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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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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

Wed, Oct 24, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
12.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

Big Workout today with Logan. We did 4x200m strides on the track to warm up (35s each), and then did a 4x4-minute fartlek @ CV pace with 2 minutes recovery on the Millville Hill Loop. I told Logan he would probably hate me by the last interval, because those hills at the end are a bear.

Interval Distance
Pace
Comment
1
0.77 mi
5:12/mile gentle uphill
2 0.78 mi
5:07/mile rolling
3 0.78 mi
5:09/mile half down, half up
4 0.67 mi
5:56/mile big big uphill

I felt pretty good and had a good workout. My stomach was churning a little by the end, and I had to find a VPB in the woods in Providence on the way back, but was better after that. It got dark on us, so we had to slow it down quite a bit the last couple miles for the sake of footing (not that I minded slowing down). 6:32/mile average pace for the run.

(Elite: 20 miles)

Comments

From Ruthie on Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 23:03:59

I'm going out to Calvin on Nov. 14 for a campus visit to meet the people and such. Any suggestions on stuff to do there or people in particular to meet (besides XC people)?

From Logan on Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 23:13:08

Thanks again for the run. Hopefully dinner got you refueled and ready to go for the rest of the week.

From Paul Petersen on Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 23:21:01

Ruth - cool! All the XC people will be really wired and excited that week, because Nationals is that Saturday. In fact, they will probably fly out on the 15th, so hopefully you can meet people before they leave.

As far as non-running people to meet...hmmm...probably just talk to as many people in your department of interest as you can. Most professors are pretty friendly. You may want to talk to the track coaches (Coach Kim, Zylstra, etc.), and hopefully you can meet some 400-800 runners. If you can get off-campus and check out downtown GR, there is stuff to do there. There are some really good clubs and music venues if you are interested in music. It's a big town (~500,000 in the metro area), so there's a fair amount to see and do.

From Paul Petersen on Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 23:21:28

Logan - thanks again for coming up. It's always awesome running with you.

From Ruthie on Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 23:36:03

I'm so excited! I've contacted Nancy Meyer about it and they won't be leaving for Nationals until the next day, so that'll be fun! Will the track coaches be on campus then so I can talk with/meet them?

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