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April 29, 2024

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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
Total Distance
6.00

Got me some new shoes last night, the Brooks Adrenaline 12. My foot's narrow and Brooks makes narrow in one color each year, and this year it's blue. It's a pity as they've got some great colors in the Adrenaline. Oh well. The shoes felt great this morning.

The schedule called for a 6 mile marathon pace run and as I'm just getting back to feeling well I wasn't sure if I'd actually be able to do that. I also ran on my normal 6 mile course which is an up on the way out and a down on the way back; not exactly the best marathon simulator. At 1/2 mile I wasn't feeling up to it, but just a bit later I noticed my paces up hill were much faster than normal (8:30) so I figured there was a chance. I pushed it in the spots where I could, backed off on the tough ups, and I got my marathon pace goal. I think I can do this next month. I think I can hold an 8:00 pace and get a 3:30 time. I'm going for it anyhow.

AP: 7:57 

P.S. I'm listening to a book about WWI right now and it's fascinating. "The Guns of August". The author does a great job of building suspense about a contest which we already know the end result. It's very long as I'm only 1/2 way through and have been listening for the past couple weeks. Great read. 

Blue Brooks Adrenaline 12 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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