| 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 | | 18.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.50 | 40.00 |
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| Tele skied for a couple hours at Alta. It was fun and went pretty well. Skiing is kind of like riding a bike; it comes back very fast after a lapse. I'm not sure if I can count this as cross training mileage, but it is a very good workout in any case. The hamstring held up well; some discomfort, but no linger bad effects. I figure it's making it stronger. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran to the gym, then did 20 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the arc trainer, and 15 minutes on the bike. Did 13 chinups, and then ran back home. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
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There is an excellent blog post by Josh Cox on The Final Sprint. Good motivation for the morning. Ran to end of Planet Walk and back this afternoon. Timed my 5K in 24:10, another post-injury PR, but still short of Lybi's PR. Mile splits were 7:35, 8:02, 7:48. It probably would have been faster, but I lost time on snow and ice and some of the sharp corners. It was probably a 23:50 Draper Days equivalent. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 |
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AM - jogged around the block with the dog, then ran to breakfast. 1.5 miles total.
PM - ran to the gym (and back afterwards, 1.5 miles total). Did 20 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes on the bike. Then did 2x10 @ 80 lbs on the 4-way hip machine. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.50 |
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AM - Ran around the block with the dog, then did another 2.5 miles. Pace was about 8:40/mile. PM - ran to the gym. Did 20 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes on the arc trainer. Then did 1x15, 1x12 bench press @ 115 lbs and 1x24 arm curls @ 20 lbs. Ran home.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 | 9.00 |
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AM - ran the dog around the block and then jumped on the bus for a PT session at the hospital. Did 10 minutes of bike, 15 minutes of elliptical, and a bunch of strength exercises. I'm done with ultrasound. Probably will have my final session in a couple weeks. PM - tough workout at the gym. 25 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the arc trainer, and 20 minutes on the bike. For those keeping track, that's 85 minutes total x-training today. Yuck. But I get to do a "long" run tomorrow. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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Today was the day. The day to make my Lybi 5K PR attempt. Weather conditions turned a little sour: cool (good) with blustery wind and rain/snow (bad). I jogged the dog around the block in the morning to get the blood flowing a little bit. It felt okay. Cody was to be my pacer, and we met at 2PM sharp. The 1st mile got off to a shaky start. We were on sidewalks, and I was continuously slowed by snow and standing water. Shaking it off, we managed to salvage a 7:41 mile, which put us behind pace. The second mile we were on roads, and I managed to find a good rhythm. Despite facing some rolling hills, we surged to a 7:26 (15:07) mile, pulling us even with the Lybi guy. It would come down to the last mile as we entered Providence. I pushed hard on the uphill, and then smelled the barn on the downhill, hitting that magical sub-7 pace in spots. Third mile split was a blazing 7:17 (22:14). I finished strong with a 47 second last 0.108 and a final time of 23:11. As our President would say, "Mission accomplished." Hopefully that will be the only comparison of my running to the Iraq war for a while. This time is a full minute faster than my previous post-injury 5K PR, so the ball of conquest is truly rolling now. But it is no time to get cocky. My attention now turns to Benjamin, and his 22:14 PR. That is fast for an 8 year-old, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 18.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.50 | 40.00 |
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