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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, Jun 27, 2012
Total Distance
6.00

Well, I took BAM's advice for one day anyhow. Last night as I was at the store I bought me a new bag of Skittles Jelly Beans as I like to use them on my long runs. At $1.88 per bag they last me for weeks of long runs and work just as well as anything else and taste great. It got me excited to go do a long run. On the drive home I thought that in the morning I'd go on a nice 10 mile run as that's been my traditional fare the past number of Wednesdays. I realized 10 is a bit foolish on legs that 10 days ago ran an ultra, so then I thought 8. And not just any 8, but the 8 up my gnarly hill. I set the alarm for 5:45 but didn't get to bed until after 11:30 so I didn't know if that would happen. At 5:44 my wife took our bandit daughter back to her own bed (how does she sneak in?) and I promptly turned off my alarm as I was not ready to face the day. Finally rolled out sometime after 6, hit the knees for my morning prayer, and after mumbling a few words of gratitude (not very effective at the time) I stayed kneeling and found a pillow on the ground for a few minutes of more rest. I finally got out the door 20 minutes later and only had time for 6 miles, so that's what I did. Still went the same way as my monster hill, but I only hit two mini hills going that way and turned around just at the mouth of the monster. I'll be back.

AP: 8:32 

Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From peg on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 19:07:55 from 67.2.172.6

way to make it out the door, I probably would have just gone back to sleep!!

From Bam on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 14:36:56 from 213.191.250.142

Respect Russ. I'm with Peg on the going back to sleep. I'm a big fan of the 'bandit daughter'. It's amazing how they seem to have this innate radar and night-time guidance system that always finds the target with military stealth.

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