| 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 | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 22.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
| I am recovering better than after St. George, in terms of muscle wear-and-tear and soreness. I think St. George is just harder on the body due to the downhill. I did not run today, but walked with Stacy over to the gym, where I did about 15 minutes on the elliptical easy. I also did a few weights and chin-ups, but nothing strenuous. I will start running again on Thursday, but will just do elliptical until then.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments and links to photos of the race. They have posted 5K splits for all runners here. There is much fun to be had if you copy and paste the whole split table into Excel. Then you can sort by split to see how people moved up and down as the race progressed. Here is how my placing changed during the race: | Split | Place
| | 5k | 98th | | 10k | 98th | | 15k | 84th | | 20k | 89th | Half Marathon
| 90th | | 25k | 87th | | 30k | 78th | | 35k | 62nd | | 40k | 55th | | Marathon | 53rd |
Using this I know now that I "passed" 37 people during the second half of the race, although this is inflated a bit due to people dropping out. When I factor out people like Abdi, Culpepper, Gilmore, Hussein, etc., it is more like 20 people, which is close to my original estimate. "Passing" someone who has dropped out is like a walk in baseball; it does not count as an "at bat". So that's fun with spreadsheets for today.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
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Another day at the gym. I spun easy on the elliptical for 15 minutes, and also did some core work and weights. Recovery is going quite well. I have some soreness in the calves, but that's about it. I watched a great Ryan Hall video tonight. What a great testimony. Click here to watch. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Day off. My soreness is gone for the most part, except when I do the TP Massage Ball on my calves. They are quite tender still. It's nice not to run for a few days. I'm a big believer in bracketing large training cycles with time off. The physical component of healing and refreshment is important, but even more important of me is the mental aspect of refreshment and warding off burnout. Perhaps a stronger mind can take it, but I can't. A break in my routine is a good thing, and also makes me hungry to run again after a few days. I probably won't do another marathon until next October, so it's time to get ready for long (hopefully uninterrupted) stretch of training.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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Easy 4.5 miles on the Planet Walk and with the dog. I've missed the ol' P.W. It felt good to run again. My left calf isn't quite all the way there, but in general everything is feeling good.
(Triax: 206 miles)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Who is running Moab? Who needs a place to stay?? David Nelson and I are in the process of reserving some cool cabins, just south of Moab (near the LaSalle Mnts) for the weekend of the race (March 8). Cost will be $40-$75 per person, per night, depending on numbers. Not KOA prices, I know, but these cabins are really nice. Let me know via email or this blog if you want in. We will make reservations by next week. noon- went for an easy 6-miler along the canal trail to First Dam and back. Didn't wear watch. Everything feels good. I'm looking forward to resuming normal training next week.
(Elite: 44 miles) | | Comments(21) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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I can't believe how warm it is. Shorts and t-shirt on Nov. 10; it's that crazy global warming. I went out to the River Trail and ran a little past Spring Hollow and back for an hour total. It came out to about 8.5 miles at 7:11/mile pace. The pace felt good, and I enjoyed the run. (Hardrock: 112 miles)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 22.00 |
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