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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, Jun 10, 2009

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

On Monday, Seth was puking and having diarrhea. On Tuesday, it was Stacy. On Wednesday, you guessed it, my turn! I started having chills on Tuesday and was shaking with cold despite adding every blanket in our house. The shaking thing got better by morning, so I tried drinking some apple juice. Went on to puke about 10 times, and when that was done, transitioned to diarrhea. When that was done, I transitioned to shaking violently and blacking out once or twice for a couple seconds. Eventually collected enough wits to army-crawl back to my bed, where I didn't leave until 5PM. So basically I was in bed for 20 hours, a little bit more than the usual sleep I get. I finally got up in the evening, and am feeling a bit hung-over from dehydration, so I drank my Ultima-EmergenC-orange juice blend. I'm rather hungry from the fast, but still don't really feel like eating. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Comments

From MichelleL on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 20:21:08 from 71.35.250.200

Yuck. I guess this means you don't need a forced fast to clean out the system.

From paul on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 20:33:58 from 75.162.193.113

Michelle - interesting you say that. The first thing I noticed when I got out of bed this evening was that the swelling in my feet was GREATLY reduced. In fact, my feet actually looked and felt normal, rather than all puffy and sausagy. There is definitely an anti-inflammatory aspect to fasting.

From Jon on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 23:48:47 from 75.169.140.55

Ugh. Get better soon.

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