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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
Wed, Oct 12, 2011
Total Distance
5.00

5 good miles this morning. Nearly didn't wake up early - turned off my 5:45 alarm as I'd gone to bed later than planned. Then my body woke me at 5:58 telling me to just get up and get on with it. I listened and obliged. 50 degrees with a 23 mph wind so I wore my lighter sunglasses. Amber colored lenses so not too hard to see through when dark with a headlamp, but helped when running directly into the wind, which was mostly on the way back. No watch or tunes as I'd left them both at work, so just listened to the crunch of the gravel underfoot and watched the glowing eyes stare back at me from the herd of deer. Beautiful full moon lit up most everything - nice run. Will do boot camp at noon.

Red Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Bam on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:36:48 from 86.40.11.169

Nice run, Russ. I think the amber lenses are perfect for those moonlit mornings when eyes peer out of the thicket at you, as you zip along the path with the crunch of gravel setting the rhythm of your run. Top stuff.

From Russ on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:20:55 from 74.114.3.253

If only I had your prose, Bam. Maybe I'll work on that tomorrow at my PA meeting (Procastinators Anonymous). There's usually nobody there until the next night, however.

From peg on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 18:59:33 from 98.202.166.82

Sounds like you are back in it! Nice!!

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