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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
72.250.000.500.000.0072.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Loveland Trail. 8 miles, averaged about 7:00/mile. Legs feel fresh after race yesterday.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

noon - Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 9 miles, averaged 7:25/mile.

pm - Fossil Creek Park, 4 miles, no watch.

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. Warmed up 1 mile, then 11 miles of tinman tempo, about 5:50-5:55/mile average. Cooled down 1 mile. 13 miles total, averaged 6:02/mile.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 13.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.250.000.000.000.0012.25

Ran 10.75 miles during my afternoon run (Power Trail/Spring Creek), and then an additional 1.5 after work en route to Seth's kindergarten Christmas show.

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 12.25
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9.000.000.500.000.009.50

Had a 3x1km workout planned today, but ditched it after trying the first interval (3:12). My left outer hip inexplicibly started hurting last night, and is still hurting today. In addition, my gut was messed up (perhaps from the honey ghost habenero burrito I had last night). Either way, continuing with the workout would NOT be a good idea, so I jogged back. 9.5 miles total, 7:30/mile average. I'll try to stretch it and see if I can figure it out, but it's not an area I've had pain in before.

Brooks PureConnect Black Miles: 9.50
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day off to rest the hip

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.000.000.000.000.0017.00

Went up Big Thompson Canyon, then ran from Drake to Glen Haven. First time I've been up there since the floods; the damage is pretty incredible. Ended up with 17 miles or so, no watch. Hip was okay, but sore afterward. We'll see how it is tomorrow.

Saucony Cortana III Miles: 17.00
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72.250.000.500.000.0072.75
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