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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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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
71.009.006.250.000.0086.25
Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 14.25Asic DS Trainer Miles: 19.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 20.00Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 9.00Saucony Hattori Miles: 6.00Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 18.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

AM - canal trail, 7 miles, no watch.

PM - Forrester acres with Seth, 6 miles, no watch.

Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 6.00Asic DS Trainer Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.006.250.000.0014.25

Big Workout. Warmed up 2 miles to the Smithfield Cemetery, and then did 10x1000m with 1-minute recovery jog on the cemetery road loop.. I should call this workout "aces wild" or something like that. It was a decent workout, although it started slow and sluggish, probably from the increase in mileage over the last several weeks. But I felt like I could keep going with the intervals, so the endurance is probably getting better. Splits were 3:20, 3:14, 3:09, 3:09, 3:06, 3:07, 3:06, 3:08, 3:06, 3:04.

Cooled down for a few miles afterward. Averaged 6:24/mile for 14.25 miles.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 14.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.000.000.000.000.0014.00

AM - Smithfield Canyon, 9 miles, 6:50/mile average. Felt surprisingly good.

PM - canal trail, 5 miles, no watch.

Asic DS Trainer Miles: 5.00Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.000.000.000.000.0014.00

AM - Birch Creek Canyon, 8.25 miles, no watch.

PM - Forrester Acres with Seth, 5.75 miles, no watch.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.75Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

AM - random route around Smithfield. 7 miles, 7:25/mile average.

PM - Forrester Acres with Seth, 6 miles, no watch

Asic DS Trainer Miles: 7.00Saucony Hattori Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.009.000.000.000.0018.00

Long run, 18 miles, Hollow Rd to BSF Canyon to TOU Half start, and then back down. Got too hot at the end, due to starting the run too late, and a canyon wind that made me overheat a bit on the downhill. But a good run. Averaged 5:53/mile overall. Splits were 6:25, 6:14, 6:14, 6:39, 6:26, 6:29, 6:10, 6:12, 6:06, (turnaround), 5:37, 5:21, 5:20, 5:18, 5:18, 5:10, 5:26, 5:42, 5:38

Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
71.009.006.250.000.0086.25
Asics Heavy Shoe Miles: 14.25Asic DS Trainer Miles: 19.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 20.00Brooks Launch (2) Miles: 9.00Saucony Hattori Miles: 6.00Brooks Launch (3) Miles: 18.00
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