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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 Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles:						433.50
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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, Sep 16, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.00	8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

AM - ran the dog around the block.

PM - Medium Workout. 2 miles warmup, 8 miles tinman tempo (which ended up being at least MP), cooldown with some strides. Ran the workout in the heat of the day, upper 80s in temp. Exact same Millville Hill course as last week, except I added an 8th tempo mile, rather than stopping at 7. When I hit inadvertently hit 6:38 for my second warmup mile (was daydreaming about running Boston), I knew things could get interesting. Splits compared to last week:

Mile Last Week
Today
Terrain
1 6:18 6:00 gentle uphill
2 6:11 5:53 rolling
3 6:17 5:58 1/2 down, 1/2 up
4 7:04 6:28 THE Millville Hill
5 6:03 5:52 3/4 rolling, 1/4 up
6 5:51 5:41 1/4 up, 3/4 down
7 5:41 5:24 all downhill. Took a short water break at park in Providence.
8 -- 5:23 1/4 downhill, then rolling

I managed to scrape together a few strides during the cooldown, but I was pretty beat. I'm happy to average 15-20 seconds per mile faster than last week, especially in hotter weather. But I think it was a harder effort too, definitely not tinman. I think I'm ready to go for the TOU 5K this weekend; nothing but easy mileage until then. 6:12/mile average pace for the run.

Comments

From cody on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 22:14:33

Wow...

From Superfly on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 22:17:51

Your weekly improvements are better than some peoples years progression. Good job!

From Clay on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 22:41:35

Wow! You truley have a God given talent Paul, that is a major improvement. :-)

From Jon on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:55:39

Yes, wow.

From MichelleL on Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:15:56

Yeah, wow was going to be my comment until I saw I got beaten to it. How about, amazing (three syllables) or stupendous (still three but harder to spell).

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