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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
Fri, Jan 03, 2014
Total Distance
7.00

1 warmup mile at 10 minute pace, then 6 marathon pace miles at 7:24 pace, on the TM. First 3 miles at 2% incline, and in the MP miles I was struggling but not as badly as a couple weeks ago. I wanted to make it the full 6 miles without dying, so after my 2nd pace mile I dropped the incline to 1%, went 2 more miles, and dropped the incline to 0% the last 2 miles. I felt like I could have continued at that pace for a long time, so I'm really excited about this run!

I also feel pretty stupid about "trying for a BQ" last summer when I had hardly put in any pace miles. I thought about it and would do a couple here and there but nothing tough like today's workout, and I'm early into the training cycle. I have 8 more pace mile sessions, up to 10 miles, and I can already see how beneficial these will be. I still don't know if I really have a 3:14:59 in me just yet but this is giving me the best chance to date. I love the fitness gains I've seen in me the past 4 years. I love to run.

Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Christie on Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 10:39:22 from 74.213.202.246

This should be a huge confidence boost for you Russ! I'm excited for you :)

From Russ on Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 23:38:29 from 24.72.194.88

Thanks Christie! It was a huge boost for me.

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