| 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 | | 50.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 52.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scheduled day off. Legs, especially quads, VERY sore from race on Saturday. I am surprised at my lack of conditioning for downhill running. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Did some very light jogging with the dog. Still VERY sore from the NUTS half marathon. Almost marathon-level soreness, which surprises me. I figured after running four training races early in the winter/spring, my recovery would be better, but I guess I was not ready for a long downhill. It's hard to tell how my knee feels, because there is so much background soreness in both my quads, but my back is definitely very stiff and sore. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Easy miles. I'm still quite sore from the half marathon, but at least I'm able to run again. I was not planning on taking essentially three days off, so this is a bit of a setback, but definitely better to recover properly than to force it and cause injury or burnout. While I met my personal time standard for running the Ogden Marathon (I told myself I had to run in the 1:12 range for half marathon to make it worth my while), I don't think my body is holding up to the standard I set for it (ability to recover). Right now I am leaning toward not running Ogden, working on base and letting my body heal for a month, and getting ready for the summer racing season. Right now a fast half marathon effort at Salt Lake City in June sounds tempting; may be my place to break 1:10. We'll see. I hate to put all my marbles into St. George, but right now I see running Ogden as hurting my St. George goals rather than helping. Back is still very sore, much like yesterday. Knee feels so-so, really not too bad considering the punishment I gave it. | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 |
| 1 mile running; 6 miles elliptical. I have decided that my body needs a time of healing before I can proceed with quality racing. I am taking April "off" in terms of workouts, and will be working on only base,up to 80 miles/week, about half of which will come from the elliptical. In the meantime I will continue rehabbing my knee and back, and increase my core strength. Looking ahead, I think I will do the Salt Lake Half Marathon. I've decided that it's key that if I am to have a legit shot at breaking 2:22 at St. George, I need to be able to run under 1:10 on a flat half course. So Salt Lake City and Great Salt Lake half marathons may be key races for me this year on route to St. George. | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 |
| 7 miles running; 3 miles elliptical | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| 6 miles elliptical; 5.5 miles running. The elliptical is getting slightly less boring, and I can actually get a decent workout on it (HR ave 150 today). Definitely can't do that running without pounding my legs. Next time I may actually try some threshold intervals on it and see if I can sustain my HR around 170-180 (85-90% max). | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Medium-long run of 16 miles. I don't expect to be going over 18 miles until at least May. Today was my only real run of the week that was 100% running (no elliptical). I felt pretty good, knee and back were back to their "standard" bearable levels of discomfort, opposed to how they felt earlier in the week. We pick it up coming back down the river trail a bit, so I got a little bit of running at a brisk pace. The week definitely ended a lot better than it started, mileage-wise. I'd like to sit on 80 miles/week for the rest of April, with some marathon-paced workouts on the road and threshold-paced workouts on the elliptical. I'm going to ignore VO2Max until May, since that can develop in a relatively short period of time. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 50.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 52.00 |
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