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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
36.00
Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 10.00Brooks ASR 9 Miles: 26.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles this morning as my training plan calls for 4 every Monday. I'm totally okay with that. Perfect weather. No watch, solid effort.

My weekend was a bit of a disaster on the home front. After traveling home from Texas on Thursday via an early-morning flight I ran 10 on Friday then 20 on Saturday. I was beat. Exhausted. Knackered. We didn't have many plans on Saturday so I did very little. Caught a short nap but not much. Sunday I got up at 7:30 and got the kids ready and we did our 3 hours of church and I was beat. Didn't help that it was Fast Sunday and I decided to fast. Probably shouldn't have after doing 20, but I felt up to the challenge. I was not in a horrible mood but not chipper either. After dinner I slept for an hour or so, and as we had nothing going on I vegetated the rest of the day then was asleep before 10:30. Not a positive day for a wife who isn't 100% supportive of my running habit, especially when I'm a slug because of a long run. Thankfully this week is a step-back week, and hopefully this big mileage weekend built up immunities so my future big weekends won't have as much of an impact on my body. This morning I feel great.

Noon: Boot Camp. I thought it would royally kick my butt after the long weekend, but I guess I rested enough as I felt pretty darn good. The exercises suited me also, as we ran in between each set of exercises. At the very end I had 15 seconds to sprint around the 1/17th mile indoor track, and I was pretty tired but the thought popped in my brain "BQ finish" and I sprinted the last 75 yards or so, finishing strong. I may have looked a fool rounding those sharp corners but I felt fantastic. 3:14:59....

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles in my new Brooks ASR 9 trail shoes. A good run, another banner morning. I love these cloudless mornings with the Eastern sky filling with reddish orange light until the sun breaks through to crown the day. Gorgeous. My legs felt quite sluggish from Boot Camp yesterday, but about mile 4 they started to wake up so the return trip went much quicker. Yes, it's down hill, but the legs were moving. Last 3 miles 7:14, 7:09, 7:14. I need to mix in more BQ tempo miles on my Saturday long runs, and now that I've got a couple 18+ under my belt I think I can do that. Only 10 this weekend, but next weeks are 22, 22, 24, so those should be perfect for getting in 8-10 miles of solid BQ miles.

I'm stoked about my shoes. I bought the Salomons wanting a stiffer trail shoe than the Brooks, but they didn't fit me right and gave me blisters with the second run. I called their customer service line and they had me send in pictures of my foot and the shoes and they warranteed them. I forwarded that e-mail to my local shoe store and they had me bring them back in and gave me credit for the shoes. I got the Brooks plus some sweet merino wool socks. I wore them both today and they felt great. Yeeha. I didn't want to waste $120 on shoes I can't wear and I'm glad I was taken care of.

AP: 8:07

Brooks ASR 9 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles on very sore legs, so I'll take it. No fast paces today but slow & steady wins the race. Or so I've been led to believe. It's unbelievable how sore my calves are from 2 minutes of calf raises on Monday. We did 1 set of normal raises + pulsing, 1 set of toes in + pulsing, 1 set of toes out + pulsing. And I don't recall the last time my calves felt this way. Glad I have my Bam-proof calf sleeves or I'd really be hurting.

AP: 8:32

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(11)
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles this fine morning. It was a tough run. Not sure exactly why my legs are so tired after a step-back week and taking a day off yesterday, but I guess it all points to my Monday Boot Camp workout. Weird that it's still affecting me on Friday but that's my best guess.

Today I decided to go up my Veyo hill as I'll take a different route tomorrow. It was tough to do it. I really wanted to walk but knew I couldn't let myself walk so I just kept going. Slowly made it up the hill (not as slow as my mind thought I was going but slower than I should be running for a step back week after a day of rest) and chugged to 4 miles + then turned around. Got the pace up going downhill, of course, then kept it up fairly solidly. 3/4 of a mile later I hit a short nasty hill and I was worried it would do me in but I actually felt pretty good going up it and fought until the top. Just past the top is my 2 miles to go mark, and I determined to go with some MP miles. Hit mile 7 in 7:24 and mile 8 in 7:01. Happy with that.

AP: 8:11

Brooks ASR 9 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.00

 Found a new place to run today and I don't know why I've never been here  before. A great trail that's  right near downtown.  I only had 1:30 to  run ten and pick up my son from a birthday party and this turned out  perfect.  Had some good paces in the middle and last two miles sub 7s  so very happy. Also  this was a 3  pm run on a warm day so good heat training.

Paces: 8:27, 9:46 (pee break), 9:14 (uphill), 10:09 (tightened shoes), 8:15 8:03 7:44 8:14 6:49 6:44. AP 8:20 Total time 1:23:24

Brooks ASR 9 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
36.00
Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 10.00Brooks ASR 9 Miles: 26.00
Weight: 0.00
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