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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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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

Mon, Jun 09, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00

Sunday, Day 3: More apples. Apples apples apples. Lots of water. Headache from Saturday went away though. No much change in how I feel. Capped off the day with a healthy dose of olive oil (almost half a cup). Yuck!! Woke up at about 1AM, and had greater range of motion and less pain in my toe since the whole thing started. Got very excited. Woke up again at 4AM, and foot was back to hurting like normal. Oh well, easy come, easy go.

Broke fast this morning with a glass of orange juice, three slices of cantaloupe, and a slice of flax bread. In all, the apple fast was a positive experience. I learned that a mono-food fast/detox is quite doable, and remained in good spirits the whole weekend. Also, the fast did succeed in releasing my back and SI quite a bit. But the foot is only minimally better.

This week I am starting the Low Starch Diet (LSD), which will hopefully transition into No Starch Diet (NSD). Many people with AS have had success controlling symptoms with NSD, and no or minimal meds. Personally, I would rather give up pizza, pasta, rice, nachos, and bread than take meds the rest of my life and fry my liver. So I'll give it a fair shot. Plus, it gives me something to do before I see the rheumatologist later this month. See links below for theory on NSD.

http://www.kickas.org/londondiet.shtml

http://www.kickas.org/as_dietary_primer.shtml

Biked to Dr. Kingston's this morning. Then biked to the pharmacy to pick up some iodine (for testing foods for starch).

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breakfast: see above

snack: mixed almonds, walnuts, and raisens; pear

lunch:

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 16:42:43

This is encouraging. A dietary change over a short period of time produced some positive difference. I wonder how much of it from the apple fast and how much from a general dietary improvement.

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 17:07:52

I don't think I had any dietary improvement before the apple fast. My diet has been okay, better than the average American, but not in the top 5th percentile or anything. I think the improvement was completely from the detox. Pettibon could have played into it, but so far my pettibon improvements have been more gradual, whereas this was a jump.

It is encouraging though. I will continue to blog my diet as I attempt to eliminate starch.

From Jon on Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 17:12:16

Man, it seems like everyone is blogging their diet, now!

From SA on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:26:30

Just say that you're discussing low-starch diets. I've found there are some really good gluten-free foods out there. One of my favorites is Quinoa (a grain that looks kind of like barley)-it's higher in protein and gluten free.

Also in the summer I've gotten in the habit of making my own smoothies for lunch-this helps get rid of the temptation to eat bad stuff during the day at work. Great for transitioning off a detox, too. You can experiment, but some here's some stuff that I found mixes really well: frozen mangoes, orange and pineapple juice; add some healthy protein powder if you want (the one I like the best is one from a company called Standard Process (SP)-no sugar, lots of extra veggies in it). It's expensive but it lasts for months (I have no affiliation with the company). Other yummy (but weird) add-ins: Hemp milk (gives it a creamy texture plus extra calcium; I like it better than soy milk);a spoonful of Udo's Oil (which has the 'good' Omega 3s, you can buy it in most health food stores); ground flax seeds, blueberries, etc.If you like chocolate, you can also make smoothies with carob powder and chocolate hemp or almond milk. Hope this helps!

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