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Location:

Fort Collins,CO,

Member Since:

May 15, 2003

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided PR's:
5K: 14:48 (Track - 2001)
10K: 30:45 (Track - 2001)
10K: 31:32 (Bolder Boulder - 2013)
Half Marathon: 1:06:09 (Duluth - 2013)
Marathon: 2:17:54 (Grandma's) - 2014)
Marathon: 2:19:47 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2013)
Marathon: 2:19:49 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2010)

Aided PR's:
10K: 29:38 (Des News - 2011)
Half Marathon: 1:05:30 (TOU Half - 2011)
Marathon: 2:18:09 (St George - 2007)
Marathon: 2:17:35 (Boston - 2011)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in June of 2008. Started taking Enbrel in March, 2009.

Run as much as I can, and race as well as I can. Make the most of however much time I have left as an able-bodied runner.

Training for the 2018 Colorado Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I'm old, and then run some more. Stand tall.

Personal:

1 wife, 2 kids. 1 cat. Work as a GIS Specialist/Map Geek

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to your good. - Ovid

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. - Romans 5:1-5

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles:						247.50
Hoka Clifton Lifetime Miles:						491.50
Saucony Type A6 Lifetime Miles:						186.50
Saucony Zealot Lifetime Miles:						478.75
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles:						433.50
Saucony Kinvara 6-2 Lifetime Miles:						358.75
Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles:						337.25
New Balance Trainers Lifetime Miles:						314.50
New Balance 1400 Racers Lifetime Miles:						65.00
Brook Pureflow Lifetime Miles:						99.50

Mon, Oct 29, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
12.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

AM - 5 miles, easy. No watch.

(Triax: 201 miles)

PM - last speed workout of the year. It was an easy one, 2x1600m @ CV pace, with 800m rest. I warmed up by running out to the USU track (3.25 miles), and then started the workout. I hit 4:59 for each of the intervals. Both intervals started slow, for some reason, with a 76-77s lap. Not sure what that means. I felt pretty good, but nothing special. Cooled down back to my house, and did 8x100m strides on the way. 6:22/mile average pace for the run.

Time to taper!

(Tangent)

Comments

From James W on Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 20:16:16

Woohoo! I will be watching the entire marathon on nbcsports.com! Good workout.

From josse on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:09:24

I didn't realize the Olymic trails were so soon. Good luck and have fun!

From annie on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:59:54

are you getting excited, nervous, or are remaining charateristically even-keel?

From Paul Petersen on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:18:05

Thanks everyone.

Annie - I am probably more nervous about the technical meeting/lunch on Friday than the race itself. It's going to freak me out seeing so many famous runners in street clothes. What if one them sits next to me??! :0 ;-)

I'm not really nervous yet. I've been thinking about logistics and travel more than anything. I do think about and envision the race during my runs! Watching various internet videos and making my course map have helped me envision Central Park and the hills a bit.

I think the race will take care of itself, like most races. You train, you form a baseline strategy, you adapt the strategy to race-time conditions and what other people do, and you run. Hard. Basically I'm going to stay patient and make whatever moves my body can give after 16 miles. If I'm in 120th place at 10 miles, big deal. But if I have my legs under me with 10 miles to go, I think I can pass a large portion of the field.

From Annie on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:01:38

Alrighty, so even-keel as usual. Seeing famous runners in street clothes is weird. It's weirder when they do normal stuff, like laugh;) J/K But honestly what it is that makes that so weird? Please if you know your # soon let me know. No biggie though if they wait until the dinner (which I'm guessing they will) to give it to you.

From Paul Petersen on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:22:35

I think just seeing these guys on TV, podcasts, flotrak, etc builds an aura around them. In reality, they're just like the rest of us, except they get paid to train!

From Annie on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 13:59:26

There is. But they're like us also in the fact that many of them have to work 9-5 as well. Jim Jurchevic ran Detroit with me. He owns a shoe store in Columbus and in essesnce sponsors himself. He was very cool. no nonsense definitely!

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 14:32:28

Paul - some food for thought. Adjusting for the course difficulty, the difference between you and Khannouchi in his best shape is only about 14 minutes. That would be about the gap you have on Chad, Jeff Shadley, Ted, James Barnes, and everybody who is slower. Khannouchi in his best shape should have no more aura around him for you than you do for Jeff, Ted, Chad, and James, and definitely anybody else who is slower than them, which would make not only the majority of the runners in general, but even the majority of the men who run the marathon under 3:00.

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