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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

Fri, Dec 15, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	11.00

Close to 50 degrees at 6AM this morning. It's supposed to get cold again tomorrow. But I'll enjoy it for now! Did a Landfill Loop from work, with 3 miles at brisk pace (6:10-6:15/mile). Non-"brisk" miles were in the 6:45-7:00/mile range, so still a good clip. Finished out the run by going to a friend's house and eating pancakes to replenish the calories, then ran back to work. Evening: went to the gym and did 30 minutes on elliptical, lifted, did core strength, and stretched. Weighed in at 132 lbs. New chin-up PR: 15. **I have written a new blog post titled Lamentation of the Cotton T-Shirt.

Comments

From Chad on Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:21:01

I really like the look of your new blog page. It would be fun to be able to upload and arrange images on this site as well. I hope you won't be abandoning the fastrunningblog community for your swanky site, though!

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 11:00:33

No, no, my training log will stay right here! My "swanky site" is actually off my own webpage for my freelance race course mapping business (Marathon GIS). I hope to partially use the new blog as a platform to demo my work and discuss course measurement and mapping. But the main thrust of the blog are opinion pieces, product reviews, news, and other fun "bloggy" themes. The fastrunning blog is great for training but less optimal for longer, more detailed blog entries. Plus I don't have admin control over my blog and comments here, and can't customize the blog, format the text, add photos, have RSS feeds, or add hyperlinks without html. The new blog lets me be as nerdy as I want.

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