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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
72.500.004.000.000.0076.50
Brooks Axiom Miles: 4.00Jogging Stroller Miles: 14.50Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 12.00Brooks Launch Miles: 12.50Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 16.00New Balance 790 Miles: 4.75Saucony Tangent Miles: 15.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

AM - met Carson at Mack Park, and then we ran up Birch Creek Canyon. The road was mostly clear of snow, but was a total mud pit. I think it will be pretty good for running by the end of the week, but today it was very slow going. Averaged 8:06/mile for 8 miles.

PM - Cemetery Loops with Seth. 4 miles, 7:05/mile average.

Brooks Axiom Miles: 4.00Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

AM - Met Carson at Mack Park, and did a big loop around the west side of Smithfield. Snowing a little bit, but pretty nice for running. Averaged 6:55/mile for 8 miles.

PM - Smithfield Canyon with Seth. 4 miles, averaged 6:58/mile.

Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.00Brooks Launch Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.250.004.000.000.0012.25

Run-commuted home from work today, and did a fartlek work: 2-minutes hard, 1 minute recovery, x 10 repeats. Warmed up 3 miles at brisk pace: 6:12, 6:06, 6:01. Then started the fartlek.

 Interval Distance Pace
 1 0.40 mi
5:01/mile
 2 0.39 mi
5:09/mile
 3 0.38 mi
5:19/mile
 4 0.39 mi
5:10/mile
 5 0.39 mi
5:07/mile
 6 0.39 mi
5:13/mile
 7 0.39 mi
5:11/mile
 8 0.39 mi
5:10/mile
 9 0.39 mi
5:08/mile
 10 0.39 mi
5:11/mile

Pretty consistent pacing, which was good. Terrain for that route home is mostly flat, with some slight inclines here and there. Safe to assume that the slower intervals were on uphills, faster ones on downhills. Felt pretty good, although it was plain to me that the speedwork was badly needed. After I got home, I grabbed Seth, and we ran down to Mack Pack and along the path there, and back home. 12 miles total. 6:20/mile for the entire run.

 

 

Jogging Stroller Miles: 2.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

AM - met Carson at Mack Park, and we did an out-and-back up Smithfield Canyon. I forgot to start my garmin, so didn't get a pace. (but it was slow...tired from yesterday).8 miles.

PM - 4 miles with Seth, cemetery loops. 7:45/mile average.

Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.250.000.000.000.0013.25

AM - Canal Trail, 4.75 miles averaging 6:41/mile.

PM - ran home from work. Averaged about 7:00/mile for 8.5 miles. Explored a little bit of the middle canal trail through Hyde Park.

New Balance 790 Miles: 4.75Brooks Launch Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

Did the Bear River - Benson Loop this morning, with 8 miles of tinman tempo. The tempo miles were 5:56, 5:52, 5:48, 5:37, 5:36, 5:48, 5:59, 6:10. Faster miles were due to slight downhill, slower miles at the end due to slight uphill plus wearing down plus really needing a portapot. Found a portapot near Skyview thanks to new home construction, and then continued on, cooled down for a few miles on the canal trail. 6:25/mile for the entire run. Decent workout, given that I'm at little worn down from the week's mileage.

Saucony Tangent Miles: 15.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
72.500.004.000.000.0076.50
Brooks Axiom Miles: 4.00Jogging Stroller Miles: 14.50Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 12.00Brooks Launch Miles: 12.50Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 16.00New Balance 790 Miles: 4.75Saucony Tangent Miles: 15.00
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