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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

Sun, Oct 01, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
1.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.25

New month. "Got the urge" and jogged out to LHS rec fields and did a half mile lap (3:31) and then 4x200m barefoot strides. The first stride was in 38, then I missed the time on the next 2, but then the last one was in 35, so they're really starting to rip and feel good.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 11:39:48

You've almost doubled your speed since a month ago!

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:01:16

Yes, in another month I should be breaking world records! :-) Actually, I think I have my stride completely back to normal, so I imagine that my time improvements will flatten out soon. My easy pace is back to 7:00/mile, which is where I was pre-injury, so now I think it's just a matter of very slowly increasing volume while staying injury-free over the next 6 months. I'll think about workouts again by March if I'm feeling healthy.

From Nick Miller on Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:29:17

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the comments about my running! Yes, I have only been running since June of this year, so I am very new to the sport. Did you do much running in high school (or before college)?. Your PR's are very admirable so it looks like you have obviously done the right stuff.

From Mike on Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 14:26:32

It is so good to see you healthy and running again. I trust that with some volume you will be kicking my butt in the Spring. Don't forget to work on your lunges for your tele turns. We will be skiing in a month.

From Paul Petersen on Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 14:33:48

Funny you should say that...I just starting doing lunges for that very reason last week! One of my ski buddies just moved to Montana and emailed me a photo of him doing his first turn of the year -- on Oct 1. Two years ago I got out twice before Halloween, so maybe we'll get a repeat of that kind of snow this year.

From Mike on Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 06:54:00

Hopefully there will be a big snow right after St. George.

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