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Mt Sneffels Half Marathon

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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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Sat, Aug 09, 2014

Race: Mt Sneffels Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:10:30, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
4.90	0.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	18.00

Mt Sneffels Half Marathon. Unfortunately, was not in great shape for this one, but I took it out conservatively and ended up at least finishing decently strong.

The course is at 7800', with lots of uphill the 1st 2 miles, and then net downhill on dirt roads the rest of thee way. It is deceptively hard. Mario Macias won with 1:06:10, over Jeffrey Eggleston's 1:06:36. Two Kenyans, Geofrey Terer and Stanley Boen, finished about 45 seconds ahead of me...they were coming back the last couple miles, but I would have needed about 2 more miles to catch them! I ended up at 1:10:30, which was 20 seconds faster than my time here two years ago, and not terrible off of my 50 mpw I've been running.

Mile markers were all over the place, so I'm not going to bother posting splits. What I did pick up was that I ran a slight negative split. Ran the last 11 miles alone, but it's a beautiful course and I enjoyed the day.

Saucony A5 Flat Miles: 16.00	Asics Blue/Yellow Miles: 2.00

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 09:37:08 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on a great race off lower miles. Not too bad coming in behind that list of leaders.

Great year of running for you!

From Superfly on Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:46:58 from 64.255.82.224

Good race on low training/recovery stuff. Course sounds tough. Way to run it faster than last time.

From Burt on Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:52:11 from 184.101.121.216

Mario is amazing! And so are you. (winky face)

From Jake K on Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:39:54 from 199.190.170.28

Good run. What a stacked field for a small race in Ouray!

From Jason D on Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:24:16 from 68.80.27.222

Nice race! You've had some strong races off residual fitness in the last 10-12 months.

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