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

Fri, Jan 17, 2014

Total Distance

7.00

7 miles outside in the gorgeous moonlight. Clear skies and a full moon on the Western horizon meant that I didn't use my headlamp. What a beautiful way to start the day. Temps 30F with 10-15 mph WSW wind, which wasn't too bad. Legs felt good after a day of rest. My watch needs a new battery (which I have but I need some time to do it as it's not a simple fix) so I used an app on my phone to track speed and distance. This was great because I couldn't see the pace as I ran, but every mile the computer voice would interrupt what I was listening to and tell me overall time and pace of last mile. It's an out & back, up then down course, so on the up I was approx 9:28, 8:38, 8:15, then on the down 7:22, 7:18, 7:03. Those paces didn't feel difficult and best of all I didn't know what pace I was running and I hit my targets. AP: 8:06.

Brooks ASR 9 Miles: 7.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kam on Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:02:40 from 68.66.163.179

You are all dialed in on paces. You have run enough miles now (5000ish?) that you can feel your paces.

From Russ on Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:10:43 from 74.114.3.253

Kam, you've got scary prescient math. I'm not sure of exact mileage in 2010, but my best guesstimate means I just crossed the 5000 mile threshold last week. I'm getting better about feeling the pace, but sometimes I'm off by a long shot. Not looking at the pace during the mile helps a lot, but if I'm wearing a watch that's hard for me to do. Maybe I'll ditch the watch for a while and just use the phone. That should help with the pace learning.

From Christie on Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 17:40:36 from 74.213.202.246

Russ! I am super glad the wind was calm today for you... only 15mph :):) Your training is coming right along!

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