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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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Adrenaline 18 Lifetime Miles: 424.24
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Altra Lifetime Miles: 50.50
Brooks 20 Lifetime Miles: 50.00
Cascadia Green/orange Lifetime Miles: 223.00
Tue, Apr 15, 2014
Total Distance
2.00

Running 2 miles doesn't take much time, but that's what the schedule called for. My legs will be properly rested on Saturday.

Thanks Kam for calling me yesterday on the drive home and talking me off the ledge. I've put in the work and now it's time to go use all those training miles and bring home a BQ. Kam is planning on joining me the last 16-18 miles of the course which will be awesome. Please send a prayer or two for cool weather. I'd prefer 50 degrees max for the entire course but it's looking like it will warm up a bit more than that. I just need to finish quickly. Thanks to all of you for your support through this process. It makes it so much easier knowing that other runners have my back.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:27:46 from 67.79.11.242

I remember the first time I ran a mile. It was about 4 years ago. I thought I was going to die! I didn't have a way to measure it until later in the day when I drove it. I thought I had actually run 2-3 miles. It was a sad day!

I'm praying for you to have great weather! You ARE ready for the race, relax and go win the prize!

From Christie on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:57:26 from 67.22.173.213

It always helps me before a big race to look back through my training log at all the work that has been put in. Time to just go run now Russ... and remember your Twin Dragon personalities you are going to be imitating to keep your mind distracted :)

From allie on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 14:23:22 from 63.230.4.71

kam is a great pal. you are going to do great. i think we're going to get some nice cloud cover on saturday, so the temps should stay reasonable. i'll be cheering for you as you push for that BQ. go get it!

From Russ on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 23:26:52 from 24.72.194.88

Preston, thank you for the kind thoughts and prayers!

Christie, I had totally forgotten about twin dragons. I now have a new mantra for the tough miles! Thanks for the training log reminder.

allie, kam is the best. Cloud cover would be fantastic! Here's to hoping we each have good races.

Thanks all. Very much appreciated.

From Kam on Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 13:08:17 from 68.66.163.179

noaa.gov has a 50 degree start, warming to 57 by 10 am. Be ready for those conditions, and we'll keep hoping for cooler.

From Russ on Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 17:21:26 from 74.114.3.253

Kam, those temps with cloud cover sound awesome. I'll hope for cooler, but take what I can get. Thanks for the update. I changed my profile picture so I can remember how crappy I felt finishing the DesNews marathon last July. Hoping to feel just as crappy but running much faster when I finish on Saturday!

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