Training in Montana

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Location:

Billings,MT,

Member Since:

Jan 10, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

~~Longest Ultra: Bighorn Trail Run: 12:19:00, 52 miles, Bighorn Mountains, WY, June 20, 2015

50K: Bighorn Trail Run: 5:52:13, 32 miles, Bighorn Mountains, WY, June 15, 2013

Marathon: 3:25:01, Deseret News Marathon, SLC, UT, July 24, 2013

Half-Marathon: 1:37:00 (downhill), Deseret News Marathon Split, SLC, UT, July 24, 2013

10K: 44:07, Big Sky State Games, Billings, MT, July 2012

5K: 20:25, Big Sky State Games, Billings, MT, July 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back into running shape.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Not get super fat, and qualify for Boston before I'm 50 (April 2023).

Personal:

Started running seriously in March 2010. Married 22 years to a hot momma and we have 3 boys, 1 sweet girl, 2 dogs, 3 2 0 1 cat, and 6 4 5 6 3 5 3 1 2 0 chickens (until Spring 2019 when we'll start over). As of September 2018 I'm looking for work... yay. I'm on the local School Board.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adrenaline 18 Lifetime Miles:						424.24
Cascadia 12 Lifetime Miles:						396.50
Adrenaline 18 #2 Lifetime Miles:						64.00
Altra Lifetime Miles:						50.50
Brooks 20 Lifetime Miles:						50.00
Cascadia Green/orange Lifetime Miles:						223.00

Fri, May 17, 2013

Total Distance

10.00

10 miles on my loop. I haven't run it in a while as there's quite a bit of road running and I've wanted dirt roads instead. I will hit this one a few more times before my race as I'd forgotten what a doozy it is. I'm feeling pretty tired right now and my normal 10 mile out and back leaves me energized.

Got up at 5, out the door by 5:30. It rained last night (cancelling soccer games) but thankfully ended long before midnight so the dirt roads weren't squishy. Temps were perfect, 51F with no wind, so shorts, short sleeve shirt, and gloves. This loop heads me downhill, so after my daily .75 to the main road I headed downhill where I normally head uphill. It's an undulating downhill with mostly down, but a couple of ups. I hit the valley bottom at 3.5 miles then it's climbing for the next 5 miles. 1 mile is on the main road, but then turned off that for the meat & potatoes on a gravel road. This leads to a brief killer climb then a couple miles of up and flat before another brief killer-er climb, followed by another mile or more of up before finally hitting some downhill once again. After writing this I realize why I'm more tired as this route is pretty unforgiving.

Overall a good run. AP: 8:42

Vasque Trail Runner Miles: 10.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bam on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 09:21:08 from 89.126.28.24

I'm liking the two 8's and the 10. Nice.

Following on from the chit-chat about weapons, wouldn't a water pistol be better? That way you could shoot at the cuddly bear (get your sport) and then run very fast while he chases you.

From I Just Run on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:45:06 from 67.79.11.242

Just reading about all those ups and downs made me tired!

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