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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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Saucony Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles: 247.50
Hoka Clifton Lifetime Miles: 491.50
Saucony Type A6 Lifetime Miles: 186.50
Saucony Zealot Lifetime Miles: 478.75
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles: 433.50
Saucony Kinvara 6-2 Lifetime Miles: 358.75
Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles: 337.25
New Balance Trainers Lifetime Miles: 314.50
New Balance 1400 Racers Lifetime Miles: 65.00
Brook Pureflow Lifetime Miles: 99.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
57.750.000.000.000.0057.75
Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 13.50Jogging Stroller Miles: 15.50Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 31.50Nike Elite Miles: 8.25Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Very sore from Saturday, quads, calves, the whole deal. So other than the normal walking and biking I do for work and errands, I'll take today off.

Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

Planet Walk with Seth. I'm still sore, but not as bad as yesterday. My left leg is much sorer than the right. Maybe I need to get my shoes balanced and rotated. Or maybe my hips.

Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 4.50Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.50
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.500.000.000.000.0010.50

AM - Planet Walk, easy. Left leg is still a bit sore, but getting there.

PM - Landfill Loop with Jon and Seth. 7:42/mile average pace.

***Note: this last run bumped me up over last year's total mileage (1833). Always a good benchmark after an injury year! I'll definitely hit 2500 this year, but 3000 is a bit doubtful. I would need to average 65 mpw for the rest of the year to hit 3000...and that seems a bit ambitious for me this days. But you never know.

Jogging Stroller Miles: 6.50Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 10.50
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.750.000.000.000.0012.75

AM - Logan Loop. 8.25 miles averaging 6:24/mile. Feeling better, but still some soreness in my left quad and hammie.

PM - Planet Walk with Seth

Nike Elite Miles: 8.25Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.50
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

AM - Providence Hill Loop, 9 miles averaging 6:40/mile.

Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 9.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
21.000.000.000.000.0021.00

21 grueling miles in the form of a Saturday long run. My legs are still fairly shot from last Saturday, but Cody made for good company and the time passed fairly well. We ran the last 10 miles on the TOU course, backward and then forward, plus some distance to and from my house. Very tired now. It was a good reminder of why I don't do marathons anymore, and why I shouldn't get nostalgic over them. Averaged 6:55/mile.

Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 21.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
57.750.000.000.000.0057.75
Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 13.50Jogging Stroller Miles: 15.50Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 31.50Nike Elite Miles: 8.25Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50
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