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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
37.65
New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 14.25Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 23.40
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.25

Couldn't wake up this morning so I ran at lunch time. Nice 51 degrees with 12 mph wind. Perfect for Boston - too bad it was in Montana. Too bad it wasn't so. I felt great on this run. My training plan says I need a longish recovery run the day after my long run, but I feel weird about training on Sunday so I didn't do it. I'm going to switch up my plan and do my "recovery" run on Fridays, the day before my long run. Not perfect but it will work. That being said, as I took yesterday off I was interested to see how my body felt after my first long run in a while. It felt great. I ended up pushing my speed faster than I should have but it was fun. I did feel something a few times in my left foot where it hurt before but it went away so hopefully no damage. I ran on the grass as much as I could, but that is probably only 1/2 mile each way. Rambling report but there you go.

AP: 8:00 

3X10 curls, tricep dips, chest. 3X20 PT exercises for my groin/lower abdominals. 

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles this morning. 48 degrees - pretty nice. Kept it nice and easy on the out, pushed the pace on the way back. At 1.5 miles out my lower back started cramping - weird. Never felt that. Must've been the weights from yesterday? Stopped to do a few stretches and it went away after a bit. Odd.

AP: 8:40. 

Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles this morning, 36 degrees. Ran the first mile with my 10 yr old son (10:38) out 1/2 mile & back home then turned around and did 5 more. Felt pretty good, especially with a warmup already done. Pushed the pace a bit and was laboring but it was a solid push.

AP: 8:43

My back was acting up all day yesterday. Had my wife dig into it pretty deep last night - should be bruises now. Feeling better. I guess I did too much with weights on Monday. Oops. 

Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

Did 10 miles this morning before work then headed straight to a meeting. I had to stand in the back of the room most of the time. Felt pretty good. Trying to fit in 16 tomorrow but I have a Boy Scout campout. We'll see.

AP: 8:42 

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
13.40

Did a nice long run this morning while on a Scout campout. We camped at a guy in our ward who has an awesome campout spot on his 20 acres that he allows any group to use - Scouts, family reunions, wards, etc. I'd never run from here before. Got up at 5:15 and got dressed and took off. It was raining on the tin roof of the cabin (my brother and I slept in the small 1 room cabin while the boys slept in tents) and I was worried about getting soaked as I didn't have any rain gear. I went for it and it turned out great. I got rained on a bit in my 2 hour run but not much. I also had forgotten a bandanna for a headband but I made it.

We were on the Crow Indian Reservation so I was a little worried about running on back roads as I didn't know how people would be. Thankfully it was early enough that nobody was awake. I got some beautiful views today running in the shadows of the Pryor Mountains. Gorgeous. Low clouds, slight rain, entire valley was misty, so the orange/pink hues of the early sunrise diffused across the valley. It was amazing. Most of the roads were great with enough gravel to not pile mud on the shoes but the last 4-5 miles I stopped for lots of mud removal. I didn't stop my watch enough today so my AP is much lower than it truly was, but regardless a good run.

AP: 9:45 

Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 13.40
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
37.65
New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 14.25Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 23.40
Weight: 0.00
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