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2016-08-06 Running - Race Steamboat Stinger Certified? 7:00am	26 miles 03:32:47 (8:11 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Grit 3 0 miles on shoe

Steamboat Stinger Trail Marathon

Camped the night before so my little brother drove me down to the Quality Inn to meet up with Kaci and Miguel. We drove to the start to get prepared for the race. Miguel's race started 30 minutes after ours so we were able to keep any of out gear on to keep us warm until the start.

As we started I ran to the front of the pack knowing that we'd have a big single track climb ahead of us for he first 5 miles. I settled into a steady jog as we hit the biggest climb of the race. Over 1200ft of gain in the first 3 miles. After the main portion of the climb I was ahead of Kaci, but I was already feeling tired from the climb and she puller ahead of me. We ran together until mile 11. It was awesome. We took in the views, chatted about racing, The Bear, Her birthday, Mountain bike racing, and more. We mostly had downhill after mile 7 until mile 11.

We hit a jeep road after 11 and I started to pull away from Kaci. I was in 7th place at the time. I grabbed some water at the next aid station and continued on solo. The next several mile were a steady climb with a lot of switchbacks. I ran most of it. Took a few walk breaks when I felt like I was running too hard. I caught the 6th place runner at mile 15. I was still feeling pretty good so I kept jogging the ups and letting the downhills do their work.

Near the 18 mile mark I caught the 5th place runner and also realized I was out of water. I was hoping that there would be an aid station soon, but I knew that it likely wasn't until mile 20. I kept running as best I could to the next aid station. Thankful when it finally appeared because I was getting pretty dehydrated. I quickly got a refill and the aid station worker dumped water on my head.

I knew that the we had likely hit the majority of climbing at this point so I tried to drink water, relax, and use the downhills. We had mostly been running on single track, runnable dirt trails to this point. This part was steep declines with larger rocks that would hurt a lot to fall on. I took it easy, but tried my best to keep pace. I knew the lack of water had set me back and I could feel it. I saw Kaci catching me and by the time we reached the last major climb at 21 she passed me. I said, "go Kaci go!" She said, "oh you'll probably catch me!" I wasn't thinking that was not likely and I told her "not unless I catch a 3rd wind." I watched her as she put a large gap between us on the uphill.

We finally hit the end of that last uphill and had a 5 mile downhill to the finish. Can't get anything like this in Nebraska. I tried to just stay steady and keep running. I felt my legs starting to suffer from all the running and could feel it a lot at this point. I ran the next couple miles alone and I started catching some 1/2 marathoners which helped me some. As I continued forward I realized I could see Kaci again. This helped me tremendously and I pushed the pace to catch up to her. As I caught her we were in a steep downhill section with a lot of switchbacks. Kaci said, "you got your 3rd wind!" I gave a loud yell as I knew we were finishing soon and we would likely finish together.

We were flying downhill and both in good spirits. After two more mile of downhill we hit the bottom of the mountain and it was just a flat 1/2 mile run to the finish line. We were both excited as we crested the last hill and gave each other fist bump as we came into the finish. Miguel and Erik Hash were there taking pics. We came into the finish in 4th and 5th place (I think) results are only by age group. Kaci won 1st in her age group and 2nd female overall. I was 3rd in my age group.

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2016-08-06 Running -	7 miles 00:00:00

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Werner Park 9:00pm	3 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: 1st Ravenna 0 miles on shoe

Foam Glow Run with XC girls - at Werner Park

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2016-08-06 Running - Race A Dam Mile Certified? No 7:30am Weather: 80* humid breezy	1 miles 00:05:32 (5:32 min/mile)	Shoe: Racer ST5 0 miles on shoe Height: 6-00

First 200 uphill then flat over the dam and out and back. 180* turn was a momentum killer. Battled a kid from Boys Town and thought he was broken but came back and got me. I'm 2-0 vs. defending state xc champ (girls) Taylor Sommers. Didn't beat her by much.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic 7:00am Weather: 85* breezy humid	7 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Launch III 0 miles on shoe Height: 6-00

3 mile wu for Dam Mile and 4 mile cd around Zorinsky.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic The Hood	2 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Mizzuno Wave Inspire 12 0 miles on shoe Height: 6'-2

One mile, then hills and drills.

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2016-08-06 Running - Long Highline Canal Trail	20 miles 00:00:00	Height: 5'07

Easy long run with John, Dan and Danny.

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2016-08-06 Running - Long Super10 w/ Extensions Elevation: Ascent+388 Descent-381 5:02am Weather: 70°, Calm, 78%	13.59 miles 01:55:45 (8:31 min/mile)	Shoe: Saucony Guide 9 [20160717] 0 miles on shoe Max HR: 166 Avg HR: 138

Omaha [20160806]: Homy Inn, Dundee Subway, Aksarben Village, Peony Park

Ran 9ish w/ BigSu, TopJimmy, CoachGoz, RunnerMomof2 and GoHokies, rest was solo. 2 cars @ the Homy.

Lucky enough to bare witness to one of the most spectacular sunrises I've ever personally seen; transfixed.

Cadence: 191/max, 158/avg

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic David City	4 miles 00:39:15 (9:48 min/mile)	Shoe: Nike Zoom Vomero 9 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'10 Max HR: 156 Avg HR: 146

AM-Weights

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic	7 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Brooks Ghost 9- Grey 0 miles on shoe

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Big Papio Creek bike path 6:00am Weather: 64 degrees	5 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Nike Air retaliate 0 miles on shoe Height: 6' 3 Weight: 183

Fun running this AM in Omaha with Julie.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Field Club Trail 6:15pm Weather: 79, sunny	5 miles 00:45:20 (9:04 min/mile)	Shoe: Merrell Trail Glove Silver 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'9

Ran south from Vinton to see if I could get to the South Omaha Trail. There are two unfinished sections at 42nd and just west of there. Had to walk most of those sections but got through.

