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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
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Cascadia Green/orange Lifetime Miles: 223.00
Total Distance
26.75
Cascadia 12 Miles: 21.75Adrenaline 18 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 165.53
Total Distance
6.00

6 nice and easy miles from home at 9 am. Nice weather (for MT), and a good return after a 2 day break.

Cascadia 12 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 165.40
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles from home with a stiff breeze which made it much colder than it should have been. New mittens were nice but backs of hands  cold 🥶 from the wind. Hopefully ready for a Turkey Day PR. 

Cascadia 12 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 165.30
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Total Distance
1.75

Short run to stretch the legs. 

Cascadia 12 Miles: 1.75
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Run Turkey Run (3.107 Miles) 00:20:38, Place overall: 30, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
5.00

Annual Thanksgiving Day run in Billings - my favorite 5K anywhere, as it's fully flat through downtown Billings. I missed my PR, and might have had a chance to hit it if I had started at the front. A couple things went wrong: 1) I forgot to put on my race bib, and the gun went off as I was jogging back to the start line. I was about 90 seconds behind the leaders and weaved through the crowd the first 1/2 mile, which slowed me down significantly. The good news is I was never passed during the race. The bad news is I likely lost 30 seconds and more, as I also added some distance by weaving. 2) I forgot to start my watch at the start line, so I never knew my exact time - that threw me off.

No need for me to recap the race, as overall I just wasn't feeling a PR. In looking back, maybe I could have gotten one, but I don't know. The 5k is mental and I'm more of a long distance guy. I did finish 30th out of 2000 people, but most were walkers and joggers. The mile is an easy race - I liked that. Didn't come close to my 5:48 from 5 years ago, but still fast enough for 8th and 1st in Masters. Sadly, it's no longer the RRCA Montana Mile championship - I was hoping for a 3 time win in the Masters category! :) 

Adrenaline 18 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 slow miles this morning from home with sore muscles. Nothing too special, weather wasn't warm, but wasn't horrible. 

Cascadia 12 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 165.90
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Total Distance
2.00

Planning for 10 this morning, but I wasn't feeling it and knew it after 1/2 mile, so I cut it short at 1 and turned around. After getting home walked 3 miles with my wife down our country road. Love where we live. 

Cascadia 12 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
26.75
Cascadia 12 Miles: 21.75Adrenaline 18 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 165.53
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