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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

Fri, Jul 30, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
13.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.25

AM - canal trail, 5 miles, 7:07/mile.

PM - ran home from work. 8.25 miles. Was not feeling well (stomach bug), and it was a death-march in the heat. Considered hitchhiking, but I made it. Stacy is sick again too.

New Balance 790 Miles: 5.00	Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.25

Comments

From kyanite on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 15:32:49 from 65.241.78.2

Hi Paul- always nice to 'meet' a fellow geologist and runner. And Wow- you are an impressive runner! Many congrats on all your accomplishments. As far as geology goes- I did an MS in structural geology at Indiana Univ. and am now changing paths a bit to concentrate on remote sensing and planetary geology at the Univ. of Hawaii. Very close to being done- it's been real and it's been fun, but not real fun! Anyways.. thanks for saying 'Hi'- will keep track of your training and races..and all the best to you in your upcoming races!

From Paul on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 15:37:32 from 65.103.252.214

Quite a shift there in your studies. I've shifted a bit myself, in that I can no longer call my self a geologist, but rather a geographer. I do GIS & Remote Sensing now, mostly GIS. I miss the rocks sometimes, but I do love maps.

From kyanite on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 16:05:35 from 65.241.78.2

I guess I should have posted my reply onto your original comment on my blog.. sorry about that- I'm new to the blog world and am still learning the ropes a bit. I'm a big fan of GIS- although for the past few years I've been using a 'homegrown' software called JMARS for Mars surface geology. I also primarily use ENVI for compositional analysis. I definitely need to brush up on my GIS skills- I'm sure it's significantly different now than it was ~7 years ago. I think it's a toss-up over which I love more; rocks or maps. I have to admit that some runs I do find myself analyzing the stratigraphy and locating fault zones. And on more than one occasion, I've stopped to pick up a cool rock.

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