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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
Mon, Jan 14, 2013
Total Distance
4.00

4 TM miles at the Y this morning. 5.0 for 1/2 mile, 6.0 for 1 1/2, 6.5 for 1, 7.0 for 3/4, 7.5 for 1/4. Felt good, no pain.

Yesterday walking down stairs my left achilles winked at me. Hmph. I thought it was over. Guess I need some more eccentric heel drops. 

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kam on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 15:36:39 from 68.66.163.179

I'm not sure what "more eccentric heel drops" means. Over the flu?

From Russ on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 16:00:36 from 74.114.3.253

Jake posted a link back in December about a great exercise for Achilles problems, called "eccentric heel drops". http://russ.fastrunningblog.com/blog-Cue-Handel-s-Hallelujah-Chorus-I-ran-M/12-06-2012.html. Seems to have worked really well for me. I believe. And yes, over the flu. I never got the full blown symptoms of the normal body flu (Dr. says due to having gotten the flu shot) so I got over it very quickly, thankfully.

From Kam on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 16:09:14 from 68.66.163.179

I'm not sure about the flu shot malarkey, but I'm glad you are feeling better. I studiously avoid receiving a company sponsored mercury booster, er, flu shot every year.

From Russ on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 16:25:49 from 74.114.3.253

Ah, you're a vaccine skeptic. I'm not shocked by that. :) I fully believe this, as I've had the flu a few times before and it always knocked me out and I always had a nasty fever with upper respiratory crap plus exhausted all the time. With this I had zero symptoms except my legs felt heavy, and I felt exhausted. No sore muscles, no headaches, no fever, no upper respiratory. Very strange. CDC says quite a few people are having "reduced symptoms" after getting a flu shot and I would say that fits with what I experienced. I'm a human-caused global warming skeptic but a flu-shot believer.

From Kam on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 17:02:09 from 68.66.163.179

I'm a flu shot skeptic, not vaccines. It is my understanding that in order for the flu shot to be efficacious, the CDC has to correctly guess 8-10 months ahead of time which 2 or 3 out of 50 strains of flu will predominate. I don't feel like those odds justify the 100% certainty of being injected with a substance that is toxic to all systems of the body.

Regardless of the reason, I'm glad your case was mild. I hope to continue being the guy with zero flu shots and zero cases of the flu.

From Russ on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 17:08:41 from 74.114.3.253

I'm just giving you a hard time Kam. Good point about the guessing game. I'm not sure how well the flu shot works for me, but I hate getting knocked out by it. First time was freshman year at USU. Missed a week of classes, and slept for 23 hours one of those days. Next time was on my mission, and again zonked me for days. A few years ago I had it and got introduced to 24. Bliss. This year I watched Seasons 1 & 2 of The Walking Dead. I guess the flu isn't all bad, just some forced time off.

From allie on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 19:44:34 from 97.117.83.221

glad you are feeling better. how cold is it where you are? my guess is -24 F

behave, achilles.

From Bam on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 03:31:07 from 89.126.28.24

I wish my achilles winked at me - be great for the ego:)

From Russ on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 08:20:39 from 74.114.3.253

Thanks allie and Bam. It's been below zero wind chills since early Friday morning, but that should move out today and put us into the 30s. Finally, can wear shorts to work.

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