Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

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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

Wed, Feb 20, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
4.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.25

AM - slept poorly last night, and had nightmares about relational databases. Woke up with a strong conviction to learn PostgreSQL. Not how I want to start my day. Later, I met some people from church for breakfast at McDonalds, so I ran there at about 9-minute pace, about 1.25 miles (10 blocks). I ended up hitching a ride back because running with a cup of coffee would have been awkward.

PM - needed to drop off a DVD for work at Square One Printing, and since I don't have a car during the day, I ran there. 12 blocks each way, so 3 miles. The run took 26:00, so 8:40/mile pace average. Definitely the best run I've had since getting injured. During the first mile it felt like I was starting to get some biomechanics back. The last half was a bit sluggish, but not too much pain. The air here is really nasty from the inversion, and I was hacking up stuff by the end. I am definitely looking forward to our vacation down to St. George starting tomorrow!

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By the way, I posted a recruitment thread on the message board for our Wasatch Back Relay teams. Reply to the thread if you are interested in running with us, and I'll add you to the list.

Comments

From Dustin on Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:44:15

I had a really strange dream the other night about driving a car into a river in the middle of winter, then kicking out the door, then running to a warehouse and starting it on fire just to warm-up. How is the injury coming along?

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