| 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 | | 23.30 | 6.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 37.50 |
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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 | 2.00 | 12.00 |
| AM - biked to Dr. Kingstons and back. PM - woof. 10 miles in the heat, and felt rather sluggish. Fortunately, Cody was waxed from the relay and we put some distance on Jon during his potty break, so the guys were easy on me. 7:55/mile average.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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AM - Stacy's water broke around 3AM. She had a fast and furious labor, and was an absolute warrior (the only word for it). Seth Michael Petersen was born at 9:04AM, 6 lbs 0 oz, 19 inches. Both mother and baby are healthy and doing great. I'm so proud of Stacy. I told her that what she accomplished is amazing, and makes running marathons look absolutely pitifully easy (thereby inferring that she should run a marathon). PM - Stacy gave me permission to run with Jon, so I took a hiatus and ran his workout with him. We warmed up a mile to Merlin Olsen Park, and then did a 6-mile tinman tempo on the First Dam Run 10K course. It was hot, but I was really happy with how the workout went. Mile splits were 6:11, 6:14, 6:18, 5:54, 6:07, 6:07 (first half slight uphill, second half slight downhill). I will certainly sleep well tonight!! 
Mom, dad, and baby, 25 minutes after birth. 
lil' feller.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Ran an easy 2 miles with our poor, neglected dog. I succeeded in working him over, so he should be good to go for sitting around for another 24 hour period. | | Comments(4) |
| | 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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Ran around the block with the dog in the morning. Ran the Planet Walk with Jon in the evening. Stacy and Seth came home from the hospital this morning, so now it's time to settle in.
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Garland Wheat 'n' Beet 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:34:55, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.30 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
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Quick report: ran the Wheet 'n' Beet 10K in Garland. It was only $5, and I got free breakfast. Jon, Cody, and Walter were also there representing the blog. In fact, we all carpooled together. My goal was to break 35 minutes, and also win the race. Only one of the two was possible today. The course is an out-and-back, slight uphill on the first half, and slight downhill on the second half. The route started in the middle of Garland and quickly goes to rural farmland. I thought it was quite nice. We had a noticeable headwind on the first half as well, so combined with the uphill, it was safe to expect a negative split. There was a 5K with the event as well, and the 5K runners simply turn around earlier. The race started fast (as all po-dunk races do). Two younger guys ran out in the lead after the first mile, with Walter a few seconds behind them, and Jon and I a few seconds behind Walter. Fortunately, the two leaders turned around for the 5K, which guaranteed a 1-4 Blog sweep for the 10K. Walter continued to lead through the 10K turnaround, with Jon and I working about 10 seconds behind him (mostly Jon working...I drafted as much as I could). Pace felt comfortable, good enough for conversation here and there. That said, I was counting down for the turnaround, so that I would get a little downhill and out of the headwind. When you lack fitness as I do, those little gradients and breezes hurt more. 5K split was 17:45.
A little after the half point, Jon took off, and I let him go. I was feeling fairly good, but not that good. Jon slowly reeled Walter in, and took over the lead with about 2 to go. It was well-executed and fun to watch. I tried to stay steady from behind, run hard and even, and pick up any road kill if there was any. On the last uphill with one mile to go, Jon and Walter slowed a little, and I pulled a bit closer, but then they took off again. Jon ended up about 12 seconds ahead of me, and Walter was 5 seconds ahead of me. Mostly I was focusing on my goal to break 35:00, and knew with a mile left that I needed at least a 5:35 to finish off the race. I manged to hold sub-5:30 for this stretch, and my final time was 34:55. Mile splits were 5:20, 5:53, 5:49, 5:32, 5:38, 5:29, and 1:10 (5:13 pace). 2nd 5K split was 17:10. Jon ran a sub-17 to win. My garmin measured 6.22 miles. (the course was not certified)
This was my first race since the Moab 5-miler in March, and my first real "race effort" since Trials last November. I'd like to say I was just doing a tempo run to run this time, but I ran hard. It's hard to push through the hurt on your first 10K in a year (it takes practice), but I gave it a solid effort and had fun racing. I will get my revenge on Jon and Walter the next time we race.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 23.30 | 6.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 37.50 |
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