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December 21, 2024

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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, Nov 12, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

Did the Providence Hill Loop from work. Felt very good, legs were snappy. Average pace 6:29/mile for the run.

(1120: 378 miles)

More details on the Moab cabins. They are better described as a "historic guest ranch". It is called Pack Creek Ranch, and the website is here.

Comments

From steve ashbaker on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:32:17

Paul, I did some reading on how to improve VO2 with specific training and I read somewhere that 3 lbs of weight loss is worth 1 point added to your VO2max rating. Just fyi if your interested..

From Paul Petersen on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:00:17

Steve - that is about what I calculated a while back. v02 = ml/kg/min. Say my oxygen uptake is 4L/min and I weigh 145lbs (what I weighed last year). My V02Max would be near 60, which corresponds to something like a 17:00 5K. If I lose 15 pounds (7 kg) and my O2 stays the same (4L/min), I would expect my V02Max to be a little under 68, and corresponding 5K performance to be around 15:30. I'm sure I'm over-simplifying, plus V02Max is not everything, but this is the sort of performance increase I saw myself when I dropped from 145 to 129. Either way, it's a fun little exercise to ponder, especially around Thanksgiving and the holidays! Personally, I don't need (or want) to lose any more weight, but it shows how much over-eating can slow me down.

From steve ashbaker on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 17:44:58

Frequent small meals? Do you take amino acids?

From Paul Petersen on Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 17:51:20

Steve - I usually eat a normal-sized breakfast (oatmeal w/ brown sugar and honey), and then graze on my "lunch" from about 10AM to 3PM (consists of a couple pieces of fruit, a carrot, yogurt, and a couple PB&J sandwiches). Then I eat a pretty big dinner around 6:30PM, and a snack around 9PM. If I get up early to run, I'll have a granola bar or banana right before I run, followed by my normal breakfast after I run. So I usually don't go more than a couple hours without eating.

I took Amino Vital for a couple weeks, but other than that I have not taken amino acids. It didn't really make me feel any different. In general there aren't any supplements I swear by; it seems to me that one should be able to get everything in their normal diet. All I take is a multivitamin and 500 mg of Vitamin C for "insurance".

From annie on Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 13:32:08

Wow, I am a fatty comparatively speaking. 5'6" and 122lbs. I constantly eat and I eat too much candy! Miki yelled at me before my 10k, because I ate 4 7 layer bars, two brownies, some choc. chip cookies, beef stew, homemade bread, homemade chicken pot pie... at that was just dinner.

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