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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

Thu, Dec 18, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	11.00

AM - ran the dog around the block. Bitter cold out.

noon - still bitter cold out, but at least it's sunny. I ran my First Dam Run progressive tempo. I think I went faster today than usual because it was so cold and I wanted to be done and back indoors. Splits were 5:59, 6:03, 5:36, 5:39, 5:28, 5:23. I lost a fair bit of time on mile 2 and 4 due to Island Rd being a sheet of ice. Hit a few other ice spots that forced me to slow down, but for the most part it was good. Finished up by doing 6x30s hill charges up the Boulevard.

Nike Elite Miles: 11.00

Comments

From Superfly on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 17:13:41

Looking good!

From redrooster on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 17:21:39

Paul, do you worry about the pm 2.5 pollution levels when we have inversions like this or just run through it? My general rule is anything above 25 and I am up the canyon and out of this soup...

http://www.airquality.utah.gov/logan.html

strange they have today as a green day when we actually hit the red threshold. So today I went up BF canyon where the air was clear. It was beautiful up there and 5 degrees warmer than the valley.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 18:06:32

Clyde - thanks.

Scott - honestly, I don't worry about it. If I had asthma or a respiratory condition, I certainly would, but so far I've had no issues running through inversions. The only thing I really avoid is slippery roads, so no ice and snow for me.

That said, it is nice to get up BF Canyon during the winter. Maybe we should do our run there on Saturday?

From Jon on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 19:08:17

I never worry about pollution, either, though partly that may be because I can only run after dark so can't see it, plus can't run on BF.

I am helping Cody move Sat, so have to be done at 8:30, if you guys wanted to run together.

From redrooster on Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 22:43:56

Paul and Jon, I will be out of town next two saturdays though I would love to do a group run up BF one of these days.

I have exercise-induced asthma so have to watch the pollution in the winter. The problem has not been big since my teens, but I still watch the pollution just to be careful, and always carry an albuterol inhaler on long runs or races, just in case I have an attack.

OK, I will keep working on my base training per my instructions. thanks for all the help.

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