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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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PT in morning, chiro in evening, then 25 minutes on elliptical. My groin strain has shown slow but steady significant improvement over the last few weeks, quantified this morning by me being able to do a higher weight on the adductor machine than before. My foot also continues to improve slowly, and the effects of the massage from two weeks ago is still lingering. I go in for another 2-hr deep massage tomorrow. Now that the inflammation in my fascia is down a bit, I'm working more on strengthening my foot, as it is quite weak from the layoff. I'm starting to do barefoot single-calf raises, and have seen progression in strength already.

I'm back from vacation in Michigan. I didn't do much in Michigan exercise-wise, except for exercising my stomach by eating rich foods. All things considered, my body came off of vacation feeling pretty good, despite all the travel, sleeping in strange beds, and being off my anti-inflammitory diet. I gained a few pounds but that's about the worst of it.

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Biked to gym in morning, and did 10 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes stair stepper, and 10 minutes walking at 10% incline on treadmill. The latter two exercises more for strengthening my groin than cardio. Did some stretching and weight-lifting too. I've cut back my formal PT sessions at the hospital to once a week. All they did was have me do exercises that I could do on my own in the gym, so I didn't see the point of paying for something I can do for free.

I came out of my massage yesterday pretty good. I'm now walking completely normal, my shoulder has much better range of motion (which lets me lift weights again), and my groin is getting better every day (which lets me ease into core exercises again). I'm going to try to get back into a more consistent cross-training and lifting routine to prepare myself for running by the end of August. As long as my foot stays stable and my groin continues to improve at it's current rate, I think I may be able to start running slow again in several weeks. Technically I could probably start running now, but I don't want another setback, but instead want to strengthen all my muscles first. The season is shot, so there's no real rush to run by a certain date.

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30 minutes elliptical plus lifting and stretching.

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20 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes stair-stepper, 10 minutes treadmill walking at 10% incline.

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