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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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18.5028.200.000.008.0054.70
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60 minutes on elliptical. Trying to save back.

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Landfill loop with 2 miles at mp pace (5:33, 5:36). ave HR 155

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easy distance; ave HR 140

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easy distance + 4x100m strides; ave HR 127

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Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:26:35, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.5026.200.000.000.0026.70

St. George Marathon. 2:26:35, 4th overall. This was the final race of the Grand Slam circuit, and turned out to be the best, with a 9-minute PR. This was easily the best race I've had since college, and you only get races like this every few years; a "dream race." My goal coming in was to break 2:30 and place in the Top 10, and both those goals were exceeded. A true breakthrough! Two weeks of chiropractic put my lower back in good shape, and blantant abuse of ibuprofin has been keeping my knee in check since July. I do not think that running TOU made me run any slower, and if anything added to my fitness.

In the other Slam races I pretty much ran my own race and ignored everyone else, so that I could recover well. In this race, I let it out all out and ran with the pack. I figured in a race this size, I would have a chance to run faster by being pulled with a large group than by myself. We had about a pack of 9 through the half, then Joe and a few others broke away, and I was left in a group of 4 or 5. At Snow Canyon, I surged and broke away from that pack and started to vie for a Top 5 spot. Everything was feeling so effortless, and I was starting to get excited that this race was finally "the one". By Mile 20 I new that there would be no Wall and that I would certainly break 2:30, which had been a goal of mine for the last four years. I nearly started crying. Marathons do weird things to your emotions. I started to struggle a little the last 2 miles, but held strong enough to fend off those behind me, and was not challenged. Passed the "rabbit" with less than a mile to go, bumping me up to 4th. I held on to 4th, which I was ecstatic with, and 3rd was about 40 seconds ahead. It would have been awesome to take 3rd and win a travel package, but I gave everything and could not gain on the 3rd place guy, so that's okay.

As far as organization and course layout, St. George is top notch. I now know what all the hype is about. It is simply the best-organized race I've ever done, in every aspect, including the expo. Great job, St. George Leisure Services!

Mile Splits/Ave HR

5:36/136 - very comfortable start

11:11/170 - 2-mile split, so 5:35 pace

5:23/172

5:32/176

5:13/171 - fast mile!

5:33/171

5:50/182 - vejo hill

5:52/183 - vejo hill/recovery

5:53/181 - still recovering

5:50/186 - flat/rolling

5:45/183 - getting the pace back

5:25/181 - back on pace; 1:13:40 at half

5:34/182

5:17/179 - Snow Canyon, time to move!

5:11/177 - HR is dropping, good sign

5:23/181

5:28/179

5:47/184

5:35/182

5:19/183 - I can't believe I'm pulling these kinds of splits this late in a race...or any point in the race for that matter. Did not intend to run this fast.

5:42/184

5:25/183

5:38/184

6:02/188 - fatigue setting in, but doesn't matter; I will shatter 2:30. Now just want to hang on to 4th

5:47/191 - HR is soaring

1:21/198 - last 0.2; HR hits max of 201. I'm done with the Slam! Second half split of 1:12:55, a 45-second negative split.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.5028.200.000.008.0054.70
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