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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
Tue, Oct 09, 2012
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles today at lunch. 42-47 degrees. Really nice. I was worried I'd be cold but by the end the sleeves were rolled up to the elbows, the gloves were off, and the headband was full of sweat. Nice run. At the turnaround I ran 1/2 mile at 6:30 pace, which is my goal for the Turkey Trot 5K. I just found out we'll be staying in Billings for Thanksgiving so I can run this race. I haven't done a 5K since early last year so I'm excited to create a new PR.

AP: 8:14 

I was just looking at my overall mileage for 2010-2012 and noticed an interesting trend for me. My long runs are becoming a smaller percentage of my overall total mileage, and my injury rate seems to be improving. No small coincidence. In 2010, long runs as a percentage of the total were 48% (362/756); 2011 they were 39% (504/1280); so far in 2012 they are 36% (417/1157). I need to keep that trend going. From what I've read, long runs for us pedestrian runners should be in the 30% range of our overall weekly total. Some weeks that's different based on life, but much easier to see as an annual total. I need to boost my during-the-week miles so that my long runs are in that 30% range. 

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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