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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

Thu, Jun 05, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00

Rode my bike to Dr. Kingston's office and back. Fortunately, it stopped raining. My neck continues to improve and feels pretty good these days. Still a ways to go, but so far the treatment is quite effective in that respect.

Last night I had my 3rd K-Laser treatment with Dr. Stucky. This time I could feel some improvement in my foot when I walked out, but I still had the morning pain going on by 3AM. I would say the laser has had some positive benefit, but nothing earth-shattering for me. I have just one more next week. The lady before me yesterday walked out of the treatment room smiling and saying, "Wow, I can walk normally again!" So apparently it works better for some than others.

My latest quack scheme is to try the Three-Day Apple Fast. This one doesn't cost any money though, aside from the cost of apples. In a nutshell it is a detox fast where you only eat apples for three days, along with a tablespoon of olive oil. Hence, the "Three-day apple fast" name. How many apples can you eat? As many as you feel like.

Here's a blurb about it: This Apple Fast provides not only the benefits of the malic acid in apples, but also gives you large amounts of natural pectin fiber to cleanse the intestinal tract. The pectin leeches toxins from the blood stream and intestines and will leech anything with food value so do not eat anything else and do not take vitamins at this time. (Edgar Cayce suggests 3 week breaks from vitamins anyway so that your body doesn't become dependent on them and stop making it's own vitamins)

It's called a fast because, by eating only apples, the body is fooled into a fasting mode, where it starts dumping toxins from the liver, kidneys, and other internal organs, into the bloodstream, where they can be leeched by the pectin.

http://www.astrodreamadvisor.com/Body_Apple_Fast.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_12675_apple-cleansing-fast.html

Many people with AS have said doing an apple fast every few months can get rid of flares. Nothing to lose (other than hating apples as a result), so I'll give it a shot.

Comments

From MichelleL on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 14:11:54

I'd buy a dozen different types of apples to mix it up. I heard back in high school that apples take just as much energy to digest as the calories they have; if that's true then you will be truly fasting.

From Jon on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 14:25:39

Granny Smith!

From cody on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 15:41:21

Bets you wont touch an apple for months after this...

From Jon on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 22:11:58

Do you think the Beaver Creek/Sink Hollow route would be clear/passable next Saturday? We did it first Sat in June last year and it still had a bit of snow, but there was a lot more snow this year (I think).

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 22:48:22

Probably still has some patches of snow at least. Tony Grove is still reporting 25 inches as of today.

From Jon on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 22:55:49

Do you think it is mostly passable, or are we looking at 2 ft of snow there, too? Course, I have run over 2 ft of snow 2 or 3 times just in the past month...

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 22:58:00

I don't know.

From MarcieJ on Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 23:13:03

I may be totally not even on with this and I know AS is not the same thing but my sis-in-law has MS and has done the Master CLeanse twice and it has helped her with her symptoms and then she also eats a special diet where she does not eat gluten, dairy,red meat, legumes and some other foods. I think it has helped her tremendousley.Something to maybe look into??

From David on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 01:19:48

Given your dog's relationship with your backyard apples, you already should hate them. You should log Gil's mileage on here if you're going to use that blog name (which, now that I think about it, would be zero).

From joe wilson on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:32:31

Hey Paul, is there a decent running shoe store in Logan. One of my former students from here will be in Logan today and needs/wants to buy some shoes. Thanks,

Joe

From Lybi on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:38:30

THAT is dedication! Enjoy your morning apple(s). Do they have to be fresh apples only? Can you have dehydrated apples or apple juice? Apple fritters...? Probably not. Hope it helps!

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:49:53

MarcieJ - interesting. Many (but not all) AS patients report managing the disease complete with a similar No Starch Diet. Some use an apple fast to launch into NSD. I will try it next week starting Monday (just hadn't mentioned it yet). What's worse, giving up pizza for the rest of your life or being on meds the rest of your (shorter) life, and frying your liver? I'll give NSD a shot. Plus it gives me something to do before I can see the rheumy.

Dave - so far, 1/2 mile walk around the block. None of my apples are rotten though. And I probably won't poo all over the floor either.

Joe - Al's Sporting Goods, which is at about 1600 N Main St., is about the best we have for running shoes. The staff there usually don't know anything, but they carry good brands, with a good variety, and sometimes you can get a really good deal.

Lybi - nothing to lose, right? Other than being really cranky all weekend (supposedly releasing toxins does nothing good for the mood). I'm getting a 2-hr massage on Saturday to cheer me up a little and to release a few more toxins. :-) I'm not sure about dehydrated apples or juice. The stuff I read mentioned specific "brands" of apples, so I'm sticking with the fresh stuff. They all say "organic" too, but I'm not wealthy enough for that yet, so I'm only 1/2 organic in my arsenal. Makes sense though, that if you want to detox, it would be counterproductive to ingest pesticides...

From S Browning on Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 15:32:02

How about organic Apple Beer?? It contained fresh apples at some point! Good luck - I hope you get healthy soon!

From Laurie on Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 19:42:18

Don't eat the apple seeds. They contain arsenic! Seeds from one apple wouldn't kill you, but if you ate all of them during your fast.............

Better note, I love Pink Lady apples. mmmm.......

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