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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

Wed, Jun 06, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
8.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.50

Rain rain rain. I put off running until after work, hoping to catch a break in the precip at some point, but no luck. I finally got out at 5:30, and did an 8-mile loop around Logan. It let up quite a bit while I was out there, so I guess timing wasn't too bad. Plus, I felt fantastic, and had a very enjoyable run, daydreaming about St. George the entire way. 6:29/mile average pace. Did 6x100m striders in the middle. Finished out the run with a block with the dog.

(Adrenaline black: 515 miles)

Comments

From sarah on Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 23:18:06

whoa paul...I didnt' know guys like you waited for the rain to stop..I thought it was only wimpy runners like me and the like that couldn't handle the rain....Sasha goes out in it and comes back smiling and saying....in Russian, that he is a wet as a chicken..it must sound funny in Russian.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:01:27

No, I'm a fair-weather runner. I hate water; I don't like swimming, water skiing, washing my car, or watering my lawn...or running in the rain. It's one reason I live in a desert!

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:27:43

Paul:

I do not like rain either, but if it is raining most of the day and you need to get 15 miles in, you have to get wet.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 11:29:58

Sasha, very true, very true. Fortunately, I only needed to get in 8 miles yesterday! Today I need 12 though, so I'm holding my breath.

From Jon on Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 01:10:57

Paul

Sounds like we both really enjoyed our run in the cold rain. Is something wrong with us?

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