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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
Mon, Oct 14, 2013
Total Distance
4.00

4 TM miles at the Y. I went way too long without running solid distances, and now I need to build back up. After 8 on Saturday night, these 4 were way harder than they should've been. Finished with .25 at 6:30 pace, so at least there was that.

My left achilles is more sore as I've been running more. Last night I started doing the stair dips that Jake prescribed in early spring. I should've been doing them ever since it started hurting. I'm going to start doing more calf stretches after my workouts as I think that tight calves are the main factor with both my achilles and plantar fasciitis. I gave up stretching a while ago and I guess my experiment worked for a couple years, but now I'm a bit older and the niggles are abounding.

Noon: Boot Camp. I wasn't going to do it, but I love the feeling of sore muscles that I get every time I go. My legs weren't feeling it before going, so thankfully there wasn't much leg work today. Lots of arms and shoulders with some cardio as well. Great session. Our leader is a former Arena League QB for our local team for 5-6 years, who now works at our Y. He was a lot of fun to watch as QB, and by the exercises he put us through I understand where he got his edge.

Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Christie on Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 18:31:16 from 66.111.126.9

I am a pretty big fan of icing.. I do it almost every day. Might be worth a shot to try out for a week or so?

From I Just Run on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 08:36:15 from 67.79.11.242

It's amazing how quickly we loose running fitness. :-(

About the Boot Camp....you're sick!

From Russ on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 09:07:41 from 74.114.3.253

Christie, that's a great point. In the beginning of my running days I was really good about icing, but what I iced hurt a lot and reminded me frequently that I was in pain. These injuries aren't bad enough to remind me and my memory is horrible. I need to ice, though, so thanks for the reminder!

IJR, I think you would be a Boot Camp fiend if you attended. It's a competitive atmosphere and is fun to see how far my body can go.

From Christie on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 18:48:25 from 74.213.202.246

Don't wait for it to hurt. PREVENTION Russ! :)

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