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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
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Mon, Feb 04, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	4.00

Pizza Monday at the gym today. I managed to get 4 pieces. I wanted a 5th, but there was no more pizza at that point. This is my personal definition of a bummer.

I worked out at gym too. Did 10 minutes on the mutant stair-stepper thingy, and then 30 minutes on the bike. Then lifted weights:

1x10 chin-ups @ body weight
1x12 lat pull-downs @ 100lbs
2x12 shoulder press @ 90lbs
1x10 4-way hip @ 70lbs (all positions)
1x10 4-way hip @ 80lbs (all positions)

I decided to do the 4-way hip machine because of my therabands at home broke. Also a bummer. They must have been old and brittle. I'll get more at PT on Friday.

Comments

From Scott Zincone on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 21:54:32

Were the chin-ups done at pre or post pizza body weight?

As I was told soon after I joined the blog by Mike Kirk, look to Paul as a great example of how to stay fit while recovering from an injury.

Keep it up !

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 21:56:15

Post-pizza.

From Stacy on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 22:24:40

Yeah, the therabands broke because they were old and brittle. It has nothing to do with the fact that you were trying to stretch them across the room.

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 22:35:35

Aren't therabands supposed to stretch?

Old and brittle...maybe that's my own problem.

From wheakory on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 22:46:14

The important thing is was it good and what type of pizza was it. I had a big fat juicy steak and sweet sour chicken. Isn't eating fun.

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