Training in Montana

April 24, 2024

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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, Jun 17, 2015

Total Distance

2.00

Running only 2 miles feels very weird. But at the end of a long training cycle, it feels AWESOME! I'm as ready as can be. I've got my drop bags packed and repacked (and will probably repack one more time just to be sure I didn't forget something crucial). I've got all my summer and winter running clothes ready to go, just in case the weather is wacky at 8000 feet. I think I'm as ready as I can be. I would feel more confident if I had hit all of my prescribed long runs, but I had some good ones in there which make me feel good. I'm nervous about this race, probably more nervous than my first marathon. I think I can do it, I think the last 5 1/2 years of running have prepared me for this but we'll see in a few days how it goes. I'm sure of one thing: it's going to suck really bad the last 6 miles on a hot dusty dirt road. And I'm pretty sure I'll have long stretches of "this sucks" in between. I can't wait!

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 2.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 18:50:49 from 45.18.50.53

I'm looking forward to reading about it. Make the report all rainbows and butterflies so I won't get scared.

But yeah - I think you're more ready than most.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 10:20:40 from 45.18.50.53

I wonder how it's going... Guessing you're still happy right now, but will be cursing you decision to run 50 miles pretty soon. Probably a pretty cool feeling...look forward to the report!

From Russ on Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 09:36:08 from 24.72.196.205

Joe, you were spot on about me cursing my decision to run the 50 miler! It came about mile 25. A decently cool feeling to finish that far, but meh. It is bloody far.

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