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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

Sat, Dec 13, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	15.50

Blizzard here in Logan today. I woke up to 6 inches of snow on the ground, and more on the way. I decided to call off the 8AM run in hopes the roads would be plowed and in good shape by afternoon. No such luck, so at 1PM I ran to the gym (0.8 miles), and did 4 miles on the treadmill at about 7:10 pace, then 30 minutes on the elliptical (just to break things up), then 7 more miles on the treadmill at about 7:00 pace. When I ran home from the gym, and it was blizzarding again, this time harder than before. I guess winter has begun!

Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 15.50

Comments

From Jon on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 18:39:34

Missed you on the afternoon run. The roads weren't bad for Cody and I. It was snowing, but not windy enough to call it a blizzard in my opinion... but I'm just being disagreeable.

From Paul Petersen on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 19:15:06

Jon, you disagree just for the sake of being ornery. It was certainly windy at 3PM when I was leaving the gym. I was completely snow-covered from my 6 block run home.

I would have ran with you this afternoon, but no one came by at 1PM, so I just bagged it and went to the gym.

From cody on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:25:41

I was going to come by, but ended up doing tech support for the computer until 2:30. What a "fun" day!

From Jon on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 16:10:14

Going to the gym tonight? I may see you there. Speaking of which, when does PF have these pizza and bagel days?

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 16:18:46

Jon - pizza evening is first Monday of month; bagel morning is second tuesday of the month.

No, I imagine I'll do my run outside shortly here in the afternoon.

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