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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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29.29
Red Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11 Miles: 8.29Pushups Miles: 80.00New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 21.00
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I slept poorly again last night (so weird - I sleep great all the time, but the last two Sunday nights I've slept awfully) so I slept in and headed to the Y at 11:30 for 6 TM miles. All the TM were full, mostly by walkers. Hmph. Really? Go walk elsewhere peeps! I hop on an elliptical just to do something, and notice a TM just behind and to the right is almost done. Stupidly I don't go ask her - I wait for her to get off. Just as she's getting off I grab my stuff, hop off, turn around, and some girl swooped in and stole the TM. Argh. I gave her a bit of the evil eye, got back on the elliptical, surveyed the other 11 TMs and decided they weren't going anywhere soon. Headed downstairs where 3 other TMs are holed up in a private area but they were all full. Hmph. Since Boot Camp now started in 20 minutes, I went to the indoor track (17 laps = 1 mile) and ran faster than normal to blow off some steam before BC - I think I got 1.5 miles during, probably another 1/2 during class. Wow, this was a killer class. My triceps got hit so hard I was unable to do more reps at a few stations, and my legs are wobbly from all the leg work. I judge my workouts based on the bandanna sweat level, and this was a dripper: sweat was dripping off the back of the bandanna, where it ties together. I'll be feeling this one all week, but I think I'll sleep great tonight.

Red Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11 Miles: 2.00Pushups Miles: 30.00
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Total Distance
6.29

6 TM miles, well at least I think so. Some bonehead tripped over the cord at around 2 miles and unplugged me. Maybe it was more than 2? I have no idea - hadn't been paying that much attention. The Y recently added TM to the workout room so that caused everything to shift and now my favorite row (the one with a fan on the wall) has the power cords exposed. It's happened twice now. Grrr. I complained downstairs and hopefully they'll fix it. Anyhow, that was annoying. Ran at 2% incline the whole way, the first few miles at 6.7 (after a short 5.5 warm up) and the next couple at 7.6, then the last half mile in the 8s and higher.

1X60 plank, 25 pushups. 

Red Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11 Miles: 6.29Pushups Miles: 25.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 frosty miles this morning. Slept in a bit so couldn't go the full 6. My legs were very tight - Boot Camp on Monday really beat up my hammies and gluts so they felt a bit leaden. Powered through and finished fairly strong on the downhill.

BTW, went to the Dr. last week for my groin/adductor problem. He did an x-ray just to be sure, but it was "unremarkable" so he put me on Prednisone for a week to see if it's more muscular/inflammation and it appears to be working as it's not been nearly as tight when I start running, and I don't feel the twinge as often. It still hurts when I cough or sneeze, but not as bad as before. Not sure what my next steps are. I think he wants to do a CT scan or MRI next but the pain hasn't been bad enough to warrant an expense like that. Any thoughts?

AP: 8:33 

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 5.00
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Went cross-country skiing with my wife and 13 YO son, who both had the day off so I took a PTO day to accompany them. Had a good time but my son isn't over a sickness he's had for the last month so we called it a day early and took him to the Dr. Also went and test drove a Toyota Tundra full size to replace my Chevy Silverado. Man, it was nice. A bit too rich for my blood so I'll buy some new tires, fix a few things on my Chevy, and save some dough before buying a new one. 

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6.00

6 miles in mid 30s this morning with some light snow. Very nice. Did some easy cross-country skiing yesterday with my wife and son so the legs were fresh. They're still sore from Monday's beat down at Boot Camp but I could tell they were feeling better. On the way back I pushed it the last 2 miles especially, and kept my splits under 7. The last 1/2 mile I was gulping air, but was also at a 6:30 pace which is way faster than I normally can run. I'm hopeful that my next 5K race, whenever that might happen, I can post a sub 7 race. That would be cool.

Oddly, I couldn't get to my running blog last night or all day today until just now. Went into Crockett's blog and it opened then logged in from there. Don't know if something was wrong, but I need to donate $ or something to support the site as I was missing it all day! (Heard back from Sasha that the site did go down & he's been hard at work to get it up & running. Thanks! Donate $10 by clicking the PayPal button below.)

AP: 7:55

Splits: 9:16, 8:26, 9:08 (stopped to take out rocks in shoes), 7:18, 6:48, 6:34.

Pushups Miles: 25.00New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 mile loop. I ran faster today than normal on my long runs and it felt good. It helped that yesterday I ended fast, so picking back up today felt normal. After the first mile it's downhill for the next 3 and I kept being surprised at how fast the watch said I was going - mid 7's. I kept it up till I hit the bottom of the hill, then I was surprised that even on a steady up I was right around 8:04 until the steep uphill started. In a marathon I want to do right around 8:00 so that's encouraging. Good run today, 

AP: 8:18 (a few miles of good uphill and a 2:15 walking break). Splits 8:56, 7:30, 7:37, 7:30, 8:57, 9:23, 9:34, 8:41, 7:38, 7:13. 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/150505562 

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 10.00
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Total Distance
29.29
Red Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11 Miles: 8.29Pushups Miles: 80.00New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 21.00
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