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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

Tue, Oct 06, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

Canal Trail. 8 miles averaging 6:15/mile. Brisk run for a brisk morning.

Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 8.00

Comments

From redrooster on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 11:46:00 from 71.219.149.178

well Paul, did you watch the vikes take down our pack? I am glad i missed the game now. Watching benedict Brent shred the pack defense would have been too much for me. But then again, had I been there to watch and impart my positive energy, the outcome may very well have been different. So you may be indirectly responsible for this loss, by jinxing the pack by not having another cache valley wisconsin native in front of the tube cheering them on. its the little things like this that decide games you know. I guess you will have to live with that...

From Paul on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 11:53:37 from 76.27.122.123

Where were you? I invited everyone, like, 4 weeks ago. I suppose I should have sent a booster invitation. Actually, it's been a busy couple weeks, and getting organized for the game was not on the forefront of my mind. But I did grill some bratwurst and onions. My 3 brats were not quite enough, and perhaps if I had eaten 5 or 6 brats, they would have recovered one of those two onside kicks, or at least gotten some pressure on Favre. Sheesh, Favre was as sharp as I've ever seen him, but they got ZERO pressure on him. It was pathetic, although the Pack somehow still made a decent game of it, even though they were outplayed in every phase. Oh well.

From Jon on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 12:14:49 from 138.64.2.76

Minn 8 sacks + GB 0 sacks = impossible to win. Too bad, I was rooting for the Pack. Aaron didn't stand a chance, and Favre had all day to throw.

From jtshad on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 12:17:46 from 204.134.132.225

Aaron still did awesome with his game despite his line looking like a sieve! Give him some time and it would have been a different story.

From Paul on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 12:19:16 from 76.27.122.123

Yeah, agreed on the sack ratio. Rogers, to his credit, was able to make some big plays, despite the o-line. These big plays kept them in the game. But Rogers, to his discredit, tends to hold the ball WAY to long and to see the the field too slowly (or only see half the field). Favre, in contrast, in sooo good at getting rid of the ball quickly, and seeing those checkdowns. That's why he's still playing at age 40. Rogers will be in a wheelchair by Week 6 of this season.

From redrooster on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 16:41:33 from 129.123.3.31

Paul, well, we can plan to do "pack-vikes" part two if it is on TV (I'll have to check the schedule). I think if we have enough brats and positive energy we ought to do fine in round two. Brent is making the pack look pretty bad right now. This really hurts. If he takes them down in Lambeau it would be very bad indeed.

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