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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, Sep 20, 2006

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

parents are in town, so no time to go to gym. I did manage to sneak out after work and biked over to my favorite paved trail along the Logan River for a run. They have a mile marked out, so I ran an out-and-back for 2 miles total. Total time was 14:28, and both mile splits were 7:14. At least I still have my sense of pacing. It felt good to get on one of my normal running routes, and not just do laps around the LHS fields. I would have preferred grass or dirt, but the pavement didn't feel too bad.

Comments

From Cody on Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 17:58:07

Are you referring to the trail that runs between the Logan River Golf Course? If so, I have run that many many times. I love the trail, but I am afraid the mile is not a whole mile. If you are referring to the "Golden Mile" Plaques they are not correct. If you start on Golf Course Road heading on the trail south-east there is a small cement block on the right hand side of the trail under a tree. That is a half mile. The next "half mile" is actually 4/10 of a mile to the plaque. I have measured it with my bike and have found the second half to be too short. I thought you would want to know. I ran that trail all winter thinking it was a mile. If you continue out to the highway, run about 100 meters and then you will be at a mile.

Regardless of how far it is, you are doing a good job recovering and rebuilding. Good job on the even split, even with the slight uphill on the return.

From Paul Petersen on Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 18:20:59

Rats.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 20:28:59

Still that makes it sub-8:00 pace, which is a good start.

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