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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
Wed, Jun 12, 2013
Total Distance
2.00

2 progressive TM miles. 2 measly miniscule miles seems like such a waste. I guess I will be grateful for the 2 measly miles as there are plenty on the blog who currently are unable to even run 2 miles. I am grateful for my health (knock on wood). Last physical effort before Saturday, so I hopped on the TM at the Y to be as hot as possible and to make it as hard as possible. Started at 6.5 mph with 2.5% incline, at one mile bumped up to 4% and 7.0 mph, and at 1.5 miles I bumped it to 5% incline. That produced a nice amount of sweat for a short workout. It rained a good amount on the course last night and more is expected before Saturday so I will likely be running a bit of a bog especially the first 14 miles. Hopefully not, but the temps are supposed to be in the mid to high 70s which is much better than before and after the race.

I'll post a report on Sunday as we'll be camping in the Bighorns on Saturday night (but a friend will let me shower in their hotel room after the race, thank goodness).

Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 14:18:33 from 161.38.221.168

good luck this weekend, russ. excited to hear about your adventure.

From Russ on Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 06:52:40 from 74.114.3.253

thanks allie! good luck on your 5K saturday.

From Kam on Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 18:22:12 from 68.66.163.179

yeah, man. I can't wait to hear how things go. I'm sure you'll have a much different experience than you did last year, both in terms of conditions and your fitness.

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