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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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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, Aug 13, 2012
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles at 11 am in 75 degree temps. Plenty hot, and a good part of my heat strategy. My legs felt pretty tight after Saturday's 20 but they loosened up after a mile, then I found some speed. I wasn't planning on running marathon pace but I did and faster than MP the last 2. It felt good. I think I need more faster paces like this more frequently. 

AP: 7:56. Splits 8:36, 8:01, 8:00, 7:44, 7:18. 

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kam on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:58:01 from 68.66.163.179

If the pace feels good, go for it. It's easy to do the same run over and over, and not get much improvement benefit, just maintaining. But don't go crazy and get yourself injured, either.

From Russ on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 13:47:12 from 74.114.3.253

I was thinking about injury as I sprinted down a hill just to see how fast I could go. The garmin says 4:14 pace but not sure that's true. That was stoopid though as I could picture hamstrings and achilles popping as I booked it for 30 meters. I am noticing I need to do more fast stuff, and it helps to change up where I run. When I only run from my house I'm very limited, but in town there's lots of options.

How's your fast marathon training going? Are you shooting for a sub 3 starting at 8500 feet?

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