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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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Wed, Jul 23, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.75

Ran the Providence Loop with Jon. Felt pretty good. 7:16/mile average pace.

Comments

From Jon on Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 23:25:28

I was thinking about our elevation conversation, how if you can run a 33:00 10k at altitude, you may be able to run a 32:30 or so at sea level. But like you said, not all parts of your body may be up for it.

I think it is similar to me with my speed workouts. During my tempo's, my 6:20 miles may be equivalent effort wise to Chad's or Adam's 6:00 miles in the cool. But, when race day comes, the fact remains that I did not train at 6:00 pace. Effort wise, yes, but not speed wise. I think that is a disadvantage for me. What do you think?

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:10:26

Potentially, but I doubt it. You will be doing plenty of LT/MP/CV intervals and tempos at MP or faster, so your body will know what to do at 5:45 pace. Plus, the weather will cool down by September, and your tempo pace will increase.

Last year, I ran very few tempos at my actual marathon pace. I remember distinctly a few weeks before St. George trying to hold 5:25 for 8 miles, and bailing on the entire workout after 2 or 3 miles. I find it very hard to do race pace in a workout, and often discouraging. That is one reason why the tinman pace is so great: it's actually doable for long distance. That's also another reason why you run a variety of different paces (CV, LT, MP, strides, etc.), rather than just doing the same workout over and over.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:13:36

Also, it's a great benefit of doing an occasional workout on a downhill course: you get your muscles used to your St. George version of MP. I tried to do some of my harder workouts down Blacksmith Fork.

From Jon on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:34:40

Yeah, I agree about the Blacksmith fork. It may be "cheating" in terms of bumping your speed up a bit, but it sure gets your legs used to going a bit faster.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:41:39

I don't think it's cheating; it's "race-specific" training (assuming your goal race is TOU or St.Geo). Even if your goal race is an honest course, there are additional benefits to downhill training, namely overspeed training, leg turnover, and efficiency.

From Jon on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 15:15:04

By the way, Marci finished her volleyball (5 hours earlier than last year), so I can go running anytime this afternoon. Let me know what time you finish work and want to go- I was still thinking of running the river trail. I could drive by to pick you up. I'm guessing you'll want sometime after 4-5 pm.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 15:39:58

Jon - 5PM would be best for me.

From Jon on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 16:45:12

I'll pick you up at your house at 5.

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