| 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 | | 57.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 57.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Easy 6 miles along paved river trail to Blackhawk condos to feed friends' cat. The cat was glad to see me. I'm quite sore from frisbee yesterday, as I apparently used muscles I haven't used in years. As a result, pace today was around 8:00/mile. After church, me, my wife, a group of friends, and a couple dogs are heading up for a one-night backpack trip up High Creek near Richmond. It's a beautiful area, although I'm crossing my fingers that there won't be much snow up at 8500 feet. It's not too bad of a hike though, about 3000' elevation gain over 5 miles. (Adrenaline black: 487 miles) | | Add Comment |
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| No running today. I'm pretty beat from the backpack trip, plus still have some congestion and phlem from being sick. I haven't been very motivated to run since the marathon, mostly due to just not feeling 100% with this head cold. I'm 80% leaning toward just not doing any USATF races until July 4, and focusing instead on getting a solid training foundation going again. The backpack trip was fun. We had 8 people and two dogs, and were able to beat up and intimidate all the other groups we came upon on the trail. We didn't make it up to High Creek Lake due to snowpack, but did manage to finally find a sweet spot about 50 meters off the trail at the base of Cherry Peak, after a bit of backtracking. Dinner always tastes better when you have to backtrack and wander aimlessly to find a camping spot. Coming back today, we bumped into Dan, his wife, his father-in-law, and his dog, going the other way. Dan was wearing his Relay Del Sol shirt and I was wearing my Wasatch Back shirt. It was all very orange. The FastRunningBlog community is a small world, even in the backcountry.
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| | 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 |
| Still very sore, but pushed out a slow 10-miler out onto the Logan Canyon river trail and back. My cold has developed into a bit of a cough as well.
(Adrenaline blue: 109 miles) | | Add Comment |
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AM - Providence Loop, 6 miles. Turtle-like pace, once again. I'm a little less sore than yesterday, still coughing some though. (Adrenaline black: 493 miles) PM - 4-mile out-and-back on paved river trail. Felt a bit better than this morning, and hit a couple sub-7 miles. Oh yeah. (Adrenaline orange: 336 miles) | | Comments(3) |
| | 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 |
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Out-and-back run on Mendon Road. Feeling a little better today, but still not very sharp. The miles that I clocked were in the 7:00-7:15 range, so much improvement from earlier in the week. (Adrenaline blue: 119 miles)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Ran some with the dog, then drove out to the Logan Canyon River Trail and ran to Spring Hollow and back. It was a good run, definitely my best run of the week. Did some up-tempo running on the way back. I think I'm just about recovered from my cold and frisbee/backpacking, and will be able to proceed with real training next week. But no races until Wasatch Back. (Adrenaline black: 501 miles)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Did an afternoon trail run with Jon, Dan, and Cody...and my new Toy, the Garmin 205. We drove up Logan Canyon and ran the Beaver Creek-Sink Hollow loop, which starts at 7100 ft and peaks out at about 8200. So its a run that makes you work, but still mellow enough to hold a decent pace. We did 8:25/mile pace for the uphill portion, then some mid-7's on the flatter spots up top. Going down Sink Hollow, we got motivated to catch the 8:00 guy, and did so by finishing off the run with a 6:40, 6:15, and 6:30 miles. Not too bad for dodging rocks. I'm not a good downhill runner on technical terrain, but had a lot of fun on the last half of the run today. Temperature was perfect up at 8000 ft, and I can't get enough of that pine smell. Good day. 7:50/pace average for the entire run. (Cascadia: 125 miles) | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 57.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 57.00 |
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