Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

May 03, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

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

Sat, May 10, 2008

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

Watched the 25K Championships in Grand Rapids today. It was rather bittersweet, as I really wanted to run this race, plus the field looked pretty weak and I think I would have had a shot for top 10 if I had been in the shape I was in last fall. Too bad about all the injuries. On the upside, I saw a lot of friends from college, several who ran quite well. Also, got to cheer on blogger Trashcan Annie in her 3rd place U.S. finish on the women's side. Definitely a big boost to her resume as well as pocketbook. Brian Sell ran away with the men's title, averaging something like 4:49/mile for 15.5 miles. Utah master Dennis Simonitis came away with another big race, finishing in the top 20 and averaging under 5:20/mile. Not bad for a 45-year old.

Comments

From Clay on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 13:37:11

How are your injuries coming along Paul? Are you getting close to being recovered? How did you get injured?

I know its been along winter and spring for you, I hope you get better soon:-)

From Paul Petersen on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 19:06:57

Clay - it's hard to say if I'm close to being recovered or not. It depends on how the injections I'm getting in my foot will help or not. I originally injured my hamstring back in late December, most likely from a combination of overtraining and running on ice/snow. I worked through that injury with PT, but then came up lame with a completely unrelated case of Mortons Neuroma. I'm also having SI joint issues, neck pain, and toe pain, none of which are running-related (not sure where they came from actually). So in a nutshell, I'm falling apart!

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):