| 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 | | 22.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 | 29.50 |
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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 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Biked to Dr. Kingston's and back. I stopped taking the NSAIDs last night because I thought that it might be upsetting my stomach. Better to have back pain than die of a bleeding ulcer, I figure. Predictably, I felt like garbage all day today: foot was hurting, lower back was stiff as a board, neck hurt, and I even got a headache later in the day. I ended up going home from work early and laying down in bed. It's disheartening to know that virtually all moments of feeling good over the last couple weeks were sheerly from anti-inflammatory medication, and hence just an illusion. I view NSAIDs basically as poison. Thousands of people die from proper NSAID use every year. It can ruin your liver and also cause stomach bleeding. But the alternative to is to hurt, and no one likes to hurt. So when you're in the situation, it's easy to see how people choose to risk (or ignore) health and life in order not to hurt. It's a Catch-22. Perhaps I'm being dramatic, but tell that to the folks who have had stomach ulcers, liver problems, or worse. So the twinges I was feeling in my gut definitely scared me; perhaps I just read to much. In any case, I've loaded up on a few natural anti-inflammatories: fish oil, probiotics, and another custom compound. If it can at least take the edge off, I'll be happy about it. I may give the No Starch Diet another try in a few weeks, but this time will go into better-prepared.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 3.00 |
| Ran to the gym, then did 15 minutes on the elliptical. Ran home. Still in quite a bit of pain today, but not quite as bad as yesterday. I got a prescription for a tummy-protector, and decided to try the NSAID again, but this time reduce the diclofenac from two pills/day to just one (I am 130 lbs, after all). Hopefully that will be a safer treatment to hold me over until I get other things figured out. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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My Northwest Passage Relay team still needs several more runners. The race is July 25-26 in Washington state. Entry fee is comped. Comment or private message me for more info. Ran the Planet Walk in the afternoon. Didn't wear watch. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 |
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Rode my bike to Dr. Kingston's and back. I ordered a TENS unit last week, and got it yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was 2-channel, meaning double the fun. Hopefully it helps with pain relief. PM - ran 6 miles with Jon. We did a couple miles "brisk" pace, which came out to about 6:30 pace given the heat. 7:13/mile for the run.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 3.50 |
| Ran to the gym, did 20 minutes on the elliptical, ran home. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| I thought about doing a 5K XC race at the American West Heritage Center this morning, but when I woke up at about 4:30AM to use the bathroom, I realized that my foot was too swollen to run in the morning (the usual trend). So I slept in instead, which was more enjoyable, plus saved $15. Around noon I was feel pretty good, so went out and ran to the River Trail and back, 9 miles. Averaged about 7:15/mile. I felt sluggish the whole way (so I was glad I didn't race), but just tried to keep a steady pace. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 22.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 | 29.50 |
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