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Mt Sneffels Half Marathon

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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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Race: Mt Sneffels Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:10:30, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Mt Sneffels Half Marathon. Unfortunately, was not in great shape for this one, but I took it out conservatively and ended up at least finishing decently strong.

The course is at 7800', with lots of uphill the 1st 2 miles, and then net downhill on dirt roads the rest of thee way. It is deceptively hard. Mario Macias won with 1:06:10, over Jeffrey Eggleston's 1:06:36. Two Kenyans, Geofrey Terer and Stanley Boen, finished about 45 seconds ahead of me...they were coming back the last couple miles, but I would have needed about 2 more miles to catch them! I ended up at 1:10:30, which was 20 seconds faster than my time here two years ago, and not terrible off of my 50 mpw I've been running.

Mile markers were all over the place, so I'm not going to bother posting splits. What I did pick up was that I ran a slight negative split. Ran the last 11 miles alone, but it's a beautiful course and I enjoyed the day.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
47.900.0013.100.000.0061.00
Asics Blue/Yellow Miles: 17.00Saucony Kinvara V Miles: 11.00Nike Zoom Fly Miles: 10.00Brooks PureFlow Miles: 7.00Saucony A5 Flat Miles: 16.00
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