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June 2006

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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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4th wedding anniversery. Not a day to sneak away to the gym for a workout.

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No time for gym. Did core work and stretching at home.

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40 minutes elliptical, plus nice little saturday bike ride.

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No running. I'm in Moab for most of this week for a work conference and some training classes. After my class, I did some biking and rode up from my hotel to the Slickrock trail to check it out. The ride there was farther and steeper than I expected, and I was actually fairly gassed just from that. On top of that, you're supposed to pay $2 to ride the trail and I didn't have my wallet on me. I figured it wasn't worth breaking the rules to do something I'm bad at, and given the fact that the ride there was a very good workout and very beautiful, and that I was fairly tired and hungry by that point, I had no problems just turning around and hurtling back down the hill. Maybe later this week I'll drive out there again and try it for real. I'm a bad mountain biker, but I do enjoy it.

It's hard staying in shape on the road, especially when you can't run. The "fitness center" at my hotel is a joke, so cross training is out the window. Fortunuately, I brought my bike and hope to get some good rides in.

Unfortunately, my wife couldn't come to keep me company, so it's me here...me and Jack Daniels. That is, The Jack Daniels Running Formula. I just starting reading it. I'm more of a Pfitzinger guy, but this is a classic that I've been wanting to read. Side note: I actually had breakfast with Jack Daniels at the 2001 (or 2000?) DIII track nationals. My coach (Brian Diemer) was friends with Jack, as Jack had performed tests on Brian back in the 80s when Brian was an elite steepler (bronze at '84 Oly games). I'm sure Jack has no recollection of the breakfast, but looking back at it I think it's pretty cool, although I didn't think much of it at the time since I only thought of Jack as SUNY Cortland's coach and not some guru. But that was my closest brush with running fame, aside from getting lapped by most of the Hansons team in a 10k. Back to the book...

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No running. Did bike ride to outskirts of Moab, then hiked around on trail I stumbled on.

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No running. Biked Willow Flats 4x4 road in Arches Park. It was a good ride with a few challenging parts, plus total solitude, a rarity for Arches. I was blessed with a few drops of rain at the end to cool off.

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No running or any workout. I drove home from Moab, and by the time I got settled in and organized, it was time for bed. I stopped by the Wasatch Running Center on the way to say hi to Glen, and stocked up on plantar fasciitis stuff as well (new shoes, arch supports, massage ball, support strap). The support strap (Bledsoe PFS) actually seems to make it hurt more, but maybe I just need to adjust it differently. I think the idea is to reduce pain through compression.

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Went to gym and did some biking and light lifting. Foot hurt too much to do any elliptical.

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Biked to gym and did 30 minutes on elliptical. Foot was feeling better by end of day today than in recent days. The right side of my groin has really flared up the last couple days, to the point where getting on my bike saddle is somewhat difficult.

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No workout today. Went to chiropractor and he did his thing. My back and groin are still in a bad way, but my foot seems to be making some progress this week, after a bad previous week. A few things that I changed was purchasing and using a little massage ball (feels great, seems to work well), getting a beefier arch support insert, and doing a towel stretch and ball massage every morning in bed before my feet even hit the floor. Of course I'm carrying on with the taping, stretching, and icing as usual. I've been off ibuprofin cold turkey now for about two weeks (after being on it for a year). I am still looking for a good natural anti-inflammitory, something that is low-cost, effective, and without side effects.

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biked to gym and did 30 minutes elliptical. Stretched my hamstrings a lot and got my back feeling decent. My was a bit limpy in the morning and early afternoon hours, but my foot was feeling pretty good by the end of the day. Usually I get home from work and start using my massage ball, and my foot starts feeling good in this evening hours. Tomorrow I'll take the massage ball to work and see if that's the variable that's doing it, opposed to just generally stretching out my the PM hours.

Groin is still very sore and immobile. It will prevent me from running on its own, even after my back and foot get better. I'm not sure how to rehap it, though, so I may need to see another PT for it at some point.

