| 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 | | 58.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 63.00 |
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| Day two of yurt trip. Epic day. Skiied the toughest shot I've ever attempted, an avalanche chute off of White Pine Knob into the White Pine drainage. Snow conditions were safe, but I was more concerned about cliffs and rocks. We all made it down, although I had my share of spills, but nothing life threatning. When I looked back up at it, I thought it was pretty stupid to ski that, but what's done is done. 
Home sweet yurt 
Twin peaks, Mt Gog and Magog
That's what we skiied down...what was I thinking?! After that we toured up the White Pine drainage and summitted a ridge that we fondly called "Mt Crustmore", because it ended up be very icy and almost impossible to skin up. It took hours to get everyone up it, and by the time we all made it, it was time to turn around and go back to the yurt because of darkness. Half our group, including myself, did a shot on the face called "Magic Land" which was the destination of the horrendous uptrack. Magic Land was quite magical, and I finally got some good turns in the trees. We then uptracked and skidded down Mt Crustmore and reached the bottom by dark. We then hiked back to the yurt the dark. Very cold. 
Top of Mt Crustmore, entering the realm of MagicLand.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Skiied out of yurt back to vehicle by 1PM. Other than dead truck battery, no mishaps. It was good to take my mind off running for a few days, but now it's back to the grind! I did a 9-miler as soon as I got home, otherwise I probably wouldn't get around to it. It took me a few miles to get my running legs back, but I managed to average 6:55/mile pace for the run, and felt pretty good aside from sore quads and butt.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Still working the yurt trip out of my legs. Ran 9 miles easy plus 6x100m strides. Very cold. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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Waited to run until 2PM to maximize sun and warmth. It wasn't too bad, according to my beard-o-meter (if the beard accumulates ice, it is too cold!). Did a Tinman tempo on the First Dam Run 10k course in 37:55 (6:05/mile pace). It took me a couple miles to get going, but ended up being a decent run. Cooled down afterwards back to the office.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Easy 10 miles on Providence Hill Loop, with 6x100m strides. 7:19/mile pace for entire run. I've had a hard time getting going this week. It might be the cold, but is more likely just a "tired" phase of my training. Or maybe a combination of both. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 12.00 |
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AM - Went to gym and did 30 minutes on elliptical. Stretched afterward. Weight 130.
PM - Warmer today. Modified Landfill loop from work, with 4x3-minute CV fartlek in middle. I have a new toy to wear, the Timex Bodylink. It is a GPS and HR monitor. I figured out how to use it during the first few minutes of my warmup, and then ran the fartlek. CV pace is supposed to be in between V02Max and LT, a little slower than 10-k pace. My 3:00 intervals were: 5:16/mile pace (HR 164) 5:18/mile pace (HR 171) 5:11/mile pace (HR 173) 5:17/mile pace (HR 175 Average pace for entire run 7:10/mile (skewed due to walking and figuring out toy). Ave HR for run 146. Max for run 181. Fun stuff. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Did 8 miles with Cody, 4 miles on my own, and 1 mile with the dog. Route was all over the place. Pace was around 7:10/mile. Cold, but felt pretty good. Ave HR 140.
60 miles for the week, 60 scheduled for next week. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 58.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 63.00 |
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