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2016-08-06 Running - Race Haney Park Nebraska Senior Games 5k Certified? No 7:30am Weather: 63 degrees n 4 cloudy humid	3.15 miles 00:27:56 (8:52 min/mile)	Shoe: Asics GT2000 4-1 0 miles on shoe Height: 6.0

Ran without a watch for the first time in forever. The watch in my bag needed a charge, left my other one home. 2nd of three again. One more day.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Kearney NE 7:00am Weather: 63 degrees n 4 cloudy humid	1.55 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Asics GT2000 4-1 0 miles on shoe Height: 6.0

wu / cd

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2016-08-06 Running - Tempo	4 miles 00:30:00 (7:30 min/mile)

back at it again after a week where my left leg was not in condition to run.

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2016-08-06 Running - 8:00am Weather: Very humid	12 miles 01:47:24 (8:57 min/mile)	Shoe: NB 890 Blue A 0 miles on shoe

Ran 1 mile at home. Ran 7+ miles at Houghton's Pond with Harvey and Corky. Out and back over Chickatawbut at 8:45 pace. Fell off the back early on the hill but regrouped and did ok. Ran 4- miles solo with 8 x 1 min hard (1 min jog rest) on old rt 128.

Walked 10 miles pushing the pace on the trails. Averaged 14:30 including some easy jogging towards the end cuz I really wanted to be done.

Strength circuit at the Y. 3 sets of 10.

30 min stretching at home.

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2016-08-06 Running - Race Duck and Dumpling Certified? No 7:30am	6.2 miles 00:36:18 (5:51 min/mile)	Height: 5'10

My second time down in Wilber for the Duck & Dumpling.
I was shocked that the 3 runners in front of me didn't turn around for the 2-mile. I moved into 3rd by Mile 2 and then caught the two leaders at Mile 3. The young kid would speed up every time I tried to pass, so eventually I just threw down the hammer to break his spirit. Ending up beating him by about 2 minutes. College female runner took 2nd maybe 1 minute behind.

The course is short, maybe 6-6.1 miles. 6.08 on my garmin.
6:04, 5:57, 6:10, 5:52, 5:52, 5:56, :27

Beer with Wilby and his peeps afterwards.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Keystone 7:00am	9.62 miles 01:23:06 (8:38 min/mile)	Shoe: Hurricane B 0 miles on shoe Height: 5' 9'

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2016-08-06 Running - Long Around Columbus 10:00am Weather: humid	11.02 miles 01:34:06 (8:32 min/mile)	Shoe: PI N3 Orange 2 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'10

Fighting strep all week so I took the last couple days off. Finally got out again today. Other than the humidity it wasn't too bad out. Sun stayed behind clouds until right at the end. Finished at the soccer fields to watch my youngest play her first game of the year. She had 2 goals.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Downtown 10:30am Weather: 70 Partly Sunny	5 miles 00:45:09 (9:01 min/mile)	Shoe: Slime Guide 8 0 miles on shoe Height: 6ft

Worked this morning so just ran from the club Downtown down by the riverfront and back. Tired today.

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2016-08-06 Swimming - Aerobic 6:00am	2.6 miles 00:00:00

Nice long swim this morning - 4450 yards. And, lucky for us, the whole east facing wall of the pool is windows so we were able to see the sunrise :)

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2016-08-06 Running - Long Super 10 5:00am	10 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Ravenna7 Pink 0 miles on shoe

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Bootys Loop 7:00am	15 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Saucony Ride7 0 miles on shoe

Pretty good run today. It was a cloudy morning, so I ran a little farther than I planned.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Zorinsky 5:00am	20 miles 02:33:00 (7:39 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Transcend 4 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'8

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2016-08-06 Goose -	00:00:00

Woke up at 5 to get ready to run. Went to go make coffee and realized how tired I really was. Decided it was best to just get some more sleep. 10 hours of sleep is pretty rare for me. Not really any other time to get a run in today so I'll use it as a real rest day. Not very good at taking those.

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Zorinsky East 5:00am Weather: 64, nice	8.06 miles 01:06:00 (8:11 min/mile)	Shoe: Structure 19 Fuglies 0 miles on shoe

What a sunrise over the lake. Scott summed it up perfectly saying it looked like a Bob Ross painting. Hope y'all enjoy the nice weekend!

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic Might As Well Do It Again. 3:45am Weather: 67. Finally I Can Breathe.	13.12 miles 01:59:06 (9:04 min/mile)	Shoe: BrooksLaunch3TokyoDragons:) 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'3

Missing some miles yesterday just did not sit well with me. As much as I really try to be laid back and carefree, it's just not me. Not in my DNA. I really wish it were. But, alas, I headed out in the middle of the night to do another 13. Crazy and stupid, I realize. Really nice out there though. Around mile 10 my legs were asking me 'What the hell are you doing?", other than that, I felt good. Took it easy. Really hope this doesn't come back to haunt me, but with my track record, it probably will. :)

Now at work and let's hope I'm still awake at 4pm.

Happy Saturday.

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2016-08-06 Running - 6:00am Weather: 59, gorgeous	3 miles 00:00:00	Height: 5'2"

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2016-08-06 Running - Aerobic School Loop 5:00am Weather: 62 degrees n 4 cloudy bit humid	3.1 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Asics GT2000 4-1 0 miles on shoe Height: 6.0