| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 172.25 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 175.25 |
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 79.50 | Brooks Axiom Miles: 51.50 | Brooks Cascadia Miles: 20.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 7 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Ran the dog around the block. The ran out to the First Dam Run 5K/10K start line, watched the start, and then cut through the course to cheer for Cody in the 5K in several locations. After Cody finished, we ran back up the 10K course and found Jon and Marci, and help pace Marci in. Had a little incident with about a half mile left, where an old guy in a big brown car wanted to run us all over, and was tailing us by about 3 feet. Cody dropped back, smacked his hood, and yelled, "It's a race, can you wait 3 seconds??!!" (we were about to turn off the road). The guy didn't like that and accelerated around us, doing a manly 25 mph. Keep in mind there was about 20 other runners around us. I smacked his trunk good as he went by to get the final word. Honestly, what's wrong with people? Hung out for a few minutes at the finish line, and then ran back home. My shin felt pretty good the whole time, but I also wasn't running continuously.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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No running yesterday, today, or tomorrow. I'm on day two of another apple fast, so trying to avoid physical exertion. Figured this would be my last chance for a cleanse before starting up winter training, plus it gives a few more days to work on my shin.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Third and final day of the apple cleanse. Stiffness in my back is gone, but my neck and foot are getting a little more stiff due to NSAID wearing off. Similar results to when I tried this in June; my back gets better, but other parts stay the same. So far I've eaten 26 apples and counting. And lots of water. :-) Day 2 is the worst, but either way I can't wait for real food again.
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| | 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 |
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AM - ran the dog around the block noon - ran the Landfill Loop, averaged 6:57/mile. Everything felt really good. Still some swelling in my shin, but no pain. I have a feeling that my shin will be like my foot, and will just been swollen for the next year or so for no good reason other than arthritis. I'm glad to be done with the apple fast. The way to finish off an apple fast is to drink several ounces of olive oil on the last night. It's absolutely disgusting, and made me lose sleep from feeling sick to my stomach. But I felt pretty darn good this morning; back pain to a 0 and neck pain/stiffness to about a 2, pretty good for not taking any meds since Saturday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Ran the dog around the block. Then ran to my chiro appointment, and ran back to work. 7:20/mile average pace.No pain in my shin.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran from work to First Dam and back. Didn't wear watch. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
| Ran with Joe and Jon on the River Trail to Guineva Malibu Campground and back. Very nice fall morning. My foot really hurt today, and my back was stiff, mostly because I haven't taken any meloxicam in 7 days (new PR). Took one this morning though. My shin is still swollen, but does not hurt. I guess it's normal training until it tells me to do other wise. |
| Brooks Cascadia Miles: 9.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| Ran the dog around the block. Then ran the Providence Loop, nice and easy in the rain. It was actually pretty nice out; very gentle rain and not too cold. 7:14/mile average pace. Everything felt good. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran the dog around the block in the AM. Did a noon run to First Dam and back from work. 7:30/mile average pace. |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block, then ran to meet with folk for coffee. 2 miles total. PM - ran from work to the end of the Planet Walk and back home for lunch. 4.5 miles total.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.25 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block PM - met Jon at the Planet Walk. We warmed up for a while, did a half-hearted tempo mile, and then did 6x800m on the LHS track. I didn't wear I watch, but I think our splits were something like ??, 2:54, 2:52, 2:49, 2:49, 2:34 (worked the last one a little bit harder). It was fun to do some intervals.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 8.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran to First Dam and back from work. Didn't wear a watch, but I enjoyed the sun. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Ran the BST from First Dam to Green Canyon, and then ran up Green Canyon a ways, then back down. We had a nice group today: Jon, Joe, Cody, Lisa, and myself. My foot hurt, which made my descending skills rather pathetic, but other than that it was a good run. |
| Brooks Cascadia Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
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| Brooks Adrenaline 7 Miles: 0.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block noon - ran from work and did the First Dam Run 10K course at a brisk pace, about 6:15/mile on average. Beautiful day, perfect temps in the low 50s.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 7 Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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I woke up feeling a bit sick (sore throat, lethargic), so I laid low all day. No work, no running.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Still sick; no running. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Feeling a little bit better, so I went to work today...which means I'm allowed to run (if I'm too sick to work, then I'm too sick to run). Ran the dog around the block. Then ran to the chiropractor and back. 7:30/mile average. Felt okay. |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 7.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block noon - Providence Loop from work. Enjoyed the sun and felt really good; I'm glad to be not sick. Averaged 6:45/mile. Afterward, ran to the bank and back. Gotta love "street clothes miles".
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| | 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 |
| "Long run" today. Met with Cody, Joe, and Logan, and we did the Young Ward - ICON Loop. It was a cold morning starting out, but warmed up nicely. We averaged 7:18/mile, which isn't bad for not paying attention and just chatting. I finished out my running my poor neglected dog around the block. |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 12.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block noon - ran from work and did the First Dam Run 10K course at brisk pace. Tried to keep the pace honest, but "conversational" (although I had no one to talk to). Splits were 6:21, 6:11, 6:01, 6:00, 5:55, 5:54. All in all, I felt good.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block noon - ran from work to home, picked up Seth, and tried out our jogging stroller for the first. Works like a champ. We did the the Planet Walk, then I dropped Seth back off and did some laps in the grass at LHS. 7:30/mile average.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block, then ran to breakfast noon - ran home, picked up Seth, and did the Planet Walk, with some extra distance. Then ran back to work, and ran to the bank and back. Will run home in a little while.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 7 Miles: 8.50 |
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| | 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 |
| I wasn't planning on going long today, but Cody invited me to run 14 early in the morning with him, and I can never turn down company. We went from my house to the single track of the River Trail and back. The River Trail in late November! Now that's something to be thankful for! What a beautiful, warm November! I forgot to reset my garmin from yesterday, so don't have an accurate overall pace, but looking at mile splits, it was around 7:20/mile. |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM - ran the dog around the block. There was some ice on the sidewalks. So it begins... Afternoon - got sick of working and went for a run. Did the Landfill Loop via Planet Walk, about 7.5 miles. Averaged 7:13/mile. Lots of sentence fragments.
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| | 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 |
| Met Cody, James, and Scott at my house, and we ran the Providence Hill Loop. Pace was 7:19/mile. |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 172.25 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 175.25 |
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 79.50 | Brooks Axiom Miles: 51.50 | Brooks Cascadia Miles: 20.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 7 Miles: 17.00 |
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