| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 10.00 | Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 18.00 | Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 8.00 |
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4 miles in a couple inches of crunchy, frozen snow. 22F with wind chill of 11F. No wonder it felt so cold! I thought it was a bit warmer than that when I headed out. Wasn't bad, actually, but much different than Saturday's shirt sleeves weather. Followed my legs, and the pace was fairly pedestrian. Wore my Salomon's again as I added another layer of insoles and that seemed to make the difference. They're too wide for my feet so I've got a nice blister on my right foot, but I didn't feel the blister grow today. Will try the same combination on longer runs this week as I'm planning on wearing these shoes on the 50K.
AP: 8:46 |
Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 4.00 |
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It snowed all day yesterday, with a high of 21F, so I woke up this morning to 17F and a couple inches of snow, so I crawled back in bed. It was nice and warm. Hit the Y at lunch and ran 4 miles on the TM. 2% incline, progression from 6 mph for 0.5, to 6.7 for 0.5, then 7.3 for 1, 7.7 for 1, and ended at 8.1 for the last mile. Amazing how much sweat came from 4 miles. 5 minute cool down. |
Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 4.00 |
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6 morning miles at 15F with no wind. Not too bad, really, and without wind I was sweatin' like a horse. Amazing that I could be that soaked in those temps and I wasn't wearing any thick layers. My legs felt okay but not great, which makes sense after a decent run 18 hours earlier. I wore the Salomons again and I'm done with that shoe. Over 3,000 miles in Brooks without a single blister, and after 60 miles in the Salomons I have two solid blisters on my right foot, and started a new blister this morning on my left foot. Experiment over.
The 50K training plan is ramping up, so Friday I'll do 8 and Saturday 14, then bigger & better the week after & beyond. I'm looking forward to San Antonio in a few weeks. I could do with some heat work.
AP: 8:39
Noon: Boot Camp. Good workout. I wasn't as tired as I thought I'd be from already having run 6. I'm sure I'll be plenty sore by Friday. Love it. |
Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 6.00 |
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8 miles this morning. That darn wind. Only 35F but felt like 25 or colder. That being said, I am happy about the wind as I live on a dirt road and the wind dries it out like nothing else. That's nice. Driving around with a muddy truck is also nice as I feel much cooler than I deserve to feel.
I took this run at a steady pace. Legs a bit tired from Wednesday's Boot Camp + 6 mile double, but nothing too crazy. On the turnaround once I hit mile 5 I turned it up a bit, and at mile 6 I did a marathon pace mile. I need to keep doing that to get my body familiar with a 3:15:00 pace. I need to wear my HRM a few times as well to see how my body tolerates that pace. I felt pretty good, but can't comprehend running that pace for 26.2. I also thought how I'll build a Des News pace calculator using allie's and others DN times per each mile. I can then get a differential to expect and can then plug in my desired time and get rough paces per each mile. I want to be sure to use the hills to my advantage and not my detriment.
Yesterday read an interesting article about physiological limitations of endurance exercise capacity. I think it's a few years old, but a good read. A bit techy, but I could understand most of it. It gave me a clue to why my HR increases so much at the end of marathons and I start to feel dizzy - dehydration. I fit all the classic symptoms of dehydration. I will work on that. I realize that I've never increased my fluid intake as the air temperature has increased, and that makes a lot of sense to do. As it gets warmer I sweat more so I need more replacement. Not sure it's that simple, but something for me to ponder.
Paces: 9:26, 8:48, 8:57, 8:40, 9:53 (took off jacket), 7:39, 7:22, 8:01. AP: 8:36 |
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14 miles before the storm rolled in. I felt really good during this run, and it kinds freaks me out. I ran this same route 1 month ago and it was a tough one. I ran 8 miles yesterday with 2 MP miles in there, and got in a few more MP miles today at the end of the run. It was tough, but controlled. No wind when I left, and a steady NE wind on the way back. Headwind for part of the route, more sideways the last couple miles. I was dressed just about right. AP: 8:09 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/297367737
Split |
1 | 08:38.2 |
8:38 |
101 |
0 |
2 |
08:22.6 |
8:14 |
125 |
0 |
3 |
08:14.0 |
8:12 |
48 |
84 |
4 |
09:06.0 |
9:05 |
264 |
0 |
5 |
08:33.9 |
8:28 |
70 |
0 |
6 |
09:19.1 |
9:18 |
80 |
66 |
7 |
08:09.3 |
8:03 |
86 |
0 |
8 |
08:06.8 |
7:58 |
0 |
76 |
9 |
08:08.2 |
8:06 |
70 |
60 |
10 |
07:47.2 |
7:41 |
0 |
52 |
11 |
07:04.9 |
7:04 |
0 |
293 |
12 |
07:55.7 |
7:55 |
98 |
85 |
13 |
07:21.7 |
7:19 |
0 |
60 |
14 |
07:10.8 |
7:08 |
0 |
129 |
Summary |
1:53:58.4 |
1:53:09.0 |
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904 |
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Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 14.00 |
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Salomon XT Wings 3 Miles: 10.00 | Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 18.00 | Brooks ASR 8 Miles: 8.00 |
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