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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
Sat, Sep 10, 2011
Total Distance
20.82

My most amibitious and perhaps crazy run to date. We had a Fathers/Sons/Scout campout last night and this morning so that threw out my normal early morning run and I planned to run at night. It's been unseasonably warm - at 6:30 it was still 83 - so I waited until dusk. I don't have a good reflective top yet (plan to buy one but haven't) so I cut up a Harbor Freight one and fashioned it around my waist under my water belt. It worked alright. I had two blinking red lights on back, one blinking green one in front and a headlamp. I felt okay. Headed out just after 8 and drove down to the local gas station as I could buy stuff when I finished. Headed towards the river first for a little warm up, then went up the hill towards my house. My plan was to run up, up, and up, something I'd never done before. It worked pretty well, although it fried my legs and my downhill speeds were much more sluggish than I thought they would be. After about 6 total miles I hit dirt road and realized that with the full moon out I could see better without my headlamp so I turned it off for the rest of the run, except for when cars came and I only saw 3 cars after that. Love rural Billings where I live. Running at night was very interesting. Loved the full moon - loved running without a light. It was tough not being able to just glance at my watch to see my speed and distance, but that wasn't too big a deal. The last 5 miles were really tough. I nearly ended early and ran home which would have cut it short by 2 miles, but I decided against it. Glad I did. I was happy to see I had some toughness/stubbornness in me. Not sure how smart I am, but when I get an idea stuck in my head it's tough to get it out.

Overall thoughts at 12:38 am: hmmm....not sure yet. It was a bit crazy to do such a long run at night, but it was nice being able to run with nobody around. I don't know that I'll do this much more as I really prefer morning runs, but glad to see it's an option to fall back on.

AP: 9:20. Gained 1576 feet elevation, burned 2810 calories. Sleeping this off will be weird. I think I'll be pretty stiff and hungry in the morning.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/113400601

Red Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11 Miles: 20.82
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 10:42:30 from 24.10.191.18

nice run! a late night run in the moonlight sounds like fun. good job on finishing it out -- stubbornness can be a good quality for runners to have (sometimes)...

eat a big breakfast this morning.

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