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Bolder Boulder 10K

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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

Mon, May 25, 2015

Race: Bolder Boulder 10K (6.214 Miles) 00:33:19, Place overall: 36, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.80	0.00	6.20	0.00	0.00	12.00

Bolder Boulder. Had a beautiful morning (upper 40s for temps, no wind), but did not have a good race. First 2 miles were fine, but the rest was a slog, and kind of bagged it by the end. I guess 1st time is the charm for Bolder Boulder, since my 2013 race was pretty good, and the last two have been pretty bad.

Ended up 36th overall. The low point of the race was when it took me 4 miles to catch up to a guy wearing a red Power Rangers costume, and then I could never really shake him...kept hearing people cheer for the Power Rangers guy, which is demoralizing. About the only thing that kept me going to making sure I didn't lose to him...I decided I would just quit running if that happened, and part of me hoped that it would.

Another guy dressed as a hot dog also did quite well, but did not give me a run for the money like the Power Rangers guy.

Oh well. Next race.

Splits: 5:07, 5:08, 5:31, 5:27, 5:17, 5:28

Saucony Type A6 Miles: 12.00

Comments

From Jon on Mon, May 25, 2015 at 13:31:55 from 107.203.52.135

Any idea why the subpar race?

Good job beating the PR guy. Sometimes you take whatever motivation you can get.

From Paul on Wed, May 27, 2015 at 13:40:51 from 207.224.39.118

Jon - I did have a cold earlier in the week, which turned into a cough by Monday. But what killed me more than anything is lack of endurance/fitness. The last two years I ran this week, I was doing 90-100 mpw, this year I've been around 60.

Also, I may be getting old.

From Tyler on Wed, May 27, 2015 at 20:33:00 from 144.46.104.12

Jason was a pretty sick Power Ranger.

From Rob Murphy on Wed, May 27, 2015 at 20:37:38 from 24.10.247.181

I still enjoy reading your blog Paul. Thanks for sticking with it.

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