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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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Saucony Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles: 247.50
Hoka Clifton Lifetime Miles: 491.50
Saucony Type A6 Lifetime Miles: 186.50
Saucony Zealot Lifetime Miles: 478.75
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles: 433.50
Saucony Kinvara 6-2 Lifetime Miles: 358.75
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
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Met Carson at Mack Park, and then I had to take a pit stop at the 7/11. Feeling much better, we then went out to the cemetery do to a workout of 6-8x1000m. Each big cemetery loop is almost 1000m, and I figured I could get the exact distance by adding on a little bit to the loop. After I got home, I checked my start/finish line on gmap, and determined I was a little bit short, more like 985m, which equates to about 3 seconds based on the pace I was running.

 Interval Adjusted Time
 1 3:07
 2 3:10
 3 3:08
 4 3:06
 5 3:06
 6 3:07

So I was hitting most of my splits in 3:03-3:05, which equate to 3:06-3:08. I was pretty pumped about being able to run 1000s this fast, this early in the season, definitely a good sign for Saturday. It was a windy day this morning, but it turned out that we had a head wind on most of the downhill portions, and a tailwind for the inclines, so that worked out pretty well. I really like using the cemetery loop for intervals. It seemed to go by faster than on a track, plus it better simulates road conditions, as the loop as both uphills and downhills (but not too steep anywhere), and it is a nice, level blacktop surface with no traffic. I'll definitely keep doing workouts there.

I stopped the workout after 6 intervals, since it was my first session of the year, plus I have a race on Saturday. Didn't want to push too hard, and I was definitely feeling it by the end.

 

Saucony Tangent Miles: 10.50
Comments
From Jon on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 23:56:19 from 75.169.139.220

Logan cemetary, or Smithfield?

From Paul on Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:37:18 from 174.27.225.89

Smithfield. The one that's near a 7-11.

From jtshad on Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:39:47 from 204.134.132.225

Good luck this weekend!

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