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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, May 23, 2012
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles on tired legs. Haven't been getting enough sleep lately and not sure when I'll remedy that as this end-of-school-year thing has lots of meetings and events. I stopped to walk a bit between miles 2 & 3 then was pretty good the rest of the way. I think the lack of sleep more than anything has me looking forward to a) Thursdays (mid week rest day) and b) The Race. I think I'll take it a little easier for a while before my September marathon. Maybe 50 mile weeks are a bit much for me. Hopefully with time I'll get used to them.

AP: 8:31 

New Red Brooks Adr GT 11 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kam on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:10:03 from 68.66.163.179

50 mile weeks are tough. I think the time it takes to run that many miles is a big part of the challenge. It's an extra run, or two per week, and extra time on the runs.

What are you aiming for in Sep? the 3:35 at TOU? Your base is solid, Russ. After bighorn and 2-3 easy, recovery weeks, you should look at adding weekly tempo miles and/or other speed-type workouts.

From Russ on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 14:03:10 from 74.114.3.253

In September I'm doing the "Montana" Marathon here in Billings. I'd love to travel and do the Ogden canyon one but not this year. My goal will be 3:35, and even faster if possible. And you're right - I need speed work after I get done training for Bighorn. I'll use a Hal plan. For SGM I did Intermediate 1. Should I use the same or go for Intermediate 2 or Advanced 1 or some other plan?

From Kam on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 14:09:31 from 68.66.163.179

email me a copy of the plans. I think you are ready, Russ. You've got the base now to add some speed. You've taken a gradual approach, dealt with some injuries here and there, but now you are ready to take it up a notch. I'm excited for you. 3:30 is pretty much 8mm pace. I know that's getting to be a comfortable pace for you. I'm discovering I need to train for 5-10 minutes under the goal time I want to achieve. You may consider that as well.

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