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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
Wed, Mar 19, 2014
Total Distance
5.50

45 minute tempo day. Oy vey, this was tough. First time in my life that I got close to thinking about puking from running. I was never on a high school sports team so nobody ever pushed me to my limits. I ran at 9.3 mph/6:29 pace for 15 minutes today and if I would've kept that pace another few minutes I would have gotten queasy. That was tough. Started the run at 6.0, then 6.5, then 7.0, then at 15 minutes I bumped up to 9.3 and held it. Watched the latest Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. while running and that was pretty good for keeping the mind off the pain, although commercials are the worst. I really considered walking in the middle of this stretch but kept going. At one point I did hold onto the treadmill arms and lift myself up a bit but that was only for a few seconds. Kept going and burning and pushing. When I finally hit the end of 15 minutes I walked at 4 mph for 6 or 7 minutes, then finished the remaining time at 7 mph. Not exactly a true tempo run because of the walking after the fast paces, but I definitely got what I needed out of that.

I was exhausted last night so I went to bed just after 9, which I normally only do if I'm sick. I think the 20 miler then only getting 6 1/2 hours sleep per night since took a lot out of me. I have to get more sleep after my long runs.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:17:36 from 67.79.11.242

Ahhh...that's one of my goals some time, to run until I think I'm going to throw up! :-) Fun stuff, you should do it more often.

From Russ on Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 09:08:34 from 74.114.3.253

That's my goal too! The last 5K I did I realized at the end that I was nowhere near feeling like I needed to puke, and that was wrong. Next time I'm going all out. I think that's what will be needed to break 19:00.

From I Just Run on Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 09:30:07 from 67.79.11.242

Puck away and be proud of it!

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