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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
84.2510.006.250.000.00100.50
Brooks PureConnect Miles: 5.00Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 11.00Brooks Launch White Miles: 27.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 14.50Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 28.00Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 15.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Fossil Creek Trail, 5 miles, averaged 7:30/mile.

Brooks PureConnect Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

pm1 - Power Trail to Spring Creek. 10 miles, averaged 7:15/mile. Did a few strides.

pm2 - Fossil Creek Trail, 5 miles, no watch

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 5.00Brooks Launch White Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

am - Fossil Creek to Mason Trail. 8 miles, averaged 7:30/mile.

pm - Power Trail to Poudre Trail. 7 miles, Averaged 7:15/mile.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.00Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, averaged 7:20/mile. Did some strides on the way back.

pm - fossil creek trail with Zoe. 5 miles, no watch.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 6.00Brooks Launch White Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.750.006.250.000.0015.00

Big Workout. Ran Power Trail to Poudre Trail. Warmed up 6 miles, then did 10x1km with 60s recovery. Workout was pretty blah. As usual, I did not feel sharp (have not felt sharp since June). Achilles were hurting by the end. Splits were 3:13, 3:12, 3:16, 3:13, 3:12, 3:11, 3:10, 3:15, 3:13, 3:15. 

The last three intervals were on dirt, so that slowed things up a little bit.

15 miles total, averaged 6:30/mile.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 15.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.500.000.000.000.0015.50

AM - Power Trail to Harvest Park. 8 miles, averaged 7:50/mile

noon - ran home. 7.5 miles. Averaged 6:54/mile. Was running late for a meeting, so had to do a bit of a forced tinman tempo on the way back.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.50Brooks Launch White Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.0010.000.000.000.0020.00

Long Run. Bacon Strip with Mike and Craig, who joined me for the first loop. Bacon Strip is a very hill dirt-road course outside of town. Did some MP effort on the second 5 miles of each loop. Effort was MP, but pace certainly wasn't. I'm looking forward to just nailing a workout sometime, but until then I just need to put in the miles, not force anything, and wait for my body to come around. Tempo splits were 6:07, 6:03, 6:01, 6:05, 5:47. Then 6:03, 6:02, 6:13, 6:10, 5:43 during the second loop.

Did reach 100 miles this week, first time since December 2011. Also, today I exceeded last year's total mileage.

Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 20.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
84.2510.006.250.000.00100.50
Brooks PureConnect Miles: 5.00Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 11.00Brooks Launch White Miles: 27.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 14.50Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 28.00Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 15.00
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