Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

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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, Oct 22, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

For anyone who is interested, I have posted my own course map and profile for the Olympic Marathon Trials on my personal blog. Click here.

noon - easy 5 miles on Planet Walk from work. Didn't wear watch.

(Elite: 5 miles)

PM - easy 5 miles, some random loop. Felt great, light and bouncy. I think one horse started neighing or at least whimpering a little bit. 6:33/mile average pace.

(Triax: 186 miles)

Comments

From Logan on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 13:45:42

I am trying to use the picture from the St. George Marathon website for the side picture. It comes in all blurry. How did you get the picture to be so clear a couple days ago?

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 14:06:50

Logan - just go to my 10-20-07 blog, right-click on the photo, and "save as". That will save the full-resolution photo. Then you will probably want to resize it so that the width is only 2" and it fits properly into the side bar template. Otherwise the blog will resize and downsample it for you, which makes it look not very nice. You can resize it with Paint or Photoshop.

From Wildbull on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 17:23:59

Good article about you paul. great job! http://www.journalreview.com/articles/2007/10/15/sports/02marathon.txt

From Stacy on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 20:38:12

That's some pretty fancy mapping. Can't wait to actually see it for myself.

From Bethany on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 20:59:16

Nice to see you for a minute. Nice facial hair BTW. What does stacy think?

From Jon on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 21:16:06

Is that 1000 ft up and 1000 ft down at NY? Very hilly, indeed.

Were you running down canyon road near the USU water center at ~5:45?

From Paul Petersen on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 21:35:44

Jon - no, it's twice that. +/-1900 feet. Very very hilly indeed. No, I stuck to the west side this evening. It must have been a clone.

Bethany - Stacy tolerates my beard.

From Stacy on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 21:38:34

Bethany--I more than tolerate it at this point. I only have to tolerate it when it starts getting longer (this is pretty much an every winter kind of thing).

From Stacy on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 21:39:41

Hmmm...there's only one way that we can post three minutes apart. Double computer action tonight!

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