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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, Sep 25, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
2.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.50

Have a bit of buggy cough, so "slept in" this morning. In evening, I ran out to LHS rec fields, then did 3x0.5mile laps, continuous. Splits were all 3:45 (7:30/mile pace). Then did 4x200m barefoot strides in grass: 45, 41, 42, 40. So my mile pace is about 30 seconds faster than last time, and my strides several seconds faster, approaching 5:20 pace. Strides in particular felt good, and I'm digging the barefoot thing. Maybe I'll get some Nike Free's when it gets cold. I'm starting to think that my strides are less than 200m, but I measured it on Google Earth, and it's pretty much right on, over if anything. I'll take the GPS next time, to validate.

Comments

From Zack on Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 09:56:20

Paul- thanks for the comments on my blog. I will definitley check out the low dye tape you reccomended. I am glad to see you are running again. I have looked at your blog quite a few times. Hopefully I can hang on for 18 more days and run strong. I am right there qualifying wise for Boston.. But i am realy worried that my last 20 plus mile run was 6 weeks ago and a half four weeks out from marathon. I will probably just run 6 miles a day for the next couple weeks than mini taper the last week and hope to hang on. Thanks again I appreciate the comments and good luck in your rewturn to running

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