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December 22, 2024

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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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Good news, I got my personal blog working again. Had to take an old MySQL backup and configure it to work with the new server. I lost a couple comments, but other than that it's all there. I also finally lost the horrible big toenail on my right foot, after over a year of trying, so that's even better news. Fresh starts all around.

To make myself feel better about the Packer loss, I posted some more inspiring quotes on my blog, this time all are by Vince Lombardi. Click here if you care. 

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AM - Easy 5 miles on a fresh new layer of snow. Didn't wear watch.

(Adrenaline blue: 491 miles)

PM - having seen enough of the Packers humiliating themselves (and their fans) in front of the Bears, I bailed on the game drove up to Green Canyon and did some XC skiing. Lots of people up there; nice to see the ski community out and about. For fun, I took my Garmin to see how fast I was skiing. First two uphill miles were 15:04 and 15:53. Then I turned around and went downhill. I'm not very good down hills on skinny skis and leather boots, but I managed to do some snow plowing and not bite it at all, which is important when there's a lot of other people out there. 8:01 and 8:11 on the downhill miles. 47:06 for the whole 4-mile trek. Green Canyon was really beautiful, with huge amounts of snow hanging from the trees. I may try the golf course by the Planet Walk later this week if we get some more snow.

Comments
From steve ashbaker on Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 18:27:09

Da Bears! Sorry Paul I couldn't help it!

From Paul Petersen on Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 19:18:21

Aaagh! The worst part was seeing so many happy Bear fans on TV. Happy Bear fans actually give me upset stomach. I had to get out of there.

From Neal on Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 14:36:47

Give us Bear fans our moment in the sun. It's been a long season and we haven't had much to be happy about. Bring on the Orton era.

From Jon on Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 15:00:31

How deep is the snow up GC? Is it run-able?

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 16:56:30

Jon - I wouldn't run on it, but mostly because I don't want a pole through the eye from any angry skier. It's better to not mess up the corduroy. But there was about 18 inches of snow yesterday, and it's hammering right now too.

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