. Not bad, though. Soreness completely gone, and the pace was comfortable even as I picked it up and sweated. Some kids showed up in midrun and played lighted Frisbee or something on the field, which looked pretty interesting in the dark. I got 1.5 shifts at work thanks to Yeshu being too sick or something to round on her patients, so a pretty good slam, then a run. Got through it OK, in spite of lack of sleep (that's gonna catch up to me eventually; an hour nap here and there ain't cutting it).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.040.000.000.005.04

Very bad day at work. Rohit blatantly crapped on me (11 admits) and gave zero to his wife. I didn't see another one of the docs all day except at lunch, and they darn sure never set foot in ER. So I unloaded on him after he gave me #11, five hours after ER called him with that patient. Then I asked Liza to move me back to nights. Request granted as of November. So I needed stress reduction when I got home. Went to SHS after eating and did five slow while the Ultimate Frisbee game went on in the dark. Still too darn warm for late October, but got through it OK, and felt better as a result. Only need 320 now for my mileage goal of 1400, with 69 days to get there. Do 64 five-milers, I'm there.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.060.000.000.006.06

Did the flat part of Phoenix tonight from Marketplace to the overpass and back, after 11 hours of work. Felt OK, was able to negative split by a couple of minutes (temperature was quite a bit cooler on the return trip, which helped). Got over 100 miles for the month. Still on pace to get to 1400 for the year. Who knows, might get enough miles in to get to 1500.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Slow 4 at MAFC at 8 pm. I may regret this when I'm running at 8 am tomorrow....

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Met Kathy M. and Kay for a beast starting at Marketplace. Took it nice and slow, which was good considering I was still feeling last night's recovery 4. But we got it done. Kay's birthday was yesterday, so we had a joint birthday donut-and-hot-chocolate party "catered" by Dunkin Donuts at Kathy's place. Met Kathy's family. They definitely like Halloween... Good run, though.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.340.000.000.009.34

Pushed the pace tonight in the new Kinvaras after driving home from a rather disappointing game at WMS. Perfect running weather, high 40s and no wind, and I took advantage. Once I got warmed up, I was well under 9:00 for the last seven miles or so. Six tomorrow will get me to 40 for the week and a nice start to the newly revised goal of 1500 for the year; I'm now at 1110 with 65 days to go. Exactly 6 a day will get me there, and a few runs like this will build up some cushion.

Greatly enjoyed my date last night with Terrie, and we're going to the game next Saturday at RRS. Hopefully the outcome will be a little better, but the company will be fun. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.660.000.000.0040.66
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