| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 238.90 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 252.00 |
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| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 70.75 | Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 21.00 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 29.00 | Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 33.75 | Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 83.00 | Saucony Type A Miles: 14.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| Ran down to Provincetown and back. 8.75 miles, averaged 7:14/mile. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 8.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran home for lunch. 6 miles, averaged 7:19/mile. |
| Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.75 |
| Lunchtime loop. 9.75 miles, averaged 6:40/mile. Finally got some rain today, hurray! |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| Power Trail south to Trilby, then through Fossil Creek Park. 8.75 miles, averaged about 6:50/mile. |
| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 8.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.25 |
| Lunchtime loop. 10.25 miles, averaged 6:29/mile. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 10.25 |
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| | 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 |
| Fossil Creek Trail. 10 miles, averaged about 7:15/mile. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Ran to get our moving truck. Then moved to our new house (counts as cross-training?). Then dropped the truck off and ran back home, plus a few extra miles to pick up my car. 12 miles total for the day, averaged about 6:10/mile. Tried to keep everything pretty brisk. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 12.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Easy little loop on the neighborhood trails, down to the neighborhoods south of Carpenter St. 4.25 miles, easy. |
| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 4.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Power Trail out to Poudre River Trail, and back. 9 miles, averaged about 6:40/mile. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Ran home for lunch, and back. 8.5 miles, averaged 6:50/mile. |
| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 8.50 |
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| | 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 |
| Fossil Creek to Mason and back. 10 miles, averaged 7:04/mile. Light drizzle, it was nice. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| Trilby to Shields to Fossil Creek Trail. 9.25 miles, averaged 7:15/mile. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| Power Trail south to house for lunch. And back. 8.75 miles, averaged 6:20/mile. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 8.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.50 |
| Trilby to Shields to Fossil Creek Trail to Spring Creek Trail to Mason Trail to Fossil Creek Trail, back home via Lemay. 15.5 miles, averaged 6:30/mile. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 15.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| Ran home for lunch, via Power Trail. 8.75 miles, averaged 6:50/mile. |
| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 8.75 |
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| | 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 |
| Pelican Marsh trail out to Carpenter, to Timberline, to Boyd Lake. Very slow, sloggy run for some reason. 10 miles, averaged 7:25/mile. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Ran home via Power Trail. 8.5 miles, averaged 6:20/mile. Averaged 5:45/mile for the first 5 miles, so got a little bit of tempo in. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 8.50 |
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| | 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 |
| Fossil Creek Trail to Mason Trail, to Swallow St., and back. 10 miles, averaged 7:16/mile. |
| Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy 6 on the Power Trail and Spring Creek trail. 6:38/mile. Did a few strides too. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Dropped the car off to get serviced, then put the kids in the double stroller and ran downtown to pick up my race number for the Horsetooth Half at the New Belgium Brewery. Then ran back. 5 miles. Race tomorrow. I think the hills will eat me alive. |
| Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 5.00 |
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Horsetooth Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:11:57, Place overall: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.40 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.50 |
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Ran the Horsetooth Half Marathon this morning. This is a classic Fort Collins race, the 39th edition this year. The course starts at Hughes Stadium, and immediately climbs up the dam to Centennial Dr., which is about a 500' climb right off the bat. From there the course rolls a bit, with a net downhill, to Mile 7, and then the last really substantial hill through Mile 8. The last 5 miles are gentle downhill along the Poudre River Trail, although is more or less flat. All in all, it's a 230' net drop from start to finish, but is probably the hardest half course I've done due to all of the hills in the middle. For the sake of record-keeping, today was my 26th half marathon. Weather was good. A little warm, with temps in the mid-60s by the end, but it was the sun more than the actual temperature that made it warm. Still, can't complain, especially right after Boston. A little bit of breeze, not bad by northern Colorado standards. Had a cross-wind or tailwind on the first half, but then a headwind for the last 5 miles. Prize money was $500-$300-$100, so I knew there would be decent runners. On top of that, there were tiered time bonuses for breaking 1:11, 1:10, 1:09, 1:08, and 1:07. After doing a few workouts on the course, though, I knew that even sub-1:11 would be pretty darn tough, and close to impossible with my recent slacker training. But one can dream. The race started, and we had a pack up 4 guys for the first uphill mile, which I was surprised to hit in 6:14. We separated down to 3 people during the second uphill mile, which was a 6:12. So far, so good, as this was faster than I expected, and I felt pretty relaxed. During the third mile (or maybe sooner, I don't really remember), a guy in orange separated, and put about 50 yards on everyone. I soon left the people behind me, and established myself as a clear 2nd place. This is how the race remained for the rest of the way (not be a spoiler, but you probably already read the race report heading anyway). I was trying to stay patient, and wait until after the last hill after mile 8 to really push hard and catch the first place guy, if he didn't come back before that. I thought that if he was a poser, there was a good chance he'd come back before that though. Mile 3 was mostly downhill, and was 4:55. Mile 4 had mixed up and down, and was 5:19, followed by 5:16 for Mile 5. The guy in orange would come back a little bit, and then extend again, so the gap remained about 10 seconds. Still lots of time though... During Mile 5 we made a short climb before the dam, and then "fell off", a 6-8% downhill. Painful more than fast. The next mile was nice steady downhill though, and I was 4:57 for Mile 6, but the guy in orange still extended a little bit. He might be for real, but the Bingham Hill at Mile 8 would reveal that for sure... Miles 7 and 8 were both 5:24, and included the final hill (Bingham Hill). I might have closed on the guy in orange a little bit, but he was still running strong.
