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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
24.25
New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 7.00Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.00

9 days after the race I finally felt like running again, although it was more "sort of" felt like it than it was being excited about it. My legs are still a bit shot from the downhill. It was so warm this morning - 72 degrees when I got back at 7 am. This is so odd for us to have warm morning temps. I headed out with no goals in mind, other than no walking. It's not that walking is bad, but I knew I could do a measly 4 miles and I did. My quads aren't hurting by any means, but I can feel them. They are still a bit mushy and not ready for big miles. Not sure what I'll do tomorrow, but not more than 6.

AP: 8:28 

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.00

Got to bed late so had a rough time waking up. Was going to do 4, but 3 is awfully close and it was a nice little workout. My legs felt good and I was going much faster towards the end of the first mile than I normally do, and after that I was in the 7:30s going uphill, which is a great time for me. I pushed it a little bit to the turnaround point and beyond, hitting low 7s. Just before 1/2 mile to go I heard my legs screaming a bit so I slowed quite a bit and coasted in the rest of the way. It was nice to have some legs back and I'm looking forward to trying some faster paces in the next few weeks as I prep for a 10K on July 21st. Last week I bought me some really lightweight shoes (5.5 ounces) for some speedwork sessions and for 5Ks and 10Ks. I haven't tried them out yet as I live on a gravel road and I don't even want to attempt to run in them on gravel. My kids think they're pretty cool though, which is something I rarely hear from them.

AP: 8:05 (9:07, 7:35, 7:37)

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
6.00

Well, I took BAM's advice for one day anyhow. Last night as I was at the store I bought me a new bag of Skittles Jelly Beans as I like to use them on my long runs. At $1.88 per bag they last me for weeks of long runs and work just as well as anything else and taste great. It got me excited to go do a long run. On the drive home I thought that in the morning I'd go on a nice 10 mile run as that's been my traditional fare the past number of Wednesdays. I realized 10 is a bit foolish on legs that 10 days ago ran an ultra, so then I thought 8. And not just any 8, but the 8 up my gnarly hill. I set the alarm for 5:45 but didn't get to bed until after 11:30 so I didn't know if that would happen. At 5:44 my wife took our bandit daughter back to her own bed (how does she sneak in?) and I promptly turned off my alarm as I was not ready to face the day. Finally rolled out sometime after 6, hit the knees for my morning prayer, and after mumbling a few words of gratitude (not very effective at the time) I stayed kneeling and found a pillow on the ground for a few minutes of more rest. I finally got out the door 20 minutes later and only had time for 6 miles, so that's what I did. Still went the same way as my monster hill, but I only hit two mini hills going that way and turned around just at the mouth of the monster. I'll be back.

AP: 8:32 

Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
11.25

Thursday was a planned rest day and Friday I just couldn't wake up and didn't have time for a workout after that. Phooey. Today I did my first real track workout ever - 8X400M with 400M jog in between. Woke up a bit late once again before having to take my boy to a one day football camp, but I did get in 4 miles at a nice pace (9:25, 8:24, 7:54, 8:04) AP 8:26. I didn't want to push it too hard. Took my 11 yr old to camp and my 8 yr old and I went for a 1 mile jog. Then measured off 55M and had him sprint it - he lasted 4 times. I wanted to get in my track workout so drove to a different track and I did my workout while my 8 yr old figured out how to do the long jump. He wants to do it in the upcoming state games. My paces: 1:27, 1:30, 1:35, 1:35, 1:29, 1:30, 1:28, 1:29. I was shooting for 1:30 and it's tough when you're not used to the track! I lost focus on #3 and 4 but then got it back and got more into a rhythm. Got home and my legs were a bit tight so I jogged 2 more miles to loosen them up & it worked well.

I wore my new XC Nike shoes that I got to run 5K and 10K races. Not sure if they'll work or not, but they were $40. They only weigh 5.5 oz so I'm hoping my feet will like them. My right foot was hurting afterwards and most of the day but not too badly so hopefully. My right posterior calf is hurting as it sometimes does after long runs. I must not have been paying attention to my foot form as that normally cures that problem.

Overall, I feel like it was a good workout and I look forward to more of these as I prep for a 10K in 3 weeks (my fourth one but first one in 7 years) and my September marathon. I'm reading McMillan's training philosophy and I definitely need these workouts to get my fast twitch muscles engaged and also to train my body & brain that I can actually run fast. It's hard to switch gears from the Ultra training I just did of long and slow to faster and longer. We'll see how this experiment goes.

Last thoughts (long post today) are that stretching out the miles over a long morning was awesome. I might give thought to trying a double workout once or twice a week to boost my mileage without killing myself. I didn't feel near as tired as I expected I might after doing 11 miles 2 weeks after my race. 

Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
24.25
New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 7.00Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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