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2017 RACING BLOG

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ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN-- NO MATTER WHAT, WHAT, WHAT !!!

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1. 1/1/17-- RESCUE RUN 10K- Palmer Park--

* 7th overall-- 2nd place- 45-49 award-- 39:13 chip time.

* Sunny, windy rolling hill road and hard packed trail course.

Note: I was the first person in the 10k to run the true CORRECT course-- at the split in the trail on top of the first mesa, your supposed to go right, I went right on the correct course-- the others went left and did the loop backwards. It was all the same distance except to note that there is more uphill climbing on the correct loop going counterclockwise. I lost time in the race as I had stopped at the fork in the trail yelling at the guys to tell them they turned wrong.

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2-4 -- WALT DISNEY WORLD MARATHON WEEKEND---- FLORIDA--

2. 1/5/17--Thursday-- WALT DISNEY WORLD 5K-- easy jog- 30 minutes.

3. 1/6/17-- Friday-- WALT DISNEY WORLD 10K--

* 36:22-- 10th overall-- 1st place 45-49- First Master Overall.

* This was my best performance of the weekend in a huge competitive 10k with 11,000 + racers-- mostly a flat road and concrete course through epcot with a few gentle inclines over walk way bridges-- but a very humid early morning and the course has a lot of turns.

* THE WALT DISNEY WORLD HALF MARATHON ON SATURDAY WAS CANCELLED DUE TO A SEVERE LIGHTNING STORM - disappointing because this was the race I had prepared for and would have kicked ass in. I expected a for sure win in the 45-49.

4. Sunday-- 1/8/17-- WALT DISNEY WORLD MARATHON--

* 3:13:56-- Gender- 115th overall-- overall-- 133rd-- 13th place in the 45-49.

* Cold and humid morning-- very windy-- I had a very good race until about mile 15-- legs hit the wall. I was in 23rd overall at the half marathon point.

This is my Master overall championship I have brought back to you Colorado !!! -- I have dominated the Master's division at all Disney races in California (10k and half), and in Florida-- Wine & Dine 10k and half, and The Dopey Challenge-- I have taken all comers on there and I have destroyed them all !!!!!

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5. 1/14/17-- WINTER SERIES #1-- Cheyenne Mtn. State Park-- 3.3 miles--

*7th overall-- 20:28-- 1st place 45-49-- holding first place overall with my co-ed team (DDC Running).

* It is a tough fast young field I am competing against to kick off the first winter series-- I hung in the mix and I am going for the age group win for the series.

*note-- raced sick, head congestion, and aches.

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6. 1/15/17-- THE ARCTIC PRAIRIE DOG HALF MARATHON-- Louisville/Denver--

*3rd overall podium-- 1:25:06-- I had 4th place on my tail the entire way-- I pushed the pace and tried to shake him off, he kept hanging on -- I finally dusted him with my patented finishing kick in -- there was no way he was going to come back from the SMACKDOWN I layed down on him !!!! * Again-- I raced with head congestion and a cough.

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7. Saturday--1/21/17-- FROSTIES FROZEN 5 MILE-- Hudson Gardens/Denver--

* 1st place 45-59 award-- 4th male overall- 5th overall- 30:31.

* Mostly flat with some gentle rolling areas paved concrete out and back course along the Platte River- cold temperatures- windy.

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8. Sunday-- 1/22/17-- THE YETI CHASE- 10K-- Morrison/Denver--

*10th male overall-- 11th overall- 1st place 45-49-- 1st master overall

* A very hilly course on paved road and concrete with rolling hills throughout-- cold racing and very windy.

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9. Saturday-1/28/17-- Winter Series 2-- Penrose Equestrian Center--

* 1st place 45-49-- 15th overall-- 24:42-- HOLDING 1ST PLACE IN THE 45-49 FOR THE WINTER SERIES SHORT SERIES-- MY CO-ED TEAM-DDC RUNNING HOLDING FIRST PLACE FOR CO-ED TEAM DIVISION. Nice mild sunny day on a tough rolling hill gravel trail course on the East side of Bear Creek Park. IM HANGING TOUGH WITH THIS TOUGH SHORT SERIES CROWD !!!! IM IN 11TH OVERALL FOR THE SERIES.

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10. Sunday- 2/5/17-- THE SUPER HALF MARATHON--

*16th male overall-- 18th overall-- 1st place 45-49--1:26:42 chip time- 6:37 avg. pace.

