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

Sat, Sep 01, 2012

Total Distance

12.00

A really good hard 12 miler today. Legs were a bit tired to start but not bad. I powered through today's run, imagining being tired for the race. At mile 3 I hit my tough hill, about 350 feet rise in .8 miles. It looks way tougher in person than it sounds on paper. I held about a 9:30 pace up that part, and when I'm tired I drift to an 11 or 12 minute pace, or walk up that stretch. It keeps rising another 1/2 mile and I kept it steady. A bit of down, then more up and a drop to mile 6, then turn around and back up the hill, then mostly down until mile 9 when it's a tough up for 1/2 mile. Again, kept a steady pace, then it leveled out and mostly downhill to home. Very proud of today's run. 2 weeks to go!

Paces: 9:36, 8:43, 8:58, 9:03, 8:48, 8:29, 8:27, 7:59, 7:45, 8:08, 7:54, 7:59. AP: 8:29

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/217478237

Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 12.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From peg on Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 23:10:03 from 71.35.230.220

woot woot! excited for your next marathon!! you will do great I am sure!!!

From Kam on Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 15:07:05 from 68.66.163.179

That is a rough hill, Russ. It sounds awful on paper. I will say this; running more challenging terrain than what you are going to encounter on your actual marathon course will hold you in good stead. You'll pass a lot of people on the hills. Well, maybe not, since not too many people are registered, and you won't be crowded. But you will hold pace better, while others will slow WAYYYY down. Go real easy on that foot. Healing that up as much as possible may pay better dividends than getting in a few more miles in the next couple weeks.

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