| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.00 | 35.00 |
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Groin only a little better today. Outlook is doubtful for New Years Run tomorrow. But I am pre-registered, so you better believe I'll still show up and wear the t-shirt with pride! And I can take on the support role and cheer Stacy on in her first 5K. And I can still consume lots of food. Like I said to Stacy the other day, there's too many other good things going on in my life to get down about running. I think I'm healthy enough for elliptical, so can at least stay fit on that until I work through this muscle strain. Nothing like elliptical two-a-days (whatever it takes).
One good thing that happened today is the Packers getting back on track and making roadkill out of the Lions. 
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
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AM - Stacy dropped me off at the gym, and I did 30 minutes on the elliptical. It felt okay; a bit of tightness but not much pain. I will see how my body reacts, and if I'm feeling good I'll do another session during the noon hour. The walk home felt fine, probably because the muscle was warmed up. noon - my body seemed to be agreeing with the morning workout, so I went back to the gym during the noon hour and did another 30 minutes on the elliptical. Everything felt a little bit looser the second time around (to be expected). This time, I did 15 minutes easy, and then the last 15 minutes at the elliptical version of "marathon pace." After the gym, I went to see my chiropractor. As Josse suggested, my sacrum was very much torqued and twisted. The DC thought that was causing a bit of tendinitis in a hamstring muscle where it attaches at the ischium. Being a chiro, he thought the whole problem was 100% mechanical in nature. If that is correct, then the solution should be purely mechanical as well, and a good adjustment should fix everything. I'll know more tomorrow, but my body moved like butter during the adjustment, and immediately afterward everything felt much better, especially at that muscle insertion point. I'm walking pretty good right now. I jogged across my office a little bit later in street shoes, and didn't feel any pain, also good. Obviously, the muscles themselves still have some residual inflammation and tightness, but perhaps the root of the problem has been fixed? I guess I'll have to wait and see how I feel tomorrow morning. It can be kind of deceiving, since I tend to feel better over the course of a day anyway from my muscles getting warm. So I may be having trouble filtering the effects of the adjustment from my normal daily pattern.
In any case, today has been good on all counts. Running might be an option tomorrow. I'll see the chiro again Wednesday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 |
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Happy New Year, everyone! I've posted my 2007 year in review and 2008 goals on my personal blog, if anyone is interested. I like to look back at things and reflect a bit (this blog helps me do that), and also like make written goals at the beginning of the year. I definitely encourage everyone to write a down a set of goals for running and other things at the start of every year. Goals are very helpful, and way better than resolutions. ***************************** I woke up feeling pretty good today, about the same as I felt last night. I went to the gym around noon and did 30 minutes on the elliptical at a fairly easy effort. Going backward on the elliptical feels better than going forward, but neither really produce any pain. I got back from the gym, iced, iced some more, and then applied heat. Nothing had changed for the worse, so I tried a 4-mile run on the Planet Walk. The run went okay. Just okay, not great, but on the other hand I was able to complete the run. There was a bit of pain on tendon, which was a little discouraging. The key will be how my body reacts to this run. If it sets me back, then I know I will need to cancel Houston and just do elliptical for awhile longer. However, if it continues to improve despite increased activity and pounding, then I will know that the "healing snowball" has started, and racing will be likely. With my past experiences with injuries I've found that when the injury gets worse with a certain activity, then that activity just needs to be stopped. However, there is a point where the injury "turns the corner", and steadily improves everyday while doing activity. The healing cannot be stopped. I call this point the "healing snowball", since the rate of improvement snowballs on itself. The key is to identify when the healing snowball begins, because then running becomes safe again, and you can train through the injury and treat it at the same time. A good example of this would be Cody with his IT band problems. For a while, he wasn't able to run at all, but eventually he made a few adjustments, healed to a certain degree, and has been able since then to increase his mileage every week while simultaneously treating the injury. Hopefully I will be there myself soon. Tonight and tomorrow morning will reveal a lot. Until then, heat and ice! (Adrenaline: 18 miles)
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| Well, the run yesterday did indeed set me back this morning. Not a complete setback, but I was definitely worse off than I was the day before. I emailed the Houston people, apologized, and told them I would be a no-go. They were all very gracious, and they said they may even extend me AADP funding for the 25K Championships in May since I am missing this race. That would be most excellent, and would help ease the disappointment from missing Houston. First things first, is just to get pain-free and start running again. I plan to do 2 elliptical sessions/day until that happens, and should maintain a bit of fitness at least. I crossing my fingers and am hoping for just a couple weeks or so. I've definitely been a lot worse off, so I can count my blessings. Saw the chiropractor this evening, and will see him again on Friday. I will also try to get in for a short, focused massage on either Friday or Saturday. After the chiro appt, I went to the gym and did 40 minutes on the elliptical. I also did a set of 15 on the hamstring curl machine with 55 lbs (very very easy). | | Comments(14) |
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AM - 30 minutes on the elliptical. PM - 30 minutes on elliptical. Tendon feeling better today than yesterday. | | Add Comment |
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AM - 30 minutes on the elliptical. PM - 30 minutes on the elliptical. I saw the chiropractor again today. I took Josse's advice and had him do some scraping on my hamstring. I think he usually uses the tools for carpal tunnel, so we'll see how effective it is. Hamstring showed steady improvement from yesterday. Walking is fairly normal, and I had do things like change my socks or pants (ie - stand on one leg) with minimal pain (probably a pain level of 2 out of 10). | | Comments(4) |
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| 60 minutes on the elliptical. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.00 | 35.00 |
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