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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
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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, Apr 17, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
7.50	0.00	3.75	0.00	0.00	11.25

Did a 10x2-minute fartlek today, with 1 minute recoveries on the North Logan Loop. I originally intended track intervals, but I just couldn't stand the thought of it when the time actually came. Started the workout after a 3 mile warmup, at the top of the hill by Aggie Village.

Cooled down afterward and did 4 or 5 strides.

Interval Distance Pace
Terrain
1 0.40 5:02/mile
all downhill
2 0.40 5:08/mile
rolling
3 0.38 5:16/mile
2/3 uphill, 1/3 downhill
4 0.36 5:37/mile
all uphill
5 0.37 5:29/mile
all uphill
6 0.39 5:11/mile mostly flat
7 0.39 5:06/mile flat, some downhill
8 0.39 5:08/mile
flat, some downhill
9 0.38 5:14/mile
flat
10 0.39 5:08/mile
mostly downhill

Brooks Axiom Miles: 11.25

Comments

From superfly on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:50:47 from 209.33.210.52

Looking pretty speedy.

From Jon on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 13:26:49 from 138.64.2.76

Those look like similar paces to our workout on that course last Sept. Looks like you are in good shape.

From paul on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 14:26:18 from 65.103.252.214

Yes, but the September workout was 5x4-minute, so not completely analogous. Logan and I did the exact same workout a few weeks before trials in 2007:

http://paul.fastrunningblog.com/blog-10-2007.html

At first glance the paces look similar, but I was much stronger on uphills back then for some reason...and faster on the downhills too.

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