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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
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
Brook Pureflow Lifetime Miles:						99.50

Mon, May 09, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
7.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.75

Raining and yucky today. I made myself get some miles in, and did my banking errands during the run. 7.75 miles, averaged 6:32/mile.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.75

Comments

From Kory on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 18:50:18 from 134.50.89.24

Way to go conquering the rain with a run. Sometimes you just have to do it.

What do you consider your 6:32 pace to be? Easy run, medium, or Tinman Tempo, but usually that would be faster for you.

From Paul on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 19:00:22 from 24.10.141.104

6:30 is easy, but steady. At least at low mileage. If I'm doing high mileage and doing big workouts, I almost never run this pace.

From Jon on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 19:30:12 from 74.177.82.113

Meaning your easy runs are slower when doing high mileage?

From Paul on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 19:51:25 from 24.10.141.104

Yes, the higher my mileage gets, the slower the easy runs become. At low mileage, I can pretty much run moderate every day (6:00-6:30/mile), and it feels great, but at higher mileage, and with marathon-specific training, I'm in a constant state of recovery, so easy runs rarely dip much under 7:00/mile. It's not so much holding back as it is just being tired and trying to recover in time for the next Big Workout.

From Kory on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 19:52:17 from 134.50.89.24

Thanks Paul. With my leg (Mr. Titanium) I'm having a hard time finding whats easy, medium or hard. I think its not from running for a while.

I tend to just keep getting faster each mile. I need to be patient and focus on endurance and stay slow, because I'm starting to increase mileage each week as the leg gets better. I don't want to get injured not knowing whats hard or easy, because it's all somewhat hard at any pace.

But like you said high mileage weeks you want more easy and not much hard. Something like that.

From Predog on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 17:09:38 from 24.10.142.244

I wonder what the people at the bank were thinking. haha

From Paul on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 20:39:20 from 24.10.141.104

They're used it. I run to the bank most weeks.

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