| 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 | | 77.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 81.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| PT in morning. Biked to gym in evening and did 30 minutes on elliptical. Foot is still stable; only have dull pain if I press very hard on the inside of my heel, otherwise nothing. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| biked to gym; 35 minutes on elliptical; lifted weights and stretched | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| 30 minutes elliptical, 9 minutes stair-stepper, 10 minutes brisk walk on inclined treadmill (10%). Also did weight lifting exercises for groin while at gym. Foot has ever-so-slight bit of pain today; hopefully it will not amount to anything. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| biked to gym; did 30 minutes elliptical and lifted weights | | 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 |
| 35 minutes elliptical, 9 minutes stair-stepper, 10 minutes walking on inclined treadmill; lifted weights | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| biked to gym; 35 minutes on elliptical; some light lifting. Foot is getting a touch inflammed again: time for another massage. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| PT in morning. PT sessions at the hospital can be grueling. Basically it's over an hour of weights, bands, and other strength drills. My HR probably stays around 120 for the whole time, despite not doing true "cardio". My therapist tested my strength again today, and it was much better than two weeks ago, which was much better than six weeks ago. So things are coming along. We're bumping back sessions to every other week, and we'll do a running stride analysis, where they video me running and analyse it, either in two weeks or four weeks. Have deep massage scheduled for my foot this evening. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| biked to gym; 35 minutes on elliptical plus lifting | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 25 minutes on elliptical, 9 minutes on stair-stepper, 6 minutes walking on treadmill at 11% grade. Lifted with legs afterward. | | 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 |
| biked to gym; 40 minutes on elliptical; lifted weights. Foot is still pretty stable, just dull ache if I press as hard as I can on my heel with my thumb. | | 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 |
| 35 minutes on elliptical; 9 minutes on stair-stepper; 6 minutes walking on treadmill at 10% incline. My groin was noticeably better today, which was encouraging. My heel is a little tender this morning, so I will have to baby it the rest of the weekend (more than usual). Sunday is a day off, so that will probably help. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| did a little bike ride to and from gym; just lifted and stretched at gym, no elliptical. I have my pressure test tomorrow, so I wanted to rest my foot. | | 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 |
| biked to gym; 35 minutes on elliptical, 9 minutes on stair-stepper, and 6 minutes walking on treadmill set to 10% incline. also did lower body weights. I had my pressure test with the podiatrist today. It was pretty cool; they put thin plastic pressure sensors in my shoes, and then when I walked the on-screen display showed my weight distribution real-time. We went through a couple different temporary orthotic settings before my feet "balanced" out. Then they cast my feet in plaster. I have to wait 2-4 weeks for the custom orthotics to come in. My groin is doing really well. I moved up 10 lbs in weight again on the 4-way hip machine, and it still felt pretty easy, and very little discomfort/pain. It is very close to being 100%. | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 |
| biked to gym; 40 minutes on treadmill; lifted weights and stretched. | | 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 |
| biked to gym; 35 minutes elliptical, 9 minutes stair-stepper, lifted weights for lower body, and stretched. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| biked to gym; 30 minutes on elliptical; was a little tired and took it easy in preparation for longer day tomorrow. | | 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 |
| biked to gym; 40 minutes elliptical, 9 minutes stair-stepper. | | 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 |
| lot of biking today. Biked to PT in morning. Then biked to co-workers house to attempt to find laptop power cord. Then biked to Best Buy to buy laptop power cord. Then biked to gym after work. Thankfully Logan is a small town; a car is overkill and I wouldn't want Al Gore to get mad at me. At gym did 40 minutes elliptical plus lifting and stretching. Today was my last real PT appointment. My therapist evaluated my strength and said I was a "4 or 5" out of 5 for everything, which is really good. I still have a little pain in my groin, and it flares up once in a while, but it seems like it's good to go. He also had me run on the treadmill for a few minutes and watched me. It was 10-minute mile pace, but it felt fairly good. It's hard to fathom running twice that fast for a 5k, but hopefully I will be there in a year. My foot was a little sore afterward, but I massaged it with my Rubz ball at work afterward and now it feels quite good. There's often a lag with activity and PF flareups, so I have to wait and see how it feels tomorrow and Wednesday. If it stays stable, I'll try running a mile on grass on Wednesday. I'm going to wait to get my orthotics to start up a real training program, but will run a mile on grass every fews before that if things are feeling good. After I get the orthotics broken in, I'll go back for one last PT session, which will consist soley of a running stride analysis, where my form will be video'ed and analysed. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| biked to gym; 20 minutes on elliptical plus lifting | | 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 |
| biked to gym; 35 minutes on elliptical plus some lifting; ran 0.5 mile on grass in 4:15. Foot and groin felt okay, but not stellar. Maybe will try this again in a week or so. | | 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 |
| Slothful travel day to La Crosse, WI | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
| Another mostly slothful travel day to St. Paul, MN. Ran 0.5 miles at 9 minute pace on treadmill at hotel. Foot and groin felt so-so. | | 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 |
| Yet more sloth. | | 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 |
| Even more sloth than before. Flew back to Logan. So far no ill effects from my couple short runs this week. I'll try a couple mile-long runs this week. | | 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 |
| biked to gym; 30 minutes on elliptical plus lifting and stretching; ran 1 mile on grass. I'm not sure of pace, as I was not wearing a watch, but it felt a bit smoother than my previous attempts at running. Will try running another mile around Thursday or so. | | 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 |
| biked to gym; 40 minutes on elliptical plus lifting and stretching. The chiropractor tried a treatment similar to Graston on my foot yesterday. See grastontechnique.com. My foot felt pretty good coming in and pretty good leaving, and fine this morning, so hard to say it's effectiveness. Basically I have just a slight bit of inflammation left (about a 0.5 out of 10) that I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| biked to the gym; did elliptical for 40 minutes, then lifted and stretched. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 77.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 81.00 |
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