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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

Tue, Nov 07, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.70

Ran the Canal Trail Loop with Cody. Averaged around 7:30 miles for whole run. Beautiful warm weather; soon it will be snowing, so I'm enjoying it while I can.

Comments

From Nick on Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 09:46:07

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the comments in my blog! Yes, I am training for a Thanksgiving 5k back in Denver that I want to shoot for a new PR in. After that I plan to build up my running base over the winter with some longer runs (not necesarily anything too fast). Do you usually do speedwork only during race season, or is it an ongoing event? Being so new to the sport, I really don't know what to do to perform to my full potential. Where I am now is solely because I have gone out and ran, so I am sure that a little strategy would help out.

From Nick on Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 13:19:59

Thanks for all the info. about the base training! I checked out that website and it looks like they point out some very good tips to "build up" in aerobic capacity to maximize the effect that speedwork can provide during race season. I think that this underlies my main problem: I can't hold fast pace for more than a 5k or so, mainly because I have "jumped" to fast pace in such a short time. I think that this left a hole in my ability to hold a decent pace for an extended period of time. After Thanksgiving I plan to implement this base training plan, which will hopefully help me overcome this problem. Thanks for all the help!

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