Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

May 01, 2024

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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

Wed, May 27, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
12.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.75

AM - ran the dog for a mile, then ran to First Dam and back on the Canal Trail. Averaged 7:19/mile.

PM - ran to Car Smart to pick up my car. Then went home, picked up Seth and ran the Planet Walk. 4.5 miles total.

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I was very saddened today to learn that Adam Jacobs died unexpectedly earlier this week. Adam was the owner of The Final Sprint (thefinalsprint.com), and I wrote articles for the site for about a year, back in 2007. During that time I talked to Adam frequently and got to know him a bit. I admired him for his energy, passion for running, and what he was doing for the sport through his website and the media coverage it provided. He was also a class act, always interested in my own running, and always willing to chat about running and other things. An all-around good guy. This has weighed on me deeply today, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family. Adam was 24 years old.

http://dailynews.runnersworld.com/2009/05/adam-jacobs-founder-of-thefinalsprintcom-dead-at-24.html

Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 12.75

Comments

From Jon on Wed, May 27, 2009 at 22:58:31 from 75.169.159.37

I heard about that yesterday- very sad. Any news on how he died?

From David on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:06:15 from 24.19.109.134

That's sad, and comes at an odd time for me. Yesterday the guy who ran a small bakery in town, which was one of my favorite places to go over the past year, died suddenly as well. He was in his 40s. Also in the morning, a runner in our club had the doctor quit halfway through a bypass surgery because of complications. And my father broke his ankle and had to have surgery. Those are all unrelated and vary to degrees in how they impact lives, but in combination have made this one of those weeks where I'm reminded how very grateful I am to be healthy, and how lucky I am to get to wake up and run in the morning.

From paul on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 08:36:57 from 75.162.209.245

Jon - no word on cause of death, just the word "unexpectedly" from the press release.

David - definitely.

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