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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
Mon, Apr 08, 2013
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles in a couple inches of crunchy, frozen snow. 22F with wind chill of 11F. No wonder it felt so cold! I thought it was a bit warmer than that when I headed out. Wasn't bad, actually, but much different than Saturday's shirt sleeves weather. Followed my legs, and the pace was fairly pedestrian. Wore my Salomon's again as I added another layer of insoles and that seemed to make the difference. They're too wide for my feet so I've got a nice blister on my right foot, but I didn't feel the blister grow today. Will try the same combination on longer runs this week as I'm planning on wearing these shoes on the 50K.

AP: 8:46

Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kam on Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 10:01:40 from 68.66.163.179

It doesn't sound like you are loving those shoes...

From Russ on Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 10:15:25 from 74.114.3.253

Kam, I love the structure of the shoes, but it's not a good fit for my foot. I love that I can barely feel the gravel underneath my feet and I feel very stable on unstable ground, but my foot is very narrow and this shoe is not. My shoe store is working with me, which is great, and they gave me a new insole. I hacked it up while trying to get it to fit, so got the idea of using another insole and placing it underneath the original. Seems to have done the trick. I didn't feel my forefoot or ankle moving around today. Hopefully this pair won't give me any more troubles as I like everything about it except the fit.

From Bam on Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 14:12:29 from 89.126.28.24

Russ' feet, Salomon shoes; square peg, round hole:-)

From Russ on Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 14:14:19 from 74.114.3.253

Very accurate Bam! I think unfortunately that's a true statement.

From I Just Run on Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 08:40:14 from 67.79.11.242

I still have the insoles of my first running shoes I bought about three years ago. They were Nike's. The insole is a hard foam that doesn't seem to wear out. I've now put them in two other pair of shoes. My favorite is my Saucony Cortana's with the old Nike insole :-)

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