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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

Fri, Dec 28, 2007

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

Not much progress since yesterday. Still hurts to walk. Still hurts to dress myself (don't worry, I gritted through the pain and am wearing pants). At this pain level, I don't believe even cross training to be an option.

I'm sticking with the short course of ibuprofen (800mg, 3x day) and applying both heat and ice. I have a massage session scheduled for tomorrow morning. Hopefully my LMT can work her usual magic. She almost single-handedly cured my plantar fasciitis, and also increased the rate of healing on my groin strain last year, so I have reason to be optimistic.

Comments

From Logan on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 14:53:13

I am sorry to hear about this. I hope recovery goes well for you. If I can help with anything, let me know.

From Jon on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 15:37:07

How does a massage cure pf? Did she massage your feet?

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 15:59:00

Jon - Massaging the feet helped get rid of local inflammation (which really helps), but generally the root of PF is in the achilles and calves. She got very deep into all these areas. Basically increasing circulation, restoring elasticity to muscles, and unlocking muscles helps with speeding up recovery and also prevents recurrence. Also, a good full-body massage can help with overall biomechanics, which is a broader "cure" to a lot of running injuries.

From Superfly on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 16:06:42

Cross your fingers! That sucks man. I've done 2x a day ibuprofen but never 3! If that doesn't work it should do something else.

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 16:25:35

If the ibuprofen doesn't work, I'll probably get a cortisone shot. But cortisone would also basically mean missing Houston for sure, since I wouldn't be able to do anything for about a week afterward. (my tendons would detach, legs fall off, and head explode, or something like that). We'll see. Houston is important to me, but it's only one race. The last time I checked, there will be other races held in other places next year.

From josse on Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 18:42:17

Sorry to hear that your hurting. Sounds like you have a good plan of action and a good LMT so hopefully you'll be back soon. That area is a bugger.

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