Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

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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, Dec 21, 2009

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

Heavy inversion today, but still not too bad of a morning. Happy first day of winter!! Started off the week with a good, enjoyable run. Did an out-and-back to North Logan, and threw in some strides in the middle of the run. Averaged 6:12/mile for the run.

Good news: I finally found my sports watch. All this time I had been blaming it on Seth, but in actuality (of course) I had thrown it in some random crate during our move, and never unpacked it. I heard the watch alarm go off this morning, and realized that it wasn't my regular watch, and Stacy didn't have a watch in there, so it must be the missing watch. Then I dug around in the closet until I found it. The funny thing is that I hear that watch alarm go off almost every morning, but never thought anything of it until today, other than being temporarily annoyed that some random alarm is going off. Stupid. But now I can take splits again during my next race.

Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.00

Comments

From Bonnie on Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 13:01:13 from 128.196.228.134

Great story Paul. That has happened to me too ... I am glad you have moved back into the 90's technology again ;-) - it is much more difficult to try to do the simple arithmetic in your head (especially near the last lap).

Merry Christmas.

From JD on Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 17:12:51 from 70.96.78.157

Seth is probably relieved to be off the hook.

Happy holidays/Solstice to you and your family.

From Burt on Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:04:55 from 206.19.214.144

You're saying that mischievous little boy with the chocolate all over his face didn't lose the watch? I find that hard to believe. But if it was really your fault, I tip my hat to you for manning up to it.

From Paul on Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:18:29 from 76.27.122.123

Mistakes were made.

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