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March 2016

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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
Total Distance
88.35
Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 15.00Cascadia 10 Miles: 30.00Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 43.35
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Total Distance
3.00

A new month, just a few TM miles this morning. I'm hoping for 50 miles in March.... Actually, planning to ramp things up and get ready to pace a woman in the Bighorn 100 miler mid June.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 TM miles at lunch. Should've paid better attention this morning and brought a shirt to run outdoors in. 55F would've been decent in a tanktop, but maybe a bit cold. After taking a short break for a knee deal 6 wasn't as easy as it should've been. I walked once and dialed it back a couple times to get warmed up, then finished the last mile at 7.5 mph. Good run.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 6.00
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6.00

I suck for not having run outdoors much lately. I decided to run outside as we're having amazing weather and little wind today. Headed up to "The Rims" which is a great dirt trail on 100 foot cliffs overlooking the city. It's a unique feature of Billings, and the airport is up on that mesa. I've made this trek many times, from the YMCA to the rims and back, and it's never been a problem. Until now, when I've been on the TM wayyyy too much with very little incline. I don't have the numbers on the elevation gain from today's run, but it's 600 feet or so of up and my legs were shot while doing it. In fact, I couldn't run the whole thing. Shameful. Time to get outside and stay there.

AP: 9:24

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles outside this morning from home on my normal Saturday route, but decided to keep it to 8 instead of 10 because I haven't done 10 in a long while. I'll save that for next week, weather permitting. I could definitely feel my legs from yesterday's effort (497 feet of up) so I took it easy. I was surprised today that I could keep going, but I did. Made it up my "Veyo" hill without stopping, even though I haven't hit this hill in a long while. Not speedy, mind you, but I was running. Really great weather today, from 42 to 51 degrees and not much wind. 

AP: 9:22, 678 feet of elevation gain

Cascadia 10 Miles: 8.00
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Total Distance
4.25

I got new shoes over the weekend. Best. Day. Of. The. Year. Running in them for the first time is the second best day. I actually bought two pair - last year's Adrenaline 15s and this year's Cascadia 11. They updated the Cascadia thankfully so shouldn't have any more holes in the upper.

Ran outside on a nearly perfect day. Overcast, 50 degrees, slight wind on the out. Went with short sleeve and forgot the gloves. Would've been more comfortable on the out with gloved hands but I was fine once the wind was at my back. Kept a fairly quick pace the first couple miles but should've backed off a bit as I was done by mile 3 and I shouldn't have been. My legs just aren't outdoor worthy and they'll come back shortly. It felt great to be outside.

AP: 7:58

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 TM miles this morning at the Y.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 TM miles at the Y because I forgot a long-sleeve shirt for outside running. No biggie. Felt pretty good but not great. Afterwards did lunges (and tweaked my left hammy), biceps, triceps, and chest presses plus situps and pushups. For youth group tonight they did a fitness check and in a white shirt & tie I did 10 pullups, 44 pushups (in 1 minute) and 20 wheel outs. Fun day.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles outside at lunch. Great temps, but windy. Fought the wind on the way back and it was a pain but good for me.

AP: 7:55

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 6.00
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10.00

10 freaking miles this morning for the first time in a long long long time. It felt great to get back on the horse, amazing how quickly my legs got a little oomph in them as last Saturday they couldn't have done this. Some residual tiredness from running 6 yesterday faster than I've gone in a while (slow marathon pace) so my pace today was pretty bad on the out, but decent on the return (downhill mostly).

AP: 9:07

 

 

Cascadia 10 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 TM miles at lunch. I was dogging it plus didn't have lots of time. Very tired from the weekend. Did some weights and abs after, including some lunges. 

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 3.00
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0.00

So tired. I was going to run at lunch but I couldn't get myself up for it. This Daylight Savings change just rocked my world, combined with running 10 miles.

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4.00

4 TM miles at lunch. I went to bed at 9:10 pm last night. I only do that when I'm sick (or old and affected by DST change). 

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
0.00

Intended to run at lunch but I had to bring concussion boy home at 11, then instead of running on the home TM I ate lunch instead. It's all good...

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Total Distance
4.00

Lots of days off, but at least I felt fresh today on the Y TM. 4 miles at a solid speed, mostly 7.6 or faster and it felt pretty good (it should after being a sloth for so long).

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

Four treadmill miles at lunch.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
3.10

Measuring the distance for a 5K our PTA is putting on April 30th.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 3.10
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles outside before a busy Saturday. Temps were 30F with a slight yet chilly breeze. I wasn't sure how to dress, so I wore my thin tights, tech shirt, long-sleeve North Face 1/4 zip (which I bought last year for running but I love it so much I only wear it as a shirt, not for running - until today), and my lightweight Brooks windbreaker. Started off with the windbreaker on my waist, after 1/2 mile of light but biting wind I stopped and put it on, and took it off again with a couple miles to go. 

I ran my normal weekday 8 mile route, which is easier than my normal Saturday route (which can go for many miles). My legs were a bit tired, so this was a perfect route for me. Nice run, nothing spectacular, but I'm really looking forward to being a regular runner again.

Cascadia 10 Miles: 8.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 TM miles at lunch, followed by 3X10 arms and triceps, and 10 lunges with 25 lb weights, followed by 30 pushups and 30 situps.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles before work (and a scary meeting with the executives). It was 37F and slightly raining, not bad. Took the headlamp off the last 1.5 miles as it was light enough (but just barely). Nice to get the run in before work, like I used to do frequently. I'll get back to it.

Cascadia 10 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 TM miles at lunch followed by 30 pushups & situps, 3X10 curls and triceps, 1X10 lunges.

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
88.35
Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 15.00Cascadia 10 Miles: 30.00Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 43.35
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