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30 minutes on elliptical. My foot is similar today as other days this week: a little limpy in the morning, but feeling pretty good by evening. Consistent at least. I'm doing lots of ball massage and have changed my stretching some to eliminate the stretches that feel like they're "tearing" the fascia. My back has been feeling a bit better. I think it's starting to respond to the chiro treatments. Groin is still sore though. I've started experimenting with DMSO on my foot, shoulder, and groin. Some intial results indicate that it's helping my shoulder. I've also tried to eliminate or limit inflammitory items from my diet, such as red meat, grease, sugar, coffee, and alcohol. I think it's helped me this week, as I've been less sore. Next thing I know, I'll probably be eating buckwheat every day like Sasha. At this point, I'd much rather feel good than eat favorites like bratwurst with an IPA.

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Mountain bike ride up Temple Fork.

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30 minutes elliptical.

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30 minutes elliptical. My foot has had a couple really "good" days in a row now. If only I can get my groin to cooperate. I have a gait analysis set up for next Wednesday, so hopefully I will be able to run a little by then, otherwise I will have to postpone.

Feeling run-down by evening; some sort of sickness coming on.

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I've been a little sick for the last couple days. I took yesterday off work and slept in, and got about 10 hrs of sleep last night as well.

The good news is that my foot continues to progress, and it's been consistent and steady. My lower back has been doing well these last two weeks, and my knee has been strong and stable as well. I've got a PT appointment next Monday for my groin, as that's the only thing that hasn't been making progress, and is hindering me from running. Although, in some ways it's good that my groin won't allow me to run, because it will ensure a more complete recovery for my foot (I have a tendency to push too early). At this point, my summer and most of my fall is completely shot anyway, so what's a few more weeks? St. George is looking 98% doubtful. Assuming I started running in the next week or so, I would barely be in shape for it, so it would do more harm than good. I'll probably call next week and see if I can defer my comp and $150 travel money until 2007.

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Wasatch Back Relay. Didn't run, but paced runners on bike on at night.

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Wasatch Back Relay. Didn't run, but paced runners on bike at night. My team ended up 6th overall with a time of 19:57, and won the ultra division by almost 3 hours. I'd rather be running, but the whole logistics and team captain end of things was equally rewarding, as I've always gotten a thrill out of seeing friends and teammates run fast.

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No running, just a recap of the last half week. I got sick last Wednesday, so I took most of Wed and Thurs off work and slept a lot, seeing as to how I had the Wasatch Back Relay coming up. I felt a bit better on Friday, but going 38 hours with no sleep caused me to relapse a bit on Saturday and Sunday. Monday I was feeling better again.

My foot had been progressing nicely for the last two weeks. I was worried about what the Relay would do to it, since I'm constantly jumping in and out of the van, running around a bit, and just out of my usual routine. The foot felt fine during the event. Sunday morning it was a bit more sore than previous days, but nothing terrible; not a complete setback. Monday morning it was back to where it was last week, which is good.

I had a PT appointment on Monday morning for my groin strain. I had no idea how to treat it, so I think I came out of the session with what I needed (exercises and stretches). Some of the exercises are difficult to do, as they aim directly at stretching the adductor, which is what hurts, but I'm trusting my PT. I'm sure he's seen plenty of groin strains. The PT also taped my foot and essentially mummified it (lot of tape). It's a method that I would have trouble doing on my own, similar to the low-dye method, but it seems to be working out well. I go again on Friday, so we'll see where I'm at.

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Rode bike to gym, 30 minutes elliptical, then rode longer route home. I was really tired all day today. I forced myself to go to the gym in the evening, figuring it could perk me up a bit. It did; felt good the rest of the evening.

Physical therapy by nature takes a while to have benefits, but so far my groin exercises haven't had any negative impact, which is good. I was a bit concerned, because some of exercises directly attack the area the hurts, whereas it's my instinct to baby it to let it "heal". Well, obviously that hadn't been working, which is why I went and saw a PT after 6 weeks of no improvement.

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Biked to gym; 30 minutes on elliptical.

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