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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
Total Distance
8.00

Very windy outside this morning, so home TM for my Friday marathon pace workout. 1 mile warmup at 10:00 pace for 1/2 mile, then 8:35 for 1/2, and 1% incline for the entire run. 7 miles at 8.1 mph/7:24 pace. I don't know if it was the Yasso workout or only 1% incline or having done a few pace workouts now or my home TM is slower than at the Y, but this one was so much easier than previous. It also helped that I was able to watch a Jackie Chan movie (Twin Dragons) while running. It completely took my mind off the difficult-ish pace and let me just run without thinking about it. Major sweat fest. Great workout.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Christie on Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 09:43:15 from 74.213.202.246

Nice job Russ! Every MP specific workout you've done so far you have nailed. So... are you planning on envisioning yourself as the conductor or mechanic twin as you race through the streets of Salt Lake? :)

From Russ on Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:09:43 from 74.114.3.253

Christie, I am so so sad that you know the details of that movie! Hahahaha. What a cheese fest, but any Jackie Chan movie is awesome regardless of how stupid or impluasible the plot. I think I'll envision myself as both brothers. The mechanic to get started, the conductor as I flow along in my groove, and the mechanic again to hold it together and fight strong when the going gets tough. Too funny.

And thanks for the kudos. I'm feeling really good about my goal time of a 7:22 pace (I think it's a realistic goal for me) and I already feel so much better prepared to hit a goal pace than I did even at the starting line of Des News last year, when I thought I was prepared.

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