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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, Jan 14, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

There was a light layer of snow this morning, but nothing my NB 790s couldn't cut through. Decently warm too, although I don't know that it was enough to clean the air out. I ran up Smithfield Canyon and back. Averaged 6:58/mile.

New Balance 790 Miles: 8.00

Comments

From Mike Kirk on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 13:59:49 from 68.53.219.208

Amy is interviewing in Logan today. DON'T DRIVE! The air must be clear.

She called two minutes before the interview to say how beautiful Logan was this morning.

Mike

From Paul on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 14:04:34 from 65.103.252.214

Hopefully they will take her to Cafe Rio for lunch.

She must have been joking. The air is much cleaner today than other days, but visibility is still very poor. I'll try not to let my car idle out in front of Walmart for more than 10 minutes.

From Mike Kirk on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 14:12:26 from 68.53.219.208

I think she is comparing Logan to here. When we get a great day I can see the mountains. On a bad day I can only see as far as the nuclear power plant.

I think Cafe Rio is for dinner tonight.

From Steve Piccolo on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 15:12:07 from 155.100.236.234

Hi Paul. I ran across a journal article about a scientific study on the genetics of AS. Thought you might be interested. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062062?dopt=Abstract Not sure if you can get the full text of the article. The basic idea behind it is that they found some genes that are associated with immune response that they believe give some people a genetic predisposition to AS. If that's true, they may eventually be able to use that information to come up with better treatments.

From Paul on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 15:39:46 from 65.103.252.214

Yeah, I think I've seen the synopsis of that study, or at least a similar one. Researchers seem to learn new things everyday, and I agree that this will hopefully lead to better screening and treatments.

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