| 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 | | 93.25 | 10.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 109.25 |
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| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 26.75 | Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 34.00 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 33.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| ez 8 miles, Fossil Creek Park to Mason Trail, and back. About 7:30/mile. Merry Christmas. |
| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
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AM - 4 miles incredibly easy. Like, 8:45/mile kind of easy.
PM - Big Workout. Did 10x3-minute fartlek, with 60s recovery between reps. Pretty much the same as my 10x1000m workout except I'm not measuring distance. Route was Power Trail to Spring Creek to Poudre, and I ran in shorts and a t-shirt! Paces for the 3-minute reps were 5:09, 5:10, 5:11, 5:00, 5:05, 5:03, 5:04, 5:04, 5:04, 5:01. Waddled in for about a 6-mile cooldown and ended up averaging about 6:45/mile for the full 16 miles. I was pretty pleased with this workout, given the hard long run/workout only two days ago.
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| Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.75 |
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am - Power Trail, south. 5.5 miles, no watch.
PM - Power Trail to Spring Creek to Mason. 10.25 miles, 7:23/mile average.
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| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 10.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.75 |
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am - fossil creek to mason. 5.5 miles, no watch.
PM - lunchtime loop. 10.25 miles, averaged 7:08/mile.
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 10.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Big Workout, the last one for the training cycle. Route was Power Trail to Spring Creek to Poudre, and the workout was 4-3-2-1 at MP, with 4-minute, 3-minute, 2-minute recovery jog between respective sets. Weather was very warm: sunny and mid-50s, and I wore shorts, t-shirt, and no gloves. That is quite nice for Dec 29! However, it was also very windy, with gusts up to 30 mph (according to the weather report), although the "base" wind was more like 10 mph. I had a headwind for the first half of the workout, and tailwind for most of the second half. Splits were (5:23, 5:35, 5:33, 5:19-->net headwind for all these), (5:29, 5:05, 5:10-->headwind on the first one, tailwind on the last two) , (5:00, 5:08-->tailwind on both), (5:20-->split between headwind and crosswind). 16 miles total, averaged 6:09/mile overall. It was a pretty good workout. The headwind was not a total killer, since it was gusty and not steady, and faster turnover with the tailwind was nice, and probably beneficial to simulate some paces I may actually hit in Houston with a marathon-pace effort. The problem with training at altitude is that you usually never hit your sea level race-pace (unless there is a tailwind or downhill), so it can be a bit of a shock to the legs when you hit that kind of turnover for a sustained period.
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| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.25 |
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AM - did a loop out through Troutman Park, Shields, and Swallow, back on Mason Trail. 8.5 miles, averaged 7:39/mile.
noon - random loop through southeast side of Fort Collins. 7.75 miles, averaged 7:21/mile.
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| Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 7.75 | Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 17.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.50 |
| Absolutely craptacular run today, thanks to constant wind out of the northwest at 35-40 mph. I've never ran in wind so strong, and it brought me to a standstill at time. Oddly enough, I did not see anyone else out there running during my 2+ hours. Guess they are all smarter than me. Ended up cutting the run a little short. Had planned to do 19, but ended up with 17.5. Averaged 7:55/mile. I would recap my year at this point, but don't really feel like taking the time. Sitting in front of my computer typing about running just doesn't fit into my schedule anymore. This year was good. I ran a lot. How's that?
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| Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 17.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 93.25 | 10.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 109.25 |
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| Asic DS Trainer (2) Miles: 26.75 | Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 34.00 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Launch (4) Miles: 33.50 |
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