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Frosty's Frozen 5 and 10

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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

Sat, Jan 16, 2016

Race: Frosty's Frozen 5 and 10 (15 Miles) 01:22:22, Place overall: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
7.00	15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	22.00

Did my marathon sim workout today at the Frosty's Frozen 5 and 10 in Littleton. This is a 5-mile race at 9am, and a 10-mile race at 10:15am, with an option to "double" both. I elected to do both, with the plan to do a hard tempo workout. The goal coming in was 27:00 for the 5-mile, and 55:00 for the 10-mile. Came pretty close to that goal, as I was a little faster in the 5 (26:48) and a little slower in the 10 (55:36).

Nice day, a little cold (about 25-30 degrees), but sunny. There was a gentle breeze during the 5-mile, which turned to a stronger wind on the 10-miler. Due to course layout, there was headwind on the first half of each race, and tailwind on the last half, so I negative split both race. Wind was definitely stronger for the 10-miler, which slowed down the first half quite a bit.

I won the 5-miler by 10 seconds, and the 10-miler by several minutes. Good effort overall, and a nice step forward in my training, as I think the 100-mile weeks are starting to be absorbed by my body, and my legs felt good the whole way.

5-mile splits: 5:19, 5:32, 5:17, 5:13, 5:26

10-mile splits: 5:31, 5:41, 5:44, 5:34, 5:42, 5:32, 5:27, 5:27, 5:21, 5:32

Saucony Type A6 Miles: 19.50	Saucony Kinvara 6-2 Miles: 2.50

Comments

From allie on Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 13:24:36 from 24.99.46.55

nice job on the double race/double win. so much quality over the past few weeks. i hope the rest of your training goes smoothly and hope you have another great experience at the trials.

From RileyCook on Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 16:19:46 from 73.52.134.194

Looks like you have a great training cycle going for the Trials. I'm excited to see how well you run! Keep it up!

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