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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, Aug 29, 2014
Total Distance
5.25

Ran at lunch time. Felt way hotter than 73F. Can 56% humidity really impact the feeling that much? I feel for Preston and others who constantly run in heat & humidity. I can't even imagine it. Not that today was hot, but it actually felt a bit hotter than yesterday which was 86F and 30% humidity. I'm sure more of a mental thing than anything.

We had our company health fair a couple days ago and my results sucked. Up 6 pounds, more visceral fat, less muscle %, etc. etc. It ticked me off and woke me up. I pulled up a graph of my monthly running the past 4 years and for the first time in 4 years I haven't hit 100 miles in a month for 5 straight months. No shocker that my numbers stunk so bad. I've added a marathon training plan to my calendar now so I have something to shoot for. It's helped get me out the door the last two days and it will continue.

AP: 8:00

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 5.25
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kam on Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 14:42:29 from 68.66.163.179

Hey Russ, you might get more satisfaction out of training for half marathons. Saturday long runs over 15 miles are day killers, and it's so frustrating to put so many eggs in a basket, only to be frustrated come race day because of factors that are largely beyond your control.

But if you put in 30-40 mpw, including some tempo runs and speed work, in preparation for a half, you could run a very speedy time. And if things don't work out perfectly, you can do it again in three or four weeks. You sure can't do that successfully with a marathon.

I almost typed lol but nothing I said was funny.

From Russ on Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 09:14:10 from 24.72.194.88

Good thoughts Kam, thanks. I failed to mention that I plan to train for a non existent marathon so your thought about training for a half makes way more sense as I was wondering about those long mileage days. I am planning on training for a June 50 miler starting in January. Not sure how realistic it is to train for such a long race but I'd like to try.

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