| 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 | | 70.75 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.75 |
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 17.25 | Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 22.00 | Saucony Tangent Miles: 12.00 | New Balance 790 Miles: 8.00 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.00 | Saucony Type A Miles: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| AM - congestion has finally cleared, and now I'm draining. Disgusting. Wanted to do a track workout this morning, but bagged it because I could tell I wasn't ready. Met Carson at the track, and did 6x100m strides while he did the workout. Tried to jump in one interval with Carson just for fun, but dropped after 400m (he was doing 1000m's @ 3:11 pace). Felt very rusty and not quite right. But 6:30/mile pace nice and easy felt fine. Did some distance on the roads afterward. 9 miles, averaged about 7-minutes/mile. |
| Brooks Launch Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| AM - met Carson at Mack Park, then headed up Birch Canyon. We went up to the trailhead, and then headed back down. Decided to explore a little, so we veered off and crossed the creek, and ran along the hillside on an ATV trail. I had seen this roadcut for a while, but hadn't tried running it until now. It was actually really good. Eventually we popped up out of the canyon, on the ridge. Then we ran toward Dry Canyon on an ATV trail along a farm field up on the hillside. Then we saw an old ditch, and hopped up there and ran along it until we got to a barb wire fence. The old ditch was pretty cool, despite many stickers and burrs. Found an opening in the fence and resumed along the ATV trail we started on. Had to cross overland through an alfalfa field at one point, but eventually reach Dry Canyon. So there is indeed decent access between Birch and Dry. So that was fun. Added a couple miles afterward. 9 miles total. I'm still not quite over this cold. Congestion is gone, but I'm still coughing a little bit. Running at normal feels pretty good (clears me up, actually), but I'm trying not to exert myself until this is gone. Bad timing; I wanted last week and this week to be "big", but it's been more of a whimper.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 9.00 |
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| | 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 |
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Found an open window in the weather and went for it, around 11AM. Did the Planet Walk - Landfill Loop from work, 8 miles of tinman tempo. Didn't push it too hard, still recovering from being sick, but averaged 6:05/mile for 8 miles. Then did an extra 4 miles to finish out the mileage. It was snowing pretty good by the time I finished. Today was one of those days where it's nice to have a shower at work.
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| Saucony Tangent Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
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AM - easy 8 miles on the canal trail. 6:53/mile average. Not snowing or raining, and slightly above freezing, which is awesome.
PM - Forrester Acres with Seth. 5.5 miles.
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| New Balance 790 Miles: 8.00 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.25 |
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AM - Met Carson at Mack Park, and ran up Smithfield Canyon. In the snow, of course. 8-minute pace going up, a bit faster going down. Averaged about 7:20/mile for the run.
PM - ran home from work. No watch.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.00 | Brooks Launch Miles: 8.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Did my last interval workout before Indy. This makes a whopping "3". I had planned on doing a couple more interval workouts, but they were canceled either due to health or to weather. So it goes. The plan today was 8x1000m @ CV pace, with 200m recovery (about 1 minute). My goal pace was to run 75s/lap, or 74s/lap if I was feeling good. This comes out to 3:05-3:08 range. I wore flats, and jogged out from my house to Skyview track (about one mile), and started the interval session immediately (trying to beat the rain). | Interval | Split | | 1 | 3:09 | | 2 | 3:07 | | 3 | 3:05 | | 4 | 3:06 | | 5 | 3:05 | | 6 | 3:06 | | 7 | 3:06 | | 8 | 3:01 |
It took me a couple intervals to get fully warmed up and into the workout, but once I settled in, 74s/lap felt pretty smooth. Stayed consistent, except for the last lap of the final interval. Had a headwind on the back curve and the front-stretch, and a tailwind on the inverse. The wind got worse as the workout went on, due to weather approaching. Got a few snow pellets on me, but it held off for the most part. I was especially pleased with my recoveries. On the first couple intervals I actually had to force myself to slow down in order to give a full minute on the 200m jog. And usually my recoveries get longer and longer for this kind of workout, but I stuck around 60s for each one to the end. Felt like I could have kept going with a few more. So that's all good. Managed to salvage decent mileage this week, despite still recovering from illness, plus terrible weather. Next week I just have a short tempo scheduled on Tuesday, and the rest is easy.
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| Saucony Type A Miles: 8.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 70.75 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.75 |
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 17.25 | Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 22.00 | Saucony Tangent Miles: 12.00 | New Balance 790 Miles: 8.00 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.00 | Saucony Type A Miles: 8.50 |
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