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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, Oct 25, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

noon - easy 5 from work on the Planet Walk. Didn't wear watch.

(Adrenaline blue: 415 miles)

PM - easy 5, some random route. Stopped by the gym and weighed myself (129 lbs). Finished up with a lap on the grass around the LHS fields. 7:04/mile average pace.

(1120: 353 miles)

Comments

From ipoopinthewoods on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 16:08:23

Hey, after seeing so many of your sites devoted to running I thought, "Hey I can do that" so now I'm going to keep two logs. this will allow me to spy on more people. and fill my idle time with more running junk! What is "Planet walk"?

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 16:18:25

Hey annie, welcome aboard! This is a really good site with lots of great people. I have expanded my running network 10-fold. Now I have free places to stay whenever I travel. Since it is blog also "forces" you to write more and think more about your run and how you felt.

I like your blog name. So true.

By the way, there is a guy who ran with Keith at Western Boone who just joined the Blog. I think he would have been in your class. Small world, err...blogosphere.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 16:23:52

Oh, the Planet Walk is a paved trail along the river near my house. It's flat, shaded, and no cars, so I gravitate toward there quite often. We call it the Planet Walk because last year a school class of kids mounted a bunch of plaques in the ground, one for each planet in our solar system, and also the Sun. The plaques are in relative distance from the "sun". No Pluto, though, which ticks me off.

From wheakory on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 17:04:31

Paul, how many miles do you plan to cut back this week and the final week of your training?

From Stacy on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 19:44:06

Annie--I like to call it the Planet Run. But then, I'm always looking for ways to make my running seem more like a game. Planet Run sounds more fun than Planet Walk, in a Sci-Fi nerd kind of way.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 20:30:36

Kory - I am doing 80 miles this week, and then about 30 miles + the marathon next week (close to 60 miles total). It's not a huge taper, but I figure I already tapered a few weeks ago for St. George. It's more about maintaining right now.

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