| 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 | | 64.10 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 72.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 |
| So Sunday after the Moab Half I could barely walk early in the morning due to my right knee being very stiff (Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome; "Runner's Knee"). Not to mention my lower back is still messed up, so aside from some light hiking, I took the day completely off. Along with disappointing performance at Moab, this very discouraging, and makes me doubt I will run Ogden | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Alright, I'll give this blog thing a try...I'll go back and fill in the last two weeks as well later today. I finally decided "enough is enough" and went to see a PT today. I saw an orthopedic and a chiropractor over last fall, but have decided to go with a PT approach now. The PT spent about 2 hours with me, tested all my muscles and joints, and told me to start stretching my left hip flexor and right SI Joint for my lower back, and keep stretching my hamstrings and strengthen my quads for my knee. It was a good basic visit and I will see him again next week to do more treatment and maybe a running analysis. I did an AM and PM session today to aid in recovery while keeping my volume up. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer each session (feels good on the knee), 10 minutes each session on a treadmill at an incline, and 5 minutes each session of "real" running. I don't know if elliptical counts as "real" miles, but I can easily sustain a heart rate of 140-150 for the entire session, which is about what my heart rate is at 6:45-7:00 miles, so I'm counting it as "mileage". Futures blogs will be shorter! | | Comments(2) |
| | 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 |
| 5 miles on road @ 7:10 pace + 6x100 striders. 30 minutes elliptical + 5 minutes treadmill in gym. Striders felt good and smooth, and recovery from Moab is going well. Back and knee felt pretty good today, as stretches seem to be helping. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 5x1200 on track @ 5k-10k pace. 2:30 rest between intervals. Pace ended up being 80 seconds/lap (5:20 mile pace). Felt pretty strong and steady, but still not overly "snappy". I definitely need to work on my speed. My knee felt pretty good, and lower back was a little irritated, but not affecting my biomechanics as much as before, so in all I was fairly pleased. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| 14-mile medium-long run with Ben and Dave. We did an out-and-back up Canyon Rd up onto the River Trail, up to the single-track. Canyon winds were fierce and there was a lot of snow still on the trail (the frustrating thing about training in Logan). The whole run felt good and we picked it up to about 7:00/mile on the way back. My knee and back have been tolerable the whole week so far, which has been encouraging. They still have a ways to go, though, but the stretching, strengthing, ice, ibuprofin, and Xtraining all seem to be helping. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 30 minutes on elliptical; 3 miles running easy on road and track with 6x100 striders. Lower back is rather irritated today, which affected my stride some. Knee a little bit more sore than usual as well, but tolerable. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| 18-mile long run today. I tried to keep the pace strong throughout, and did about 4 miles at marathon effort on the hilly Bonneville trail in the middle of the run. This was the longest run of my year so far, and felt great. I was a little bit tight at first, but really loosened up as run went on. I had what I think is a major breakthrough with my knee last night. I stretched my hamstrings long and hard, more than I ever have before, and my knee went from being pretty stiff and sore to feeling quite good. My lower back felt quite a bit better too. This morning I got up and my knee was pretty sore again, but I did some good hamstring stretching before and during my long run, and it ended up feeling pretty good by the end of the run and my biomechanics felt fluid. The test will be to see how it feels tomorrow in recovery from my long run. One more note of interest: this is my first week over 70 miles since August 2004. I never got over 65 last year. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 64.10 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 72.10 |
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