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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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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

Fri, Jul 13, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
14.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.50

AM - easy run on Logan Loop. 7:18/mile average pace.

(1120: 62 miles)

PM - ran the River Trail with Cody (6 miles). Felt pretty good. 7:15/mile average pace.

(Adrenaline orange: 415 miles)

Comments

From Jon on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 14:17:43

I sent you an email about Ragnar forum.

Also, what were the ragnar batons for? Did we (Clyde) win our division for fastest time up the leg?

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 15:44:43

The batons are just for taking third in our division. We have twelve extra, so we can throw them at other runners next year. I'm pretty sure the Roadrunners guy one the division for fastest Rangar leg, but I don't know if they even track that anymore.

From Jon on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 16:39:02

So we have 24 identical batons? Boy, that's a good use of money. I can just picture us using them next year to clock other runners over the head or pelt them with aluminum from the van.

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 16:43:44

That's pretty much what I had in mind. Either that, or making some sort of pressurized multi-barrel weapon out of them, like a cross between a gatlin gun and a potato gun.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 17:01:27

Nick McCombs ran Ragnar in 32 minutes, not sure high or low. Who was the Roadrunners guy?

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 17:08:58

It was a USU runner, not sure which one. James might know. But supposedly he ran around 28 minutes.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 17:13:51

This sounds very suspicious. I do not think a sub-27:00 10 K runner could have run that leg in 28 based on what we've seen from Clyde and Nick.

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 17:38:19

I just looked up the results on the Ragnar site. I was a little off, but it's still fast:

Open Male - RoadRunners - 00:29:16

Also there was a person from the high school division who ran 33:45.

I think a Top 5 D-I collegiate XC runner would trash 28 minutes. I doubt the person who ran 29:16 has even qualified for nationals as an individual. But he definitely a gifted hill runner.

From Jon on Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 00:57:08

He actually finished within about 30 seconds of Clyde. Fortunately, their last 2 runners weren't up to beating us. I heard his team cheering him on to break 29 minutes.

The most questionable is the 24 minute record by BYU the first year, along with the 29 minute female time.

From 26.2runner on Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 12:41:27

Hey Paul, I have a question for you about maps/distances/streets. Rather than go into great detail here, will you read my 7/14 entry and get back to me? Thanks, Joe

From Paul Petersen on Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 13:24:57

Jon, I imagine Ragnar was a shorter distance that first year.

From James on Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 21:17:05

Seth Wold was the fastest guy on Ragnar, and he told me the other day that he did it in 29:36, but he might have not remembered right and ran 20 seconds faster. He said he saved himself for it on his other legs. He and Vance Twitchell were USU's best

X-country runners last year.

I don't know if I believe the High school 33:45 though!

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