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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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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
26.00
Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 26.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 TM miles at the Y this morning, 1% incline which is a huge improvement over a month or two ago when I couldn't stomach any incline. Didn't run too fast, but I also didn't stop which is growth. I feel like such a winner.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

Struggled to run 4 lunchtime TM miles at the Y.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
4.00

Again struggled but ran 4 morning TM miles at the Y. Not enough time lately to go past 4 miles, hopefully soon.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
5.50

Running is weird. I struggled the first 3 days of the week to run 4 miles, and today I thought about skipping the run as during a training cycle I have Thursday off. I decided that my short runs are helping my fitness return, so ran at lunch and it was simple. 7.1 mph at 1% incline for 3.5 or so, then bumped it to faster and finished running for a short while at a 10.9/5:30 pace. I couldn't sustain that speed for long, but if I were in a race I could have done 1/4 mile at that speed. Why? Last night I had T Bell - maybe my teenagers have been right all this time.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 5.50
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Total Distance
2.50

After yesterday's solid efforts my legs revolted this morning at the thought of running, so after a mile I upped the incline and walked. The last 1/2 mile at 15% incline and 3.5 mph which is a solid jaunt.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 2.50
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

How weird. I ran outside Saturday morning and I forgot all about it. It was so cold my eyelids froze together and somehow I don't remember doing that. What's up with my brain?

I headed out about 8 am, 13F with a slight wind so -2F windchill. I love my new Asics jacket I bought this past Spring. It has stretchy sleeves with thumb holes, a quilted insulated wind-proof front and back, and butt cover in the back. I don't know why I haven't been running outside more this year as it made the run nice. Obviously was covered up, wore a neck gaiter and breathed through it most of the time, with just a slit for my eyes. I wore a thin-ish quarter zip shirt I also got last Spring and it was a perfect pair.

So nice to be outside, and 6 miles wasn't a thing at all. The TM has me stopping every now and then and I never once felt a need to stop. I need to get out more often. Plus, eyelash icicles are pretty darn cool.

Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
26.00
Cascadia 10 Pt2 Miles: 26.00
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