Mile 9 was 5:21, coming off the downhill. Not fast enough, and my legs were, and had been, feeling pretty hammered from the first half of the race. The good news was that I ran really well on the hardest parts of the course, but the bad news was that I didn't have legs left for the flat part along the Poudre River Trail. Up until now I was thinking I might break 1:11 or even 1:10.
On top of that, the paved trail was very exposed, so we got direct sun and a headwind that I estimate at about 5-10mph. Ordinarily, this wind would not be a big deal, but it was enough to put a hurt on at a point when I didn't have much to give. I was hoping to hit close to 5-flat for the last 4-5 miles, and close the gap on the leader, but instead was 5:34, 5:35, 5:27, and 5:35 for miles 10-13. The guy in orange ended up beating me by 50 seconds, 1:11:07 to 1:11:57. Third place was about 1:13-flat. For a while I was sure that I'd get under 1:11 and get a $100 time bonus, but that quickly fell apart during the last miles. Oh well, $300 is still good for a morning's work. I feel like I ran a pretty good race, and hit the time that I was hoping for. First half of the race was great, but then I just wasn't fit enough to recover from the hills enough to engage the flats, or deal with any sort of headwind.
Turns out the guy who beat me was Jason Delaney, who I ran with at Boston last year for the first 10 miles or so. Jason ran the 2008 Trials, and narrowly missed qualifying for this year's. He has also won Des News and Top of Utah marathons several years ago. Nice guy, and a worth opponent to get beat by. Next up is the Colorado Half Marathon, which should be MUCH fast than this race, as it is a classic "Utah-style" downhill half marathon. It is the reward for running this race. Some pics from the local newspaper: 
Delany in foreground, me in background. Going up Bingham Hill, near mile 7. Note Delany's sweet 'stache.
Going up Bingham Hill, near Mile 7.
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| Saucony Type A Miles: 14.50 | Asics Blur 33 Miles: 2.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Treated myself to a day off today. Definitely a bit sore and tire from yesterday. I've found that I can run pretty good race times off of low mileage, but it's the recovery that really suffers the most. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Still fairly sore. I ran around the neighborhood this morning and explored some of the trails and side streets. 3.5 miles, about 7:40/mile. |
| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 3.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.75 |
| Still a little sore from Sunday. Ran home for lunch, and then back to work. 7.75 miles, averaged 7:10/mile. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 7.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
| Ran up the Power Trail, out to Harvest Park, and back. Explored some nice neighborhoods. 8.25 miles, averaged 7:45/mile. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 8.25 |
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| | 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 |
| Ran home for lunch, and back. 10 miles. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Fossil Creek to Mason Trail to Harmony to Coventry, and back. 10 miles, averaged 6:20/mile. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 10.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Ran out to Fossil Creek Reservoir, and back. 8 miles, 7:15/mile. |
| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Ran from work, north on Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail, to Poudre River Trail, and back. 9 miles, averaged about 6:30/mile. |
| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 238.90 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 252.00 |
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| Asics Blur 33 Miles: 70.75 | Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 21.00 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 29.00 | Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 33.75 | Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 83.00 | Saucony Type A Miles: 14.50 |
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