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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
19.250.000.000.0010.5029.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.500.000.000.004.005.50

Whew, heat wave! Mid-70s and sunny today; beautiful. Ran to the gym, did 25 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes arc trainer, 2x20 adductors @ 100 lbs, 2x18 abductors @ 90 lbs, 1x60 leg press @ 120 lbs, and1x40 single-leg press @ 60 lbs. Ran home.

I am trying an experiment with my neuroma today. Some people says it helps to stick cotton balls between your toes. This spreads everything out and may help the crazy nerve return to normal. I don't have any cotton balls, but am substituting wads of toilet paper instead. So I am walking around with (clean) toilet paper between my toes. Good stuff. This would come in handy when running with Jon, as I could always pull out some toilet paper if he ran out.

 


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.500.000.000.000.005.50

PM - decided that the gym didn't sound that appealing, so I tried something new: running. Met Jon and Cody at my house, and then Cody dropped us off at the LHS rec fields and Jon and I did about a billions laps in the grass (lost count due to angry tirades against the American health care system). Based on time, I'm calling it 5.5 miles. Hamstring feels fine. Foot is tolerable in the grass, and my stride felt good. Felt decently fit.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.003.505.50

Ran the dog around the block, then ran to gym. Did 25 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the arc trainer, 2x12 4-way hip @ 100 lbs, 2x12 hamstring curls @ 80 lbs. Ran home.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Ran the the gym. 20 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes bike. 2x20 adductors @ 100 lbs, 2x20 abductors @ 90 lbs, 1x50 leg press @ 130 lbs. Ran home.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.250.000.000.000.008.25

Logan and Jon came over to play this morning. I took them over to my playground at the Logan High Rec fields, and we ran endless loops in the grass. Joy. I actually felt pretty good, considering today equals the rest of my weekly running mileage. I decided that I am now on the "Benjamin Training Plan", which consists of two miles/day running, with an occasional longer run of 10K or more. 7:27/mile average pace for the run today.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
19.250.000.000.0010.5029.75
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