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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
82.5011.002.500.000.0096.00
Saucony Hattori Miles: 7.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 14.00Brooks Launch Yellow Miles: 14.50Brooks Green Silence Miles: 12.25Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 16.25Brooks PureConnect Miles: 32.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Fossil Creek Park to Mason Trail. 7 miles, no watch.

Saucony Hattori Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.250.000.000.000.0014.25

AM - Fossil Creek to Mason Trail. 6 miles, no watch.

noon - ran home for lunch. 8.25 miles, no watch. Hot out.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.00Brooks Launch Yellow Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.500.000.000.000.0014.50

AM - Cottonwood Plains Loop. 6.25 miles, no watch.

noon - ran home for lunch. 8.25 miles, averaged 7:14/mile. Did some strides.

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 6.25Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.005.000.000.000.0014.00

Power Trail to Poudre Trail. Tried to do 2x3-mile tempo intervals, but it was close to 80 degrees out, and all of the water fountains along the trail were still turned off. Needless to say, the workout was not optimal.

First set was 5:24, 5:27, 5:27. Did 3-minute recovery jog. Next set was 5:33, 5:28, and then I shut down the workout, and jogged it in. Felt like if I pushed another mile, bad things would have happened. It was better than nothing, but with the weather finally warming to summer temperatures, I probably need to start doing workouts in the morning before work, rather than during my lunch break.

14 miles total, averaged 6:24/mile.

Brooks PureConnect Miles: 14.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.250.000.000.000.0014.25

AM - Cottonwood Plains loop. 6.25 miles, no watch.

noon - Power to Spring Creek. 8 miles, averaged 6:58/mile.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.00Brooks Launch Yellow Miles: 6.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.000.000.000.000.0014.00

am - Fossil Creek to Mason, no watch, 6 miles

pm - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 8 miles, averaged 6:58/mile. Did some strides on the way back

Brooks Green Silence Miles: 6.00Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.506.002.500.000.0018.00

Bacon Strip for one last hilly run before Bolder Boulder. Did one full loop, and then an out-and-back for a total of 18 miles. Did 6 miles of MP tempo on the second part of the first loop, but couldn't get much going. Ran these miles at 5:40-5:50 pace. During the last 4 miles of the run, I did a fartlek of 60s on, 45s off. Had a net downhill and a tailwind for this segment, so it felt alright, a good way to finish off a long run. I think I ended up with 12 or 13 intervals.

Averaged 6:25/mile overall for the 18 miles. 

Brooks PureConnect Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
82.5011.002.500.000.0096.00
Saucony Hattori Miles: 7.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 14.00Brooks Launch Yellow Miles: 14.50Brooks Green Silence Miles: 12.25Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 16.25Brooks PureConnect Miles: 32.00
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