Training in Montana

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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, Nov 26, 2012

Total Distance

2.50

2.5 on the treadmill at lunch. My left achilles started hurting when I bumped up the mill to 7.5 mph, so I backed down to 6.5 for a short while then ended it. The tendon isn't hurting when I don't run, and as I didn't run since Thursday I forgot to nurse it. Need to nurse it back to health.

I've decided to heal my heel so I'll stop running for 7 days and then test it out. If it hurts, I'll go 7 more. My achilles didn't start hurting until I did speed work. Drat that speed work!

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 2.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 22:00:37 from 71.213.51.40

you are a smart man -- don't mess with the achilles.

hope it heals quickly.

From Russ on Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 08:41:54 from 74.114.3.253

thanks allie! hopefully this goes away soon. i do love the guessing game of running: what new thing will hurt next?

From Kam on Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 09:32:55 from 68.66.163.179

Speed work is for races. Sorry about the injury bug. On the bright side, week 12 NFL action should keep you entertained. You've made so much progress in the last year, Russ. I was reading your Thanksgiving race report, then read over all of them, and the times are definitely trending steeply down. Great job.

From Russ on Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:30:51 from 74.114.3.253

Thanks Kam. I keep hearing how speed work can injure people, especially us old folks, and now I believe it. I like your mantra: speed work is for races. BTW, this week of no running has sucked. Need some endorphins! And thanks for the review of my races. I am excited about my time trend.

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