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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, Jul 25, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
10.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.50

Decided that sleeping in would be better for my body than running this morning. So I slept in. In the evening I did some jogging with the dog, then drove out to First Dam and ran up to the River Trail. Met Jon at the climbing lot, and then we went a bit past Spring Hollow and back. Pace was easy. My calves were pretty sore from the race, and my quads were a little sore early in the day, but I didn't feel them at all during the run. Calves felt better as the run went on. Very humid today; felt like I was back in Indiana, except there was no one wearing cutoff t-shirts and swearing at me as I ran by.

(Cascadia: 247)

Comments

From Jon on Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 00:15:14

Why do they swear at you? Does your beard help you blend in better with them? If you want, I can wear some cut off jeans and a wife beater next time we run together. Whatever makes you comfortable.

From Chad on Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:23:46

Apparently you weren't entirely conscious of the crowd on the parade route during the 10k.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:27:46

There was a parade route?

From Mike K on Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 16:06:43

I'm always happy when I can run in my home town without getting hit by cigarettes or beer bottles.

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