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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
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35.25
Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 35.25
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5.00

5 TM miles this morning at home. Legs weren't too tired or sore. Watched last night's episode of The Amazing Race. What a finish! I've never seen them all standing together on the mat at the end. I felt badly for the team that got kicked off. Teamwork and attention to details are tough when in the heat of battle.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 TM miles at home. I nearly didn't wake up to run these miles but rolled over and looked at the clock one more time and I had just enough time for 4 miles. They felt tougher than yesterday. I think it's a combo of not enough sleep and delayed DOMS (a double delay). I felt the same last week after 19 miles on Saturday. Sunday felt okay, Monday pretty good, but Tuesday felt a bit rougher. It doesn't help that I'm getting less than 7 hours of sleep. I think that's the major culprit.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
7.25

Yasso! 7x800 on the TM at home this morning. 9.3 mph, 6:30 pace for 3:15 Yasso splits. Good effort, I really like this workout. And I love the step back week.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 7.25
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Total Distance
7.00

6 pace miles this morning on the home TM. These miles were hard! Much, much harder than they should have been. I guess it's mostly attitude. I went into this run thinking it would be so easy, that I've worked really hard the past 11 weeks and the 6 previous pace runs I did prepared me for a simple one today. I guess Wednesday's workout was harder than I had thought. I warmed up for 1 mile at 10 minute pace then bumped to 7:19 pace. My legs were tired and a bit sore and I walked for 0.2 miles after 1.75 pace miles. I then wanted to walk again a few times but powered through with Jedi mind tricks. After 5 pace miles my legs woke up and the last mile was simpler. Hmmm.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
12.00

12 miles this morning...outside!!! It was fantastic to run in the out of doors and have to worry about pace. The temp said it was 35, but that's 600 ft above town and apparently there was an inversion as it was cold and everything was frozen solid with all the melting going on. I was dressed warm enough thankfully.

By the way, running apps on phones stink. Since my Garmin battery died I've used MapMyRun and now use Strava. The GPS abilities stink. The last couple times I've run regular routes and it's measured short. Today was bad. Mile 2 had me at a 6:52 pace while I was running about 8:30. Mile 8 was 3:52 pace. I am amazing, I know. Trying out for the Olympics soon. I still have 4 years eligibility at the college of my choice.... Going to replace my Garmin battery this week.

Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 12.00
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Total Distance
35.25
Brooks Ravenna 5 Miles: 35.25
Weight: 0.00
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