| 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
|
|
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
|
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 330.20 | 26.20 | 30.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 386.50 |
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 112.00 | Saucony Kinvara V Blue Miles: 20.00 | Brooks PureConnect Miles: 42.00 | Saucony Type A6 Miles: 26.00 | Saucony Zealot Miles: 99.50 | Gaudy Blue And Yellow Sauconies Miles: 28.00 | Saucony Kinvara V Blue2 Miles: 41.50 | Saucony Trail Shoe Miles: 17.50 |
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| Poudre Trail. Did some up-tempo miles at about 6-minute pace. 14 miles total, averaged 6:30/mile.
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 14.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| am - Power Trail to Harmony. 6 miles, no watch.
noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, 7:30/mile.
|
| Saucony Kinvara V Blue Miles: 9.00 | Brooks PureConnect Miles: 6.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Race: |
Bacon Strip 10-miler (10 Miles) 00:56:16, Place overall: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 |
| Double-Bacon with Mike. Warmed up by running the full Bacon Strip loop (10 miles) in about 66 minutes (6:40/mile). Then did the race. Didn't feel spunky, which is to be expected duirng a hilly race on soft dirt at altitude at the end of a 100-mile race with no taper. Splits were 5:48, 6:00, 5:42, 5:55, 5:43, 5:23, 5:34, 5:36, 5:30, 5:02.
Won the race over Mike with about a minute lead. Cooled down about 2 miles afterward.
|
| Saucony Type A6 Miles: 10.00 | Saucony Zealot Miles: 12.00 |
| | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail with Mike. 14 miles total, averaged 6:43/mile. Left calf still hurting.
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 14.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| noon - Power Trail to Poudre Trail south. 10 miles, averaged 7:26/mile.
|
| Saucony Zealot Miles: 10.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| am - Kathy Fromme Prairie with Kent. 6 miles, 7:29/mile.
noon- Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, 7:38/mile.
|
| Gaudy Blue And Yellow Sauconies Miles: 6.00 | Brooks PureConnect Miles: 9.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.80 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| Big Workout. Warmed up 3 miles, then did 10x1km at CV pace. Felt decent, but times are not fast yet.
3:17, 3:16, 3:14, 3:21, 3:15, 3:18, 3:12, 3:11, 3:15, 3:15
Cooled down 4 miles.
15 miles total, averaged 6:46/mile.
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 15.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| am - fossil creek trail. 6 miles, no watch
noon - Power Trail to Poudre Trail. 9 miles, 7:10/mile
|
| Gaudy Blue And Yellow Sauconies Miles: 6.00 | Saucony Kinvara V Blue2 Miles: 9.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 17.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.50 |
| Old Flowes Rd with Mike. We did 2:30, which ended up being 17.5 miles of tough running.
|
| Saucony Trail Shoe Miles: 17.50 |
| | 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 |
| Ran around at Seth's XC meet. Got 4.5 miles total
|
| Saucony Zealot Miles: 4.50 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| noon - Power Trail. 9 miles
pm - Altitude Run club. 6 miles, averaged 6:38/mile.
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 15.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Boyd Lake, 10 miles, averaged 7:25/mile.
|
| Saucony Kinvara V Blue2 Miles: 10.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| am - Kathy Fromme Prairie with Kent. 6 miles, 7:15/mile.
pm - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, 7:25/mile. Did some strides.
|
| Gaudy Blue And Yellow Sauconies Miles: 6.00 | Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 9.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| Workout. Warmed up 4 miles, then did 6x1-mile, with 0.25-mile recoveries. Splits were 5:18, 5:28, 5:18, 5:26, 5:11, 5:13. Cooled down for a few miles. 14 miles total, average pace of 6:38/mile. Felt decent.
|
| Saucony Zealot Miles: 14.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| am - Fossil Creek to Mason. 6 miles, no watch
pm - Hiked to Horsetooth Rock with my parents, kids, and niece & nephew. 5.5 miles
|
| Brooks PureConnect Miles: 6.00 |
| | 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 |
| Power Trail. 5 miles with some strides.
|
| Saucony Zealot Miles: 5.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Race: |
Denver Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:09:35, Place overall: 3 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.90 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| 3 weeks out from Indianapolis, so I ran the Denver Rock 'n' Roll half as a tune-up and to see where I'm at. The race went really well. Got my goal of sub-1:10 (1:09:35), and surprisingly placed 3rd overall, good for $300.
Very nice morning, low-50s throughout the race, and no wind. The first few miles were down hill, and it felt easy enough to take it out with the leaders. First 2 miles were 5:07 and 5:04. After that, I decided it would be wise to back off through the hills, so I let the Top 5 go (Aaron Braun, Philip Schneider, Andy Wacker, Chris Siemers, and some Kenyan). Unfortunately, money was only 5 deep. Ran about 5:20 pace the rest of the race.
Wacker started coming back after 3 miles, and I passed him, suprisingly (found out later he had just run the U.S. Half Trail Championships yesterday, so that explains it). Caught Siemers around Mile 4, then started reeling in the Kenyan. Caught the Kenyan around mile 5 or 6 (don't remember), who surged to try to stay with me, but then quickly dropped (I don't think he finished race). Then Siemers goes by me, so I tucked in for a while and then let him go, about 10m ahead of me.
Around Mile 7, I started catching Siemers again, and then got by him. Spent the rest of the race trying to hold him off. Braun and Schneider were well ahead. I was feeling the fast early miles the rest of the way, and was stuck in 5:20-5:25 mode. We had a 180-degree turnaround just after Mile 10, and I saw that Siemers was still less than 10 seconds back, and Andy Wacker was right with him. Bad news. I spent the rest fo the race just trying to hold those two off and secure 3rd. The last mile was all downhill, which probably saved my position. I ended up about 7 seconds ahead of Siemers and 20 seconds ahead of Wacker. Braun was 1:07:15 for the win, which is pretty quick for a hilly loop course at altitude.
Splits: 5:07, 5:04, 5:20, 5:16, 5:18, 5:26, 5:23, 5:10, 5:24, 5:28, 5:24, 5:22, 5:20, 29s.
Funny thing, we were finishing with the 10k runners, and all of a sudden I see someone streaking to my side at a sprint. Since I knew Siemers was close, I went into an all-out sprint as well (worth $100 per spot, after all). Well, it turned out to just be a 10K runner sprinting for no reason, but it did chop about 5 seconds off my time.
Definitely feel good about this race, my best race of the season. I think this counts as a non-downhill-altitude PR. Makes me optimistic for sub-2:20 at Indianapolis.
|
| Saucony Type A6 Miles: 16.00 |
| | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, 7:40/mile average. Felt decent, given the race yesterday.
pm - fossil creek Trail. 5 miles, no watch.
|
| Gaudy Blue And Yellow Sauconies Miles: 5.00 | Saucony Zealot Miles: 9.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| am - Power Trail. 5 miles, no watch
noon - Power Trail to Poudre Trail. 10 miles, 7:30/mile
|
| Saucony Kinvara V Blue2 Miles: 10.00 | Brooks PureConnect Miles: 5.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| am - Kathy Fromme Prairie with Kent. Raining pretty good. 6 miles, 7:50/mile
noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, 7:10/mile. Did some strides.
|
| Saucony Kinvara V Blue Miles: 6.00 | Saucony Zealot Miles: 9.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| am - Fossil Creek Trail, 5 mile
noon - Power Trail to Poudre Trail. 10 miles, brisk pace. Averaged 6:10 into the wind, and 5:50 with the wind.
|
| Saucony Kinvara V Blue Miles: 5.00 | Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 10.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Cathy Fromme Praire to Spring Creek Trail, with Jeff. 12 miles, 7:30/mile average.
|
| Brooks PureConnect Miles: 12.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| Long Run with Mike. Did the Windsor section of the Poudre Trail. 20 miles, averaged 6:24/mile.
|
| Saucony Zealot Miles: 20.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| noon - Power Trail to Poudre Trail with Mike. 9 miles, 6:45/mile.
|
| Saucony Kinvara V Blue2 Miles: 9.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Workout. Warmed up 3 miles, then did 6x1-mile with 0.25-mile recovery at HMP. Splits were 5:28, 5:29, 5:20, 5:08, 5:11, 5:02.
The first 3 were net uphill and net headwind, and the second 3 were going with the wind and net downhill.
Cooled down a couple miles. 13 miles total, about 6:30/mile average.
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 13.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| am - Kathy Fromme Prairie with Kent. 5 miles, about 7:50/mile
noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 8 miles, about 7:45/mile
|
| Gaudy Blue And Yellow Sauconies Miles: 5.00 | Saucony Zealot Miles: 8.00 |
| | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| noon - Power Trail to Poudre Trail. 9 miles, averaged 7:13/mile
pm - Neighborhood loop with Seth. 3.5 miles, no watch.
|
| Saucony Kinvara V Blue2 Miles: 3.50 | Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 9.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| am - Fossil Creek Trail. 4 miles, no watch.
noon -Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 8 miles, about 7:20/mile
|
| Brooks PureConnect Miles: 4.00 | Saucony Zealot Miles: 8.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Boyd Lake. Was going to do a workout, but had a cold, so just went easy. 13 miles, 7:20/mile.
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 13.00 |
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 330.20 | 26.20 | 30.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 386.50 |
|
| Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 112.00 | Saucony Kinvara V Blue Miles: 20.00 | Brooks PureConnect Miles: 42.00 | Saucony Type A6 Miles: 26.00 | Saucony Zealot Miles: 99.50 | Gaudy Blue And Yellow Sauconies Miles: 28.00 | Saucony Kinvara V Blue2 Miles: 41.50 | Saucony Trail Shoe Miles: 17.50 |
|
|
|
| Debt Reduction Calculator |
|
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
|