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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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Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles: 337.25
New Balance Trainers Lifetime Miles: 314.50
New Balance 1400 Racers Lifetime Miles: 65.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
67.500.005.000.000.0072.50
New Balance 790 Miles: 5.00Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 16.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 17.50Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 12.00Asic DS Trainer Miles: 18.00Brooks Launch Miles: 4.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

AM - 8 miles, 7:30/mile average. Feel okay after the race. It was definitely a hard effort on the legs, but I think recovery will go well.

PM - 5 miles, canal trail. Felt better than I did this morning. Averaged 7:30/mile.

New Balance 790 Miles: 5.00Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.250.000.000.000.0012.25

AM - Birch Creek Canyon with Carson. 8.25 miles, averaged 8:01/mile.

PM - 4 miles around town. 7:05/mile average.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.00Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Smithfield Canyon with Carson. 10 miles, 7:05/mile average.

Asic DS Trainer Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

PM1 - hammering snow all day. I ended up on the treadmill after work. 8 miles.

PM2 - treadmill, 4 miles.

Brooks Launch Miles: 4.00Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.750.000.000.000.0011.75

AM - Saddleback out-and-back, 8 miles, 7:10/mile average. Did strides on the way back

PM - Summit out-and-back, 3.75 miles. No watch.

Asic DS Trainer Miles: 8.00Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 3.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.500.005.000.000.0013.50

Finally got in a workout this week. It's been a crazy week, as I spent the last half balancing a conference for work, plus work itself, sneaking in running where I could. And the weather did not make things easier either. This morning was a bit busy too, as I had a men's breakfast at 8AM, and I wanted to get my run done and be showered before then, so that I would have to deal with it later in the day. I got up at 5:30AM, ate some fruit, and then warmed up 2 miles on the treadmill. Then, a little bit after 6AM, I started my real run, as it was starting to get light out.

Warmed up on the roads for two more miles, 6:21 and 6:32. Then did 5x1-mile at LT pace with 2:00 recovery jog. Splits were 5:34, 5:15, 5:22, 5:11, 5:14. The first one was way slow because it was still dark and I could gauge pace, plus my body was still feeling grumpy about workout out this early. The third one was a little bit slower because it was mostly uphill. The set as a whole was just okay. Not terrible, but not great either. I think I am still recovering a bit from the race last Saturday, and from a more stressful than usual work week.

13.5 miles total for the run.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 13.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
67.500.005.000.000.0072.50
New Balance 790 Miles: 5.00Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 16.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 17.50Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 12.00Asic DS Trainer Miles: 18.00Brooks Launch Miles: 4.00
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