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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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Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles: 337.25
New Balance Trainers Lifetime Miles: 314.50
New Balance 1400 Racers Lifetime Miles: 65.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
288.6512.0016.753.100.00320.50
New Balance Miles: 94.00Saucony Cortana III Miles: 53.25Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.00Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 42.25Brooks PureFlow Miles: 95.00Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 8.00Saucony A5 Flat Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.250.000.000.000.0013.25

Redstone with Mike and Craig. 13.25 miles, averaged 7:20/mile. Was snowing, windy, and nasty. Can't wait for summer.

New Balance Miles: 13.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.250.000.000.000.008.25

Cottonwood Plains Loop, plus add-on, with Mike. 8.25 miles, averaged 6:43/mile.
 

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.000.000.000.000.0011.00

am - fossil creek park, 4 miles, no watch

noon - power trail to spring creek trail, 7 miles, averaged 7:20/mile. Did some strides on the way back.

Finally decided to retire my beloved Saucony Kinvara I's. 4 years and nearly 1800 miles, a very nice shoe. But the exterior is starting to fall apart.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.00Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.008.000.000.000.0010.00

Power Trail to Poudre Trail. 10 miles, with 8 miles being tinman tempo pace. Tempo portion averaged 5:45/mile. Averaged 6:03/mile for the entire run.

Brooks PureFlow Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.000.000.000.000.0011.00

am - Fossil Creek Park, 4 miles, no watch

noon - Power to Spring Creek, 7 miles, averaged 7:35/mile.

Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 4.00New Balance Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.250.003.750.000.0011.00

power trail to poudre trail south, 11 miles. Did 5x4-minute fartlek, 2-minute recoveries. Interval pace was 5:15-:5:20/mile. Not great, but not bad either.

Brooks PureFlow Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Power TRail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, averaged 7:40/mile. Raining.

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

Ran with Mike on the dirt county roads east of Timnath. 15 miles, averaged 6:29/mile. Beautiful day.

New Balance Miles: 15.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

noon - power trail to spring creek trail. 8 miles, averaged 7:29/mile.

pm - fossil creek mile, 4 miles, no watch.

Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 4.00Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

am - fossil creek park, 5 miles, easy.

noon - Power Trail to Poudre Trail. 7 miles, 7:54/mile. Did 6 strides.

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 5.00New Balance Miles: 7.00
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6.004.002.000.000.0012.00

Workout. Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail, did 2x-3-mile tempo. Splits were (5:37, 5:39, 5:36) and (5:26, 5:21, 5:16). 12 miles, total, averaged 6:30/mile. Felt pretty decent.

Brooks PureFlow Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

am - Fossil Creek Park, 4 miles, no watch.

noon - Power Trail south. 6 miles, averaged 7:25/mile.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 4.00New Balance Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

am - Easy 5 and some strides, Fossil Creek Park, no watch. 5K race tomorrow!

New Balance Miles: 5.00
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Race: Sharin O' The Green 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:15:46, Place overall: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.900.000.003.100.0012.00

Sharin O The Green 5K today. I was thinking I was in shape enough for 15:30-15:40 range, under good conditions. We had a pretty strong wind during the second half of the race, and I ended up at 15:46 and 3rd place, which I was happy with...estimating about a 10 second loss of time due to the wind, based on other people's performances. So I'm close to where I thought I was at...not in great shape, but not terrible for March, and trending upward. Now I have 4 weeks until the Horsetooth Half, and I hope to make good strides in fitness by then.

Mike won with 15:30 (he was 15-teens last year). Another guy I didn't know was 6 seconds ahead of me, and 4th place was 4 seconds behind me...so I managed to stay in the money. Mile splits were 4:53, 5:10, 5:10, :33. I hate 5Ks.

 

Saucony A5 Flat Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.750.000.000.000.0015.75

Power Trail to Arapahoe Bend with Mike. 15.75 miles, averaged 6:56/mile. Felt pretty good after the race, although got a little sore during the last half of the run.

New Balance Miles: 15.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 8 miles, averaged 7:40/mile.

pm - south neighborhood route, 4 miles, no watch.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 4.00Saucony Cortana III Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Power Trail to Poudre Trail, 12 miles. Pretty windy today, but tried to run some tinman tempo. Averaged 6:35/mile for the run.

Brooks PureFlow Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 8 miles, averaged 7:25/mile. Did some strides on the way back.

PM - Fossil Creek Park with Zoe, 4 mile, no watch.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 4.00New Balance Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.005.000.000.0012.00

Workout. Power Trail to Poudre Trail. Warmed up 3 miles, then did 8x1km, with 60s recovery.

Splits were 3:14, 3:12, 3:12, 3:13, 3:14, 3:12, 3:07, 3:08.

3-mile cooldown. 12 miles total, averaged 6:26/mile.

Felt decent, but it's definitely an early-season workout.

Brooks PureFlow Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Power Trail south, down to Carpeter and back up through my neighborhood and back on Powr Trail. 10 miles, averaged 7:40/mile.

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.000.000.000.000.0018.00

Long run with Mike and Craig. Ran from Mike's house, past Dixon Reservoir, and then the first 8 miles of the Horsetooth Half course. Came back on Overland and through Spring Canyon Park. 18 miles, averaged 7:10/mile. Snowing the whole time.

Brooks PureFlow Miles: 18.00
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5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Cottonwood Plains, 5 miles, no watch.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Anaheim, CA for work. I miss Colorado, this place is not that great. Santa Ana River Trail, 12 miles total. Total hellhole. Ran brisk for about 8 miles. Averaged 6:29/mile overall. Can't wait to get home.
 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.006.000.000.0012.00

Workout. Did 6x1-mile, with 2-min recoveries. Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail.

First 2 were into the wind, last 4 with the wind.

Splits were 5:35, 5:35, 5:19, 5:20, 5:13, 5:20.

Not a great workout, but I'll have to live with it. Travel is hard on training.

Brooks PureFlow Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

noon - ran home and back. 8 miles, avraed 7:19/mile

pm - fossil creek park, 4 miles, no watch

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 4.00Saucony Cortana III Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.000.000.000.000.0017.00

Horsetooth Half course. 17 miles, averaged 7:09/mile. Ran the uphills hard.

New Balance Miles: 17.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.250.000.000.000.006.25

Cottonwood Plains Loop. 6.25 miles, no watch.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 6.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

am - fossil creek to mason trail. 8 miles, averaged 8:10/mile. Did some strides

pm - cottonwood plains, 5 miles, no watch.

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 5.00Brooks PureFlow Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
288.6512.0016.753.100.00320.50
New Balance Miles: 94.00Saucony Cortana III Miles: 53.25Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.00Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 42.25Brooks PureFlow Miles: 95.00Mizuno Wave Sayanora Miles: 8.00Saucony A5 Flat Miles: 12.00
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