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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 09, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
12.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

Kind of a weird workout today. I ran down to Skyview track to do mile repeats, and found that every gate was locked. Seriously? Heaven forbid someone does a track workout. Anyway, I circumnavigated the whole facility, and finally found a breach: I was able to army-crawl under the fence in one spot. Sometimes it pays to be extremely skinny, as normal person certainly could not have done this. Then I started the mile repeats. The workout was supposed to be 6x1600m with 200m recovery (60 seconds) at threshold pace (about 5:10/mile). I did the first one in 5:16. The second one felt quite a bit easier, and was 5:11. But by then some kids camp was flooding the track, so I decided to leave. Plus, I was really needing a potty stop. So I ran back home, used the facilities, changed to my NB 790s, and then hit the canal trail. Ran most of it at a brisk pace, and did some intermittent strides throughout the run. Averaged 6:30/mile for this 9-mile segment. Got 14 miles this morning total. Not quite the workout I wanted, but it could have been worse.

New Balance 790 Miles: 9.00	Saucony Type A Miles: 5.00

Comments

From Superfly on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:03:45 from 208.117.127.110

You could have become a legendary criminal with those types of skills. Skinny, Fast, Smart and able to change plans on the fly. You should at least audition for Oceans 14 when they make it.

From Jon on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:03:59 from 192.107.247.6

You realize that we won't be averaging sub-6 pace tomorrow, right?

From Paul on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:32:22 from 65.103.252.214

No, not the on uphill part.

From Jason McK on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:35:24 from 63.255.173.99

Nice run. I'm here for a little advice. I really like my New Balance 790s, but I'm looking for another shoe like them. They are about all I've run in for a year. What shoe would you recommend for a similar fit and function?

Thanks in advance for any help! By the way, nice job at the Freedom Run.

From Paul on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:51:54 from 65.103.252.214

Jason - Jon should answer this question for you. He's more up to speed on trail shoes.

From Jon on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 12:07:25 from 192.107.247.6

Jason- NB100 are the new shoe most similar to NB790. The other super-lightweight trail shoes are many of the Inov-8 shoes- you may want to look into them. I'd start with those.

From Jason McK on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 15:20:45 from 63.255.173.99

Jon (and Paul) - thanks, I just got the NB MT100 but don't know anything about Inov-8, I'll look into them. Is Striders the closest place that sells them?

From Jon on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 15:38:24 from 192.107.247.6

Dunno- I've never owned a pair.

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