Training in Montana

May 02, 2024

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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

Thu, May 30, 2013

Total Distance

8.00

8 rainy, windy, and muddy miles. Not the trifecta I was hoping for. Ugh. The wind more than anything just sapped my strength and made it tough to keep going. I was more prepared for the rain today, with a hat and arm warmers, but the wind was just annoying enough to make it not-quite-miserable-but-just-about. Okay, that's a bit of a whiny stretch but still...

AP: 8:25. Scalding hot shower felt great. Not that I was frozen, but it still felt great.

P.S. I broke 200 miles for the month, which is a first and is 22 miles more than any previous month, and I plan on doing 10 miles tomorrow. I'm hoping May will catapult me to a good season of races.

Vasque Trail Runner Miles: 8.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From I Just Run on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 14:03:03 from 67.79.11.242

Nice running Russ!

BTW...do you wear trail running shoes when you run on the gravel roads?

From Russ on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 14:43:25 from 74.114.3.253

Thanks IJR. Lately I've worn a trail shoe on most of my runs, but mainly as I'm getting ready for the 50K trail run so want to run in the same shoes. I run on dirt or gravel roads 90% or more of the time and my footwear choice just depends. I've been successful in my road shoe on gravel for lots of miles as well, and didn't own a trail shoe until last year. I'd say I've put over 1000 miles on gravel in a road shoe, maybe more. I prefer a trail shoe on gravel as it does seem to give more protection from sharp rocks underfoot.

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