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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, Oct 17, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

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

(Adrenaline blue: 394 miles)

PM - 7 miles on the River Trail. Got rained and sleeted on, and hit the snow line at only 5000'. Time to wax up the skis. 7:30/mile average pace.

(Hardrock: 103 miles)

Kind of funny side story for today: I was listening to a podcast interview by TheFinalSprint.com with Peter Gilmore this afternoon at work, and I was caught a little off-guard when my name got dropped in the middle of the interview. This is not totally random, as I write for the website, and they have been publicizing my OTQ, but still kind of freaky to me. Then Gilmore proceeded to call me a chump and said that he was going to beat me up in the parking lot after Trials. No not really. Actually the context was more like, "One of our staff writers just qualified for Trials with a pretty slow time compared to you. Do you have any tips for him and guys like him on how to stick with it, get sponsors, and become as good as you?" It was interesting.

Gilmore is definitely one of those guys that I can try to emulate, along with Brian Sell. He was not blazing fast when he started, but has worked extraordinarily hard and has taken some hard knocks along the way, but things have turned out well for him. Gilmore and Sell are definitely guys I will be rooting for at trials because of that.

The podcast is here, by the way.

Comments

From Cody on Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 22:36:29

You are famous. Those podcasts reach almost 20 people across the US! No really, that is cool! You will have to talk to him in New York and network to get the cool sponsors.

From Paul Petersen on Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 22:48:13

After he beats me up in the parking lot, I may ask about getting tips for sponsors.

From Cody on Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 22:54:20

Yeah, wait until after the race to talk to him, that way he is too tired to work you over too much.

From Scott Zincone on Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 23:15:49

Cody's idea is a good one. We always say at work take your time going to a fight. Then you only have to fight the winner and he should be tired.

Of course if we really handled it that way we might get into some trouble.

From Jon on Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 23:46:27

Man, I thought it was good that the local bank teller recognied me. We have one of the top runners in the US talking about Paul by name!!! That is awesome! You should go up to him at the starting line before the race and introduce yourself. Then draft off him for 15 miles.

From Maria on Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 12:37:30

Paul, you're becoming a celebrity :). There is also an article about you in the Journal Review: http://www.journalreview.com/articles/2007/10/15/sports/02marathon.txt

I found it through the link on eliterunning.com - which has pretty big readership - so the word is spreading!

From Stacy on Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 20:45:56

I'll be rooting for Paul Petersen and Logan Fielding at the Trials.

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