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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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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, Apr 11, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
7.50	0.00	2.50	0.00	0.00	10.00

7 miles elliptical, 3 miles running. I finally got a new heart rate transmitter, so I decided to try a threshold workout on the elliptical just based on HR. Since my max HR is ~200, I tried 2x7:30 intervals with my HR at 170-175 (85-87%) with 2:30 rest between. It took a little fiddling with the machine to get the proper resistance (I initially had it too high and went anaerobic quickly--not good for an LT workout), but I finally found a sustainable setting where I could keep my HR in the 170s and get a threshold "feel". It seemed to work out fine, although I was probably annoying the other people next to me by my profuse sweating. This little "experiment" was short, but now that I know it works I'll probably do 4x7:30 intervals next time. The great thing about the elliptical is that I should be able to do LT workouts more frequently, since my recovery should be faster in a non-impact setting.

Ave HR for entire session: 148

Ave HR for LT intervals: 172

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 19:41:08

Funny you would say that you thought others might find your sweating annoying. I was thinking today about how we have to a certain extent lost our freedom to sweat in public while some furiously fight for their freedom to look at nude pictures on the Internet at a public library. In Genesis 3:19 it says In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread.... With that in mind we should get used to sweating and not be offended at the smell of somebody's hard work byproducts as much as we are now.

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