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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
60.390.000.000.0060.39
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.250.000.000.0010.25

Took my birthday off out of sheer laziness, I think, then got out for 10+ this morning. Picked a route I hadn't run in a year or so and then remembered why: Because it has a lot of traffic, not much in sidewalks and a ton of hills. Legs felt heavy and never did get loose, but I picked up the pace decently from SHS on home. Now for a nap before the resumption of vampire duty.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.020.000.000.0011.02

Progression run after work. Felt pretty good in spite of a tight spot in the left hammy that eventually loosened up. Ran from Mercy down Phoenix to Towson, then extended the return leg to get up to 11 miles. Last mile was 9:01. Now I'm officially tired. Goodnight.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.020.000.000.005.02

Ugh. Weather was great (high 40s, calm). Legs were horrible. From the start I felt like I was at mile 25 of a marathon after I'd bonked, minus the pain. Just heavy, heavy, dead legs. Ended up walking a good bit of it; 5 took me 1:13ish. Hopefully they'll come around.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.020.000.000.0015.02

Very good run. Legs felt good, weather was very nice, slept well yesterday. Started out planning 10, then just kept adding to it all the way to 15. Now I can do 9.9 tomorrow and get to 200 for the month, which didn't seem likely after I skipped my 8th day of the month due to birthday laziness. I'm even starting to think about a late spring race, maybe another shot at Bayshore or Newport or perhaps Denver-Colfax or Green Bay or Cleveland.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.400.000.000.0010.40

Well, I managed to get 200 miles this month in spite of skipping one-fourth of the month. Did a very slow loop around the airport, including running down the shoulder of Zero at rush hour. Not the smartest thing I've ever done, but no close calls. Now I need to average 220+ per month to get to 2000 this year.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.680.000.000.008.68

First frost of the fall and I got out in it with the FSM group. Joined them after about three miles I think; they started at 6:30 and I was still at work. Run went OK. Cold was not an issue at all with shorts and gloves. Forgot my headband, didn't need one.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
60.390.000.000.0060.39
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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