*Out and back course from Downtown Co Spgs along Santa Fe Trail-- gentle rolling uphill course North and back the same way with a gentle rolling downhill back to the finish at bijou bridge.

* I felt a little sluggish and tired out on the course- I have backed off mileage a bit in the last few weeks with a new build up cycle and a Craig Young lactate once a week. Still improved by 2:52 from last year. I got out hard- held on for a while, got passed by a few jabronees but then held steady and got a couple of the Air Force Academy Marathon Team toward the end passing one in the last 400. Will start my patented old school strength and uphill training.

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11. 2/11/17-- WINTER SERIES 3-- El Pomar/Santa Fe Trail--

* 1st place 45-49-- (I was the first Master)-- 15th overall in another tough competitive field-- 30:27 chip time. I kicked all of the Master's asses !!!!!

*Team DDC Holding 1st place going into the Fall Series-- we are laying the smackdown in the Coed team division and laying the smackdown on team Fossil.

*Course- a mostly flat out and back gravel trail from El Pomar- a couple of short hills with a gentle decline going south and a gentle incline coming back North. It was a beautiful hot sunny day in the 70's but windy in the race.

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12. 2/19/17-- THE INAUGURAL- MAD MOOSE - PUEBLO HALF MARATHON-- Pueblo, CO--

* 6th overall -- 1:23:48-- 2nd Master overall-- I took it out strong and hard and gave a great effort most of the way-- a little fatigue toward the end of the race with a lot of concrete path. I took out Heather Utrata. I gave Dan Clark (1st master, 4th overall) a hell of a heated battle in the first half of the race and he just nipped me out under a minute in the end.

* Starting at the Pueblo Reservoir-- Course followed a rolling concrete path down to the river trail with a point to point course finishing up at the Pueblo River Walk-- the course was all concrete and I felt it a little on my legs toward the end of the race.

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13. 2/25/17-- WINTER SERIES 4-- Black Forest--

1st place- 45-49-- 2nd Master-- 13th overall --

Series-- I am the champion for the 45-49- 2017 Winter Series--and finish 9th overall in a very competitive field this year.

My Co-Ed team-- DDC Running-- are the Co-Ed team champions !!

*Course-- tough rolling snow covered dirt roads and a small portion on paved rolling road. Sunny but cold.

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* Easy jog at the Neilson challenge for the brewery competition- Saturday- 3/4/17.

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14. Sunday- 3/5/17-- THAT DAM HALF MARATHON- Cherry Creek Dam Road, Greenwood Village, Denver.

* 1st place 40-49-- 14th overall-- 6:28 pace-- 1:24:42. I won the gold beaver medal and $20 bucks to Dick's

Out and back-- Starting on cherry creek dam- a flat windy first 3 miles out and then a gradual downhill down to the golf course with rolling hills on an all concrete path -- turnaround and come back on the rolling hill concrete pathway and gradually climbing back up to the dam with one very steep hill at mile 9 with a very windy 3 miles back to the finish line. I felt stronger and I felt a strong jump in my endurance-- I was able to stay strong in the final miles catching a few jabronees including two of the Air Force Academy Marathon Team members, I caught them on the uphills coming back up to the dam. The Denver competitors are no match for my superior climbing ability.

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15. Saturday-3/11/17-- 5k on St. Patricks Day-- Downtown Co Spgs--

* 2nd place podium finish -45-49-- 18:46 chip time--6:03 pace-- 37th male overall-- 40th overall.

* The course was slightly changed from previous years but still an all road 5k downtown with (3)- 180 degree turns, very windy, sunny, and great competition as always. Basically a flat course all in all with just a very slight uphill grade going north on the streets. Did ok with almost no speed work started yet, except for weekend racing, a weekly Craig Young lactate executed perfectly, and mostly slow uphill strength work, weekly mileage still actually pretty low. I am hovering around 30 miles a week average.

Everything I am doing now in training is old school, perfectly executed Craig Young quality training !!! You have not seen anything yet jabronees !!!!!!!

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16. Sunday-3/12/17-- RUNNING OF THE GREEN 7k (4.43 miles)-- LODO, DENVER--

* 2nd place podium win in the 40-49 out of 247-- 30th overall /2246--26th male overall /950--26:04 chip time --6:00 pace.

*much better today on a tougher rolling hill road course in LODO Denver.

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17. SATURDAY