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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
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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

Thu, Jul 12, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

Long Workout Day. I wanted to do some hills, so I ran from my house up Center Street to Dry Canyon (600 ft climb). Pace up to Dry Canyon was around 7:45/mile or so. Then I hopped on the Bonneville Shoreline/Deerfence Trail, and took it past Providence Canyon to Millville Canyon. The Deerfence is very rolling, and my goal here was to work the uphills and recover/maintain on the downhills. I managed to average a little over 7-minute pace on this 4.5-mile stretch of trail, which I was pretty happy with. At Millville Canyon, I left the trail and hit the road back down to Millville and Providence, maintaining tinman tempo pace. Did a downhill mile 5:47, an uphill mile in 5:55 (the uphill mile on the TOU course through Millville), and then a flat/downhill mile in 5:47 (TOU course into Providence). Finished out the last three miles cooldown averaging 6:40 pace. 14 miles total. 6:56/mile average pace.

(Adrenaline blue: 243 miles)

Comments

From Jon on Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:23:58

Nice workout, especially the 7:45 uphill.

From James on Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 13:21:41

Hey "top runner on the blog", nice workout! I have never rn that run that way before, I always go to Providence canyon first and come down Mountain Rd. I will have to try it your way and see if there is much of a difference.

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