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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, Oct 09, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
8.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.25

Ran up Birch Creek a little ways. Tired from yesterday. 7:12/mile average pace.

****

Man, I miss the old cross country days. Just found a really old XC result from 1999. I ran 25:15 for 8K on grass...good for 71st place at an invitational. Running balls-to-the-wall in a huge pack for 8K, clawing for every spot, was just so...FUN. I don't get that anymore at road races, and I miss it. On a side note, if you look a few spots below me, note that I beat Jim Spivey by a few seconds. (Spivey coached for U of Chicago and would jump in races as an open runner...despite being over 40 and retired, he still had a kick to recon with). :-)

https://www.athlinks.com/results/78269/112376/14616961/The-Notre-Dame-Invitational-1999.aspx

Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.25

Comments

From cheryl on Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 18:00:24 from 76.27.66.153

Paul--I just wanted to let you know that I used the ideas about the "big workouts" that you've talked about with a running group I run with. We did the big workouts all thru the summer and just about everyone PR'ed at St. George. I wanted to thank you for those ideas, they really helped!

From Paul on Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 18:04:22 from 76.27.122.123

Cheryl - that's awesome! I take no credit for the Big Workout concept, I merely stole it and passed it on. But I'm glad so many people had a good experience with it. It's amazing how fun a marathon can be, when you've trained the body to handle the distance!

From Jon on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 13:46:55 from 75.169.158.241

Ah, HS and college cross country. Those were the days! Good memories.

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