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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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New Balance Trainers Lifetime Miles:						314.50
New Balance 1400 Racers Lifetime Miles:						65.00
Brook Pureflow Lifetime Miles:						99.50

Tue, Apr 04, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.50

Easy miles. I'm still quite sore from the half marathon, but at least I'm able to run again. I was not planning on taking essentially three days off, so this is a bit of a setback, but definitely better to recover properly than to force it and cause injury or burnout.

While I met my personal time standard for running the Ogden Marathon (I told myself I had to run in the 1:12 range for half marathon to make it worth my while), I don't think my body is holding up to the standard I set for it (ability to recover). Right now I am leaning toward not running Ogden, working on base and letting my body heal for a month, and getting ready for the summer racing season. Right now a fast half marathon effort at Salt Lake City in June sounds tempting; may be my place to break 1:10. We'll see. I hate to put all my marbles into St. George, but right now I see running Ogden as hurting my St. George goals rather than helping.

Back is still very sore, much like yesterday. Knee feels so-so, really not too bad considering the punishment I gave it.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 07:07:06

Good job setting a PR! Regarding soreness. There could be a good number of reasons for it. As you probably already know, I stopped getting sore after marathons (except for DesNews) at the same time I changed my diet to eliminate white flour, red meat, and milk products, and to replace it with increased quantities of fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, and grains. I still do not know for sure if it was a mere coincidence, there was a direct correlation, or something in between, but I am happy with if it ain't broke, don't fix it approach - it works, so I stick with it.

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