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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
9.80
Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 6.00New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 3.80
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 tough miles today, uphill and in a headwind. I guess I didn't get all the rest I needed this weekend as my legs were pretty beat, yet I barely ran last week. I've had a lot going on. I need to find a long race and put together a training plan to boost my motivation. It is sorely lacking.

AP: 8:46 

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
3.80

I woke up at 5:55 this morning, 5 minutes before my alarm, took care of my ritual POP business and normally at this time I change into my running gear. Today I looked outside at the dark, glanced at the 45 degrees temp on my weather app, looked again at the dark, again at the weather app, and said screw it. I put on a shirt, put on my robe and slippers and went to the living room. Read scriptures for 15 minutes then bundled up under a blanket and slept until the family awoke.

At lunchtime I only had an hour in between meetings so I checked out the 5K schedule that I have but haven't been using, and it had me doing 6 X 400 yesterday. Good enough for me! Headed to the YMCA, quickly changed, and jogged the 3/4 of a mile to the high school track. I left my Garmin at home and only had my phone on me for timing, and I wasn't going to carry that, so I ditched the phone at the track and ran by feel. It felt good! No idea of time, but if I had to guess I was in some wide swing between 6:00 and 7:00 paces throughout. I'm glad I didn't have the watch as the last few laps were into a 40 mph headwind and my times slowed significantly. Effort increased but my legs were not moving as quick. It was really cool running into a mass of blowing leaves, though. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" was running through my mind. Incidentally, I walked/jogged 200 between each lap. 

After finishing my 6 I jogged back to the Y, changed, and made it back for my 1 pm meeting.

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 3.80
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
0.00

Heading out today for hunting camp. Will chase elk until Tuesday, hopefully be successful, and come back ready to tackle running again!

Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
9.80
Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 6.00New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 3.80
Weight: 0.00
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