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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

Tue, Nov 20, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
17.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.00

AM - easy 13 miles, 7:01/mile pace. It is very warm today, shorts and t-shirt weather. Plus, it's quite humid, so I worked up quite a sweat. Tomorrow and thereafter it's supposed to get rainy and cold, so I decided to get some good mileage in while the weather is nice. I will probably do a few more later this afternoon.

I am reviewing the Garmin Forerunner 50, which is a foot pod/HR monitor combo, with a watch interface. The foot pod was pretty accurate without any extra calibration; I was getting readings of 0.99 miles for the 1-mile county blocks, every time. My HR hovered around 140 for the run. It has been a while since I've measured my heart rate.

(Triax: 250 miles)

PM - easy 4 miles around Forest Park in Brazil, IN. By the way, there are also towns in Indiana named Peru, Alexandria, Lebanon, and Santa Claus. It is truly an exotic state, as exhibited by numerous cars up on blocks, and large plastic Christmas yard decor. 7:09/mile pace. Ave HR 139.

(Triax: 254 miles)

Comments

From Cassandra on Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 14:56:11

see you tomorrow!

From Daniel on Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 15:30:00

You gotta love Indiana!

From Cody on Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 15:30:24

My neighbor across the street should move to Indiana. They keep their "christmas deer" in their front yard year round. Very festive!

From Annie on Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 19:51:44

Just for fun... do you like the Merrigoround decorations just east of your parents house on the southside of the road? Assuming the same people live there! I especially like it when people use those really fake looking plastic flowers in their gardens thinking they'll fool people, and then forget to take them up in the winter! That's great! I feel awful for stacey that she got bitten by dog

From Aaron on Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 20:33:58

And who says Americans aren't worldly?? Ain't no Terra Haute, Lebanon, now, is there? (Though granted there is a Jabal al-Rafi', which means more or less the same thing...)

From Dave Holt on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 11:47:06

Good stuff, good stuff!

Kind of reminds me of dogtown - the cars on blocks, fake flowers and such.

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