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November 2012

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 53.00Asics Blur 33 Miles: 33.00Brooks Green Silence Miles: 58.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 31.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.250.000.000.000.008.25

Ran home for lunch. 8.25 miles, averaged 6:44/mile.

Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.500.000.000.000.008.50

Ran home for lunch. 8.5 miles, averaged 6:34/mile.

Asics Blur 33 Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.750.000.000.000.0015.75

Boyd Lake. 15.75 miles, averaged 6:21/mile.

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 15.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

Ran around the neighborhood. 4.5 miles, averaged 7:20/mile.

Asics Blur 33 Miles: 4.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Ran home for lunch. 10 miles, averaged 6:50/mile.

Asics Blur 33 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.500.000.000.000.0010.50

Lunchtime Loop. 10.5 miles, averaged 6:03/mile.

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 10.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

Ran home for lunch. 7.5 miles, no watch.

Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.250.000.000.000.008.25

Ran home for lunch. 8.25 miles, averaged 6:40/mile.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Ran home for lunch. 10 miles, no watch.

NCAA DI Regionals is in Fort Collins today (right now actually). The course is literally right behind my office, and I could watch the race from our parking lot or from our upstairs window. So I did. Awesome awesome day for a xc regional meet. Made me wax nostalgic for those days.

Asics Blur 33 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles on Fossil Creek and Mason Trail. Averaged about 6:30/mile

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.750.000.000.000.007.75

Ran home for lunch. 7.75 miles, averaged 6:55/mile.

Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 7.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.750.000.000.000.007.75

Ran home for lunch. 7.75 miles, averaged 6:20/mile.

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 7.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.750.000.000.000.007.75

Ran home for lunch. 7.75 miles, averaged 6:16/mile.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail to Poudre Trail. 9 miles, averaged 6:03/mile.

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 9.00
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5.750.000.000.000.005.75

Been traveling and/or sick the last few days,so no running. Today I felt decent and had time, so ran from out hotel in Detroit up along a bike trail that paralleled I275, up to 8-mile roaf, and then back. 5.75 miles, averaged about 7:05/mile.

Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 5.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

in detroit, 6 miles. Averaged 6:30/mile.

Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Last day in Detroit. 10 miles, south along I275 trailway. Averaged about 6:55/mile.

Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.750.000.000.000.007.75

Finally back home and feeling well again, so hopefully the running will be more consistent from here on in. Ran home for lunch, 7.75 miles, averaged 6:40/mile.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail to Poudre Trail. 8 miles, averaged 6:11/mile.

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.750.000.000.000.007.75

Ran home for lunch. 7.75 miles, no watch.

Asics DS Sky Speed 2 Miles: 7.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

Ran home for lunch. 7.5 miles, no watch.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
175.250.000.000.000.00175.25
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