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Loveland 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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Sun, Sep 13, 2015

Race: Loveland Marathon (26.219 Miles) 02:29:22, Place overall: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.80	26.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	27.00

Ran the Loveland Marathon today (formally the Fall Classic Marathon). Weather was in the upper 40s at the start in Estes Park, and was mid-60s by the finish in Loveland. 2500' of elevation drop total, most of which is in the first 20 miles, then rolling hills for the last 10k.

Let from start to finish, and won by about 13 minutes. This is a very small race (<200 runners), so went about as expected. Felt pretty good, and ran a slight negative split. Ran a bit harder than last year. A hard effort, but not all-out.

Splits were 6:13, 5:46, 5:51, 5:34, 5:31, 5:40, 5:34, 6:12 (with potty break), 5:39, 5:31, 5:28, 5:37 (with potty break), 5:35 (1:14:50 at the half), 5:22, 5:51, 5:27, 5:50, 5:34, 5:37, 11:05 (2-mile), 6:01, 5:39, 5:36, 5:50, 5:46, 1:20.

2:29:22 final.

Saucony Type A6 Miles: 27.00

Comments

From SpencerSimpson on Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 22:24:30 from 73.3.100.120

nice race paul. Good tune up for the months to come. makeithappen...

From jtshad on Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:43:48 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats! What a strong race. You continue to amaze!

From steve ash on Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 08:31:03 from 67.2.89.221

Great race Paul, especially those splits on the rollers in the last miles. Congratulations on another good race.

From Ben VanBeekum on Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 13:13:22 from 159.212.71.77

Paul great run. Nice progressive start to the race. Looking at the splits you probably were pretty relaxed for the run.

From Jon on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 02:20:47 from 107.203.52.135

Congrats on the win.

How does your race frequency compare to other years? Do you always race this much?

From Paul on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 13:42:01 from 207.224.39.118

Thanks.

Jon - my race frequency is pretty similar as the last 2 years. My general goal is to get 10-12 races in per year.

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