| 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 | | 56.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.50 |
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| Brooks Adrenaline 10 Green Miles: 17.25 | Brooks Launch Miles: 17.75 | Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 8.25 | New Balance 790 Miles: 5.00 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
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Easy run up Upper Canyon Rd and back on Smithfield Canyon, then Summit Dr to Hillside. Probably too hilly for a post-race run, but I was in the mood for it, because I haven't done this route in several months. My calves are sore, particularly the left one, but they got better once I got going on the run. Not the worst recovery every, but I have a few days still.
***** Some fun comparison/analysis of my Des News races I've run over the years. Lately I've been enjoying the thoughts of being a "lifelong runner", and looking back at progression over the years. I am now in my third decade of running (age 11-20, 21-30, 31+), and it's cool to be 31 years old and still shaving time off. The course was short and a little bit different back in 2003, so the splits don't match up, plus I missed about half of them. But 2007 to 2010 is a direct comparison. I feel a little better about my "non-kick" this year, as I was only 1 second slower than in 2007, where I had to kick like a fiend to beat some high school kid in the final stretch. So maybe I was finishing halfway decent, but everyone else was just that much better...Another thing I can take away is that my Mile 6 was worlds better this year than any other year. So perhaps I'm getting more strength in my old age.
| 2003 (different course)
| 2007 | 2010 | Mile 1
| ?? | 4:38 | 4:31 | Mile 2
| (9:42) | 4:38 | 4:37 | Mile 3
| 4:36
| 4:57 | 4:50 | Mile 4
| 4:58 | 4:53 | 4:44 | Mile 5
| 5:33 pace (two mile)
| 4:57 | 4:45 | Mile 6
| 5:33 pace (two mile)
| 5:21 | 5:05 | 6.2
| (31:09) -- short
| 1:03 (30:27)
| 1:04 (29:38)
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| Brooks Adrenaline 10 Green Miles: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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AM - Birch Creek Canyon with Carson. 8.25 miles, averaged 7:40/mile. Calves still a bit sore, but getting better. Seth was throwing up last night, so poor sleep for all of us. PM - Forrester Acres with Seth. 5.75 miles, untimed.
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 5.75 | Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 8.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.75 |
| Ran home from work. 9.75 miles, averaging 7:28/mile. Soreness is mostly gone, but still a bit tired. Plus, it's stinkin' hot out this afternoon. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 10 Green Miles: 9.75 |
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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 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Woke up with a fever, must have caught what Seth and then Stacy had. Funny how that works. Knocked me flat on my rear until about 3PM, and then the fever finally broke. No running today, but I'm sure I'll be set to go again tomorrow. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.25 |
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AM - canal trail, 5 miles, 7:07/mile.
PM - ran home from work. 8.25 miles. Was not feeling well (stomach bug), and it was a death-march in the heat. Considered hitchhiking, but I made it. Stacy is sick again too.
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| New Balance 790 Miles: 5.00 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.25 |
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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 |
| Feeling mostly better today, but I kept it mellow and didn't push thing. It was a hard week for all us, with Seth sick Monday night, Stacy sick on Wednesday and Friday, and myself sick on Thursday and Friday. It's a weird, lingering stomach bug, not fun. Ran 12 miles total, up Smithfield Canyon. Nice morning. Averaged 6:57/mile for the run. |
| Brooks Launch Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 56.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.50 |
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| Brooks Adrenaline 10 Green Miles: 17.25 | Brooks Launch Miles: 17.75 | Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 8.25 | New Balance 790 Miles: 5.00 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.25 |
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