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Canyonlands Half Marathon

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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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Easy distance + 6x100

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7.000.000.001.000.008.00

4x400m. Was supposed to do 6x400 for Moab tune-up, but lower back was so out-of-wack that my biomechanics just felt awful and I could barely muster 75-second pace. At that speed 400s are a waste of time, so I cut the workout short.

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Easy 5 miles at Arches. Lower back is REALLY irritated, and don't know how I will race tomorrow...

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Race: Canyonlands Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:18:17, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 3
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Canyonlands Half Marathon. Took 9th overall with a time of 1:18:17. Very strong headwinds through the entire race, probably slowed pace down at least 10 sec/mile, more in some areas. Mile splits were 5:33, 5:41, 5:55, 5:56, 5:47, 5:51, 5:54, 5:53, 5:46, 5:56, 6:15, 7:30, 5:50.

I got out fast, but realized after two miles that I wasn't "on" today. The headwind had some to do with that, but it mostly physical. I regrouped and slowed my pace to around 5:45-5:55 and held that strong through Mile 10, putting me on pace for a low 1:16 (which is a decent time for me at Moab). Miles 11 and 12 I came out of the canyon and the headwind doubled going into town. This section cost me about a minute from my race, as the combined wind + mental breakdown slowed my pace to 6:15 and 7:30 for those two respective miles. 7:30!! What is that?! Mile 13 I finally turned out of the dust storm and picked it back up to 5:50, indicating to me that the breakdown on Miles 11 and 12 were more mental than physical.

In retrospect, my biggest mistake in that race was letting myself get all alone for essentially the entire race. I ran with Chris Rogers for a couple miles early on, but then let him go. Chris stayed about 15 seconds ahead of me for nearly the entire race (until Mile 12). Neal Gassman passed me around Mile 5, and I had the chance to to go with him and surge back up to Chris, but I passed on that, a decision I now regret. Had Chris and I ran together and traded leads, I'm sure we both would have run at least a minute faster in the wind. Oh well, live and learn!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
41.500.0013.101.000.0055.60
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