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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 15, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.008.000.000.000.0015.00

Exactly two months until Olympic Trials. I guess I should get in shape. Funny enough, I haven't really been thinking about running much since Boston, to the point of which I almost missed to deadline for airfare and hotel reservations for Houston! I just happened to be browsing through the (horrid) USATF site and by a lark caught that those deadlines were today. Oops. But I got it in. Now I just need to train.

Had a good Big Workout today. 15 miles total, with 8 miles at MP on the Saddleback-Bear River Ranch route. First 4 miles of the tempo were about 5:25/mile, the next three were all around 5:15, and the final mile was 5-flat. The difference between the first half and the last half was the prevailing wind. Tailwind helps a lot, even a slight one. 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 15.00
Comments
From TBean on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 15:47:35 from 63.241.173.64

Good luck on the training! Excited to see how you do at the Olympic Trials.

From Holt on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 16:51:45 from 204.113.55.41

I did the same thing with my team heading down to Nike X Regionals a week ago - just thought I should check out when I need to get registered by... umm a couple hours!

Really excited to see how well you represent all things good!

From Hamdog Alum on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 19:34:21 from 68.185.190.140

Nice workout Paul. I'll be cheering for you!

From Jon on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:43:05 from 98.71.177.166

Good thing you noticed.

Say, is Meb not running? Didn't see him on the list.

From Paul on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:50:55 from 24.10.141.104

No, it just means that he has not entered yet. People have until Dec. 15.

From Jon on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:19:56 from 98.71.177.166

Oh- with your talk of the hotel/airline deadline, I thought that meant the entrant deadline had passed, too. But I guess that doesn't make sense, since Jake is still trying to qualify.

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