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 27, 2016

Total Distance

6.00

6 miles up to the Rims and back at lunch. It was warm, 69F, and humid for us 38%. I don't know how Joe and others in the actual heat do it. Wearing a black singlet didn't help, but it wasn't all that bad. It's a big climb and it's the 3rd time I've done it in a couple weeks and I love how much progress I've made in that short time. Greatest part about running is when you do something repeated times it gets easier to do.

Not sure what's up with the Garmin watch. It again went wacky on me, said I was doing 7:30 miles on my warmup mile. Turned it off and started over, and it was fine, but mile 2 had me doing 10:30 miles on the flat. Seems like it figured everything out okay though as mileage is where it should be. Do I need a new Garmin? Maybe so.

AP: 9:17

Brooks Adrenaline 15 Pt2 Miles: 6.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sat, May 28, 2016 at 08:52:48 from 107.77.66.111

I swear those Garmins just like to trick us sometimes. Mine gets mad when I don't use it for awhile, then you really see some funky stuff.

Praying you get some relief from the 38% humidity!

From Russ on Sat, May 28, 2016 at 14:33:48 from 199.167.208.164

The weird thing with my Garmin is I haven't had any problems with it ever, until a few weeks ago. Now it's almost every run, including yesterday and today. Looks like I'll be buying me a new toy. Gotta have my Garmin.

And thank you for your prayers of faith regarding our oppressive humidity. It's funny how just 20% more than normal I could feel it. I'm so glad I didn't start seriously running when we lived in Kansas City 11+ years ago. I would've melted. Not sure how you do it, but I guess when that's your world you acclimate. Or something like that.

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