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

Mon, May 13, 2013

Total Distance

4.00

4 miles to start off a 50 mile week. Here's to hoping that everything goes well this week as my next 3 weeks have my long runs at 22, 22, 24 before a step back week then the 50K the following week. I'm not excited. Not at all.

AP: 8:23

Noon: Boot Camp. Sweatfest 2013, even in my St George Running Center singlet. I tried not to go too crazy hard as this will be a big mileage week, but the competitive juices get going when getting yelled at. Good workout.

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 4.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Claudio on Mon, May 13, 2013 at 16:09:06 from 173.75.180.44

Very good job with your buildup so far Russ, get it done!

From Kam on Mon, May 13, 2013 at 16:14:37 from 68.66.163.179

Don't let the numbers mess with your head, Russ. Also, I've never ran over 21 in marathon prep. I don't know if the 24 is a good idea. If you are looking for an out, I just provided it. Maybe it's best to leave those extremely high effort, highly fatigued miles for race day, when they count. Then again, you are also training for a 31 miler, and that 24 is only 80% of that total...I guess I'm no help at all.

From I Just Run on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 08:29:55 from 67.79.11.242

22, 22, 24 Long Runs for the next three weeks? That seems a little extreme? What macho marathon program are you on?

Oh, good effort today!

From Russ on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 08:55:35 from 74.114.3.253

IJR, it's a 50K training plan so more about time on feet than it is miles, but these miles are a pretty close approximator. Last year I followed the same plan for the 50K but only hit one 22 miler as the other weekends were too booked. I'm not sure how I'll do with these upcoming but I'll do my best. It's a pretty good bank of miles.

Kam thanks for the potential out but yep, those pesky extra 5+ miles do make for some longish training runs.

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