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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, May 19, 2012

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

Drove out northeast of town and ran the "Bacon Strip" loop, which is an undulating 10-mile route on a wide, dirt county road. The dirt road with the tire tracks kind of looks like a strip of bacon, I guess. Anyway, it's supposedly a staple in the training regimes of Fort Collins marathoners, and if you can do it twice in a row you're ready for a marathon, or so they say. I have no need for silly things like marathons, so I just did it once.

It was a great workout route, simply non-stop rolling hills, all on soft dirt. No traffic at all, I think I saw one car during the 10 miles, plus had good views of the front range, and nice prairie scenery. First half is a net uphill, plus with a slight headwind, but then the back half was that much faster as a result. You can really roll on this route, despite the hills, I'll definitely do it regularly.

Ended up running 59:50 for the 10 miles, so 5:59/mile. Good workout.

Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 10.00

Comments

From Jake K on Sat, May 19, 2012 at 14:55:40 from 67.182.215.126

that sounds like a great run!

From Jon on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:25:17 from 74.177.127.167

Remember running up Franklin Basin road Saturday mornings, smelling all the bacon the campers were cooking? My Tuesday night trail run group discusses bacon all the time, too. Mmm, bacon.

From Jon on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:26:28 from 74.177.127.167

So I know you're going to give some misleading, sarcastic answer... but are you really done with marathons forever? Just remember, I broke up with marathons in 2009 and have been clean since, so such things are entirely possible.

From Paul on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 08:01:43 from 207.224.39.118

Unfortunately, no bacon scent on the Bacon Strip. Regarding marathons, I'm pretty sure I'll do one next year, and will probably do quite a few more over my lifetime. What is yet to be determined, is how much training and mental energy I'll put into it. At this point, I can run 2:22-2:23 off of 60 miles/week, or I can run maybe 2:18-2:19 off of 100-120 mpw. Not sure if 4-5 minutes is worth doubling my mileage and time investment. Maybe it will be later on, but for now it's certainly not. My main goal is to find ways to keep running fun and interesting, without a big commitment.

By the way, check out my September race, the Lead King Loop. It actually looks more like a Jon Allen-style race.

Oh, one other thing, "breaking" from marathons in favor or 50Ks, 50-milers, and 100-milers is hardly "clean". Quite the opposite. It's like saying, "Hey, I finally quit smoking! And I discovered this wonderful thing called 'heroin' too!"

From Jake K on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 08:25:48 from 155.100.226.54

hahaha I'm cracking up at that last comment Paul. Marathons seem a lot more "sane" than going out and running for 20+ straight hours! :-) I mean, I love running as much as anyone, but I've been doing 2 hour long runs the past couple weekends, and that feel like just about the perfect amount of time.

From Paul on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 08:39:04 from 207.224.39.118

I felt pretty fulfilled by my 10-mile long run on Saturday...

From Jon on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 17:18:22 from 74.177.120.63

That's a pretty cool looking race. And nice call on the quitting smoking comparison. Except ultras are more enjoyable. Kind of.

From Superfly on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 17:56:27 from 74.211.21.81

lol. That was choice!

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