| 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 | | 139.25 | 44.70 | 0.00 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 188.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 4x800m (2:37, 2:38, 2:36, 2:39); ave HR 152 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 distance, 6x100m strides; ave HR 148 | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
| medium-long run; ave HR 138 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 distance, 6x100m strides; ave HR 139 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| easy distance; ave HR 12 | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| 6x600m on track (1:50, 1:51, 1:51, 1:52, 1:51, 1:50) 4:53/mile pace. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| long run; ave HR 139 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| easy distance; ave HR 122 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| easy distance; ave HR 120 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| easy distance, 8x100m strides; ave HR 128 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 distance; ave HR 122 | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 16.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.50 |
| Solo trail run from Green Canyon parking lot, up the Birdeneau Trail, along the ridge to Birdeneau Peak, over to Mt. Elmer, along the Seven Sisters ridge, and on in to Tony Grove parking lot. 6200 feet of total elevation gain, 3800 feet of total elevation loss. Ave HR 161 I've been wanting to do this run for a long time and finally got the chance because a friend of mine had his car at Tony Grove (we actually went backpacking afterward). This route has thousands of feet of brutal climbs and descents, but amazing views and well worth the lost toenails. My Montrail Hardrocks were a bit mangled by the end, something I thought not possible. Hit a few snow patches I had to traverse carefully across, surprising for mid-July. I actually ran out of water with a few miles left, but I was in known territory and close to Tony Grove by that point. Still a good reminder to bring more water next time. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| White Pine Trail run, from White Pine Lake backcountry campground. Great run. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| easy distance; ave HR 119 | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Landfill loop with 2 miles a mp (5:34, 5:51). Tuneup for Des New. Ave HR 151 | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| easy distance; ave HR 127 | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| easy distance plus 6x100m strides. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| easy distance; ave HR 124 | | Add Comment |
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Deseret News Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:40:48, Place overall: 7 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.50 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.70 |
| Des News Marathon. 2:40:48. This is my first and last Des News Marathon. I enjoyed the 10-k in 2003, but the marathon is a brutal course during a hot time year. I would not do it if not for the Slam. On top of that, the race started 20 minutes late because of busing issues. I was not impressed. The course itself is pretty for the canyon part (1st 16 miles or so), but when it gets into SLC, it starts looping around, doing turnarounds, and other shenanagans like that. SLC is a big city, I don't see the point of having to retrace my steps. So IMHO, not a well-run race, not recommended, but mandatory for the Slam. Sorry if I offend people who love this race, but this is a blog after all. Anywayyyy....This race did not go great for me, but did not go that bad either. It was my worst race of the Grand Slam, and the only race where I hit the wall, but it was not a terrible wall, and allowed me to maintain a decent pace at the end and finish with an okay time. I'll take 2:40 for this course and training I had been doing. Since running the Wasatch Back Relay, and then painting my house, I had developed a fair bit of lower back pain and knee pain, which stopped me from doing the downhill workouts needed to run a course like Des News. My quads were pretty gooified by halfway and I was hurting pretty bad by the last 6 miles. From the beginning of the Slam, I intended for Des News and St. George to be my "peak" races, and the others to be glorified workouts. So I was hoping for a PR coming into Des News. I got out "slow" and well behind the front packs and gradually picked my way through the crowd during the first 5-6 miles. I finally caught the top woman going up over the pass into emigration. The pass slowed me up a bit, but I picked it up again going down emigration, and although I was not feeling great, I still was on pace for a PR. But it was not to be, and I hit the wall around Mile 20, and managed to roll in to a painful finish. After lunch, my wife and I got on a plane to San Diego for a 5-day GIS conference. Not recommended to do this immediately after a marathon. No running in San Diego though, just recovery. Mile Splits/Ave HR 5:37/119 5:45/139 6:06/138 - going pretty slow here to save on pounding 5:54/145 5:54/161 5:57/172 6:41/179 - uphill out of first canyon 6:27/172 5:47/161 - back to downhill 5:46/167 5:43/168 5:44/168 5:41/173 - 1:17:46 for half, can PR if keep up this pace 5:53/172 5:53/170 5:56/172 5:58/173 7:08/179 - up toward zoo? slow mile 5:42/178 - last gasp 6:33/179 - the wall 6:31/178 6:23/173 - I'll take this pace for hitting the wall; just want to finish now 6:33/179 6:28/177 - still hangin' in there 6:35/179 6:49/185 - tough mile 1:15/189 - last 0.2 | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| Conference in San Diego. Took today and next four days completely off to "reset" my body from Des News. Will regroup and start training for TOU and St. George next week. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 139.25 | 44.70 | 0.00 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 188.20 |
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