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Smithfield Turkey Trot 10K

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
77.2514.000.002.000.0093.25
Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 25.00Saucony Hattori Miles: 6.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 29.50Asic DS Trainer Miles: 19.25Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 7.00Saucony Type A Miles: 6.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

AM - Forrester Acres, 6 miles, no watch.

PM - Smithfield Canyon, 9 miles, about 7:10/mile average.

Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 9.00Saucony Hattori Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.008.000.000.000.0015.00

Exactly two months until Olympic Trials. I guess I should get in shape. Funny enough, I haven't really been thinking about running much since Boston, to the point of which I almost missed to deadline for airfare and hotel reservations for Houston! I just happened to be browsing through the (horrid) USATF site and by a lark caught that those deadlines were today. Oops. But I got it in. Now I just need to train.

Had a good Big Workout today. 15 miles total, with 8 miles at MP on the Saddleback-Bear River Ranch route. First 4 miles of the tempo were about 5:25/mile, the next three were all around 5:15, and the final mile was 5-flat. The difference between the first half and the last half was the prevailing wind. Tailwind helps a lot, even a slight one. 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 15.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.750.000.000.000.0013.75

AM - Forrester Acres, 5.75 miles, no watch.

PM - Smithfield Canyon, 8 miles, 7:12/mile average.

Asic DS Trainer Miles: 5.75Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.500.000.002.000.0014.50

Smithfield Canyon, plus some extra. Ran 14.5 mile total, with 6x1-minute strides on the uphill, and then another set of 6x1-minute on the downhill. Averaged 7:07/mile for the run.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 14.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

AM - canal trail, 7 miles in a rainy/snowy mix. No watch.

PM - north Smithfield out-and-back, 8 miles, 7:16/mile average. Snowing pretty hard.

Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 7.00Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 8.00
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Race: Smithfield Turkey Trot 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:35:55, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.006.000.000.000.0020.00

Ran the Smithfield Turkey Trot 10K this morning. Thankfully, it had stopped snowing overnight, and was a clear, beautiful morning. But the roads were sheets of ice, at least at first. I wore my "shoe chains" during my 5-mile warmup on the course, and decided to wear them for the race too. However, during the time between my warmup and the race, the sun actually improved the roads quite a bit, but the "chains" were still very helpful in some spots, so glad I wore them.

Knowing that the roads were slick, plus the course is pretty difficult, I just wanted a marathon-pace workout out of this, and to win a turkey. And that's how it worked out. I ended up running 35:55-ish, and led from start to finish, although second place was not that far behind. My mile splits (garmin-based) were 5:18 (downhill), 6:02 (uphill), 5:58 (uphill), 5:46 (rolling), 5:31 (mostly down), and 5:29 (downhill). Didn't feel great, but didn't really need to, as it just needed to be a moderate workout at the end of a long week. And I won a turkey. 

After the awards, I ran another 8.5 miles on the county roads west of Smithfield, to give me an even 20 for the day.

Saucony Type A Miles: 6.50Asic DS Trainer Miles: 13.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
77.2514.000.002.000.0093.25
Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 25.00Saucony Hattori Miles: 6.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 29.50Asic DS Trainer Miles: 19.25Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 7.00Saucony Type A Miles: 6.50
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