Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

December 22, 2024

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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

Wed, Apr 23, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50	5.00

Ran to the gym. Did 20 minutes elliptical and 15 minutes arc training (went a little longer than normal because a Simpsons Halloween special was on the TV...hilarious). Then did 2x15 glute machine @ 75 lbs.

Comments

From Dave S on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 14:12:55

Paul, I read about your foot problem and it sounds exactly like what I have. I thought maybe I'd share what I've done for mine that has worked very well for me. I stepped on a spike about 6 years ago before I was running. It took quite a while to heal. A few months after it had healed and the pain was finally gone I started to get a different type of pain. I never went to a doctor, but a docter friend described it as a cyst that had grown on the nerve. It eventually got to where it wasn't bothering me much. After I started running and increasing mileage it started to come back. After a 20 mile run in shoes that only had about 30 miles on them it got real bad. It was about 8 weeks before my first marathon so I decided to just run through the pain. 3 runs later I ended up with an injured hip on the opposite side probably from favoring the bad foot. I gave it time and it didn,t get any better. I took the insole out of my shoe and built the bottom up with duct tape covering the front third of the insole just leaving a 1 1/4 inch area untaped where the pain was. I built it up quite thick at first and couldn't believe the imediate difference. I made it thinner and got the same result until it is only about 6 layers of tape thick. It works so well I don't ever notice it anymore. I was able to run that marathon without pain [at least from the foot, everything else hurt]. The only pain I get now is walking barefoot on hard surface. I have gotten new shoes a couple of times and forgot I nedded to do this. Right away on a run I will start to get pain. I really don't think I could keep running without this. Mine is under the 3rd metatarsal. I don't know if this could work for you and it sounds like a very high success rate for the treatment you are getting but if this works it would allow you to run now while your being treated. I think your smart not to run on it if it's causing a limp [unlike what I did]. Anyway good luck with it and maybe I should look into the treatment your getting for yours if it works well.

From josse on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 14:57:07

I read your race reports for Ogden and SG. They are a good read and found them very inspirational.

Thanks for the great work on the racing team page it looks great.

From Paul Petersen on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 20:44:45

Dave - thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try. And I'll certainly post on how my injection treatments work. I don't go in for another inject for a couple weeks though.

Josse - thanks for the kind words.

From Jon on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 21:29:34

When do you finish your injections?

From Paul Petersen on Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:43:56

Jon - depends on how many I get. Probably late June.

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