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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.0011.000.000.000.0016.00

Got 9.5 glorious hours of sleep last night, and feel much better today. Did a Big Workout: 4-3-2-2-1 @ MP. But I ended up dropping the last interval, so it was just 4-3-2-2. I ran it on the Bear River Ranch out-and-back route.

Warmed up for two miles (6:22, 6:25), then did the 4-mile interval (5:22, 5:15, 5:19, 5:26). Two minutes recovery jog, then the 3-mile interval (5:18, 5:19, 5:13). Another two-minute recovery, then the 2-mile interval (5:15, 5:17). Two minutes recovery. The second two-mile interval was the toughest of the bunch, due to being on a steady uphill, plus my legs were shot by the last mile. (5:26, 5:34). I ended up throwing out the last interval, since I didn't feel up to another mile straight up a hill, and have a race on Saturday. Pretty good workout though. Cooled down very slowly, about 7:40/mile. Averaged 5:53/mile for 16 miles.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 16.00
Comments
From Jason McK on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:31:54 from 63.255.173.99

Good luck at the race - though I suppose the only luck is who shows up to race - the rest is up to you (and the weather, health, sleep (kids)).

From Paul on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:35:27 from 65.103.252.214

I already know who is running, so no luck there. It should be a pretty good field. I just hope I am able to run it.

From Jason McK on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:43:54 from 63.255.173.99

Oh, I forgot they publish a list, don't they? Are you really worried you can't run it or just worried you can't run it like you want to run it?

From Paul on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:51:00 from 65.103.252.214

Well, if the baby is born Saturday morning, I probably won't run it. Or if it's not born yet, I'll be running with a cell phone!

From Superfly on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:55:44 from 208.117.127.110

Another great one. Hopefully that baby gets here this week so we can see how your legs will kill the TOU half. I'm excited to see the results already.

From Jason McK on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 13:02:37 from 63.255.173.99

Wow - I didn't put yesterday and today together very well. Good luck guessing the arrival time of a baby (no offense intended to anyone, but scheduling these things seems to go against nature).

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