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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
Brook Pureflow Lifetime Miles: 99.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
74.250.000.000.000.0074.25
Brooks Axiom Miles: 4.00Jogging Stroller Miles: 12.00Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 20.00Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 16.75Brooks Launch Miles: 4.00Saucony Tangent Miles: 25.50New Balance 790 Miles: 4.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

AM - 8 very easy miles. Ran out past Mack Park and then to Forrester Acres and back on the paved trail. Still very icy around Forrester (I took a big digger on that ice last week, forgot to mention it). Then came back up Summit to Hillside, and then went south a little ways on the canal trail. The paved part is fine, of course, and the dirt section I was on was clear of snow, although it was mud frozen over, so rather poor footing. But we are getting closer to running on dirt again.

PM - 4 miles with Seth, Summit-Cemetery Loop. 7:45/mile pace.

Brooks Axiom Miles: 4.00Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

AM - 8 miles with Carson, out-and-back on Smithfield Canyon. 7:08/mile average.

PM - Cemetery laps with Seth. 4 miles, 6:56/mile. Felt really good.

Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.00Brooks Launch Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.500.000.000.000.009.50

Awesome evening to run, and it's great to be in shorts and a t-shirt. I run-mmuted home from work. Tried to tempo for most of the way. The last 3.5 miles were on the canal trail, which was about 80% good, with patches of snow or mud. Not much snow actually, but the mud slowed me down in places. But it was nice to run on again. Felt good, and averaged 6:22/mile for the run.

Saucony Tangent Miles: 9.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Ran 8 miles easy with Carson. We ran up Summit Dr, Hillside, and then ran up Dry Canyon Rd until it got too snowy (almost up to single track). Then ran on canal trail for a little while and headed home. About an hour later, I took Seth out, and we did 4 miles (Cemetery Loops). Average pace was all over 8:00/mile.

Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.750.000.000.000.0012.75

AM - 4 miles on the canal trail. Wore the NB 790s, and enjoyed it. It was a cold morning, but very clear and beautiful out. The sun was on the Wellsvilles, with dark clouds behind them, and it was very striking, great view. 6:42/mile average.

AM.2 - ran down to the bus stop from my house. Missed the bus, so then Stacy had to take me to work.

PM - Run-mmuted home from work, 8.25 miles. It was kind of nasty - snowing with a head-wind - and I was unprepared for it, wearing shorts. But then when I went from Logan into North Logan, it all mysteriously stopped, the sun came out, and wind died. I looked back into Logan, and there was still a black cloud over it. Glad I was going north. I was able to enjoy the second half of the run, and kept an honest pace the whole way. Averaged 6:29/mile for the run.

New Balance 790 Miles: 4.00Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 8.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

Did a harder, longer run today, and it was gloriously nice out, so I enjoyed every minute of it. Ran from my house to Saddleback Rd and out west of Smithfield, and then headed north on the county roads up toward Richmond. Lots of dirt roads out there, which is nice, and I have great, clear views of Cache Valley in every direction. Felt good the whole way. Splits were:

6:04, 6:13, 5:48, 5:46, 5:43, 5:50, 5:42, 5:52, 5:49, 5:51, 5:43, 5:50, 5:56, 5:54, 6:02, 6:50. If I throw out my first two miles, which was warmup, and my last mile, which was all uphill, then I averaged 5:46/mile for the gut of the run. With the slow miles, it was a 5:55/mile average. Definitely a good run, and I think my body has adjusted to the mileage increase and wants to run hard again. I still get some soreness in my achilles, so I continue to work on it (lot of stretching, calf raises, ultrasound). Hopefully it will hold up, and continue to not inhibit my stride. It really doesn't hurt at all while running, just some soreness when I massage on it.

Saucony Tangent Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
74.250.000.000.000.0074.25
Brooks Axiom Miles: 4.00Jogging Stroller Miles: 12.00Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 20.00Brooks Adrenaline 9 Miles: 16.75Brooks Launch Miles: 4.00Saucony Tangent Miles: 25.50New Balance 790 Miles: 4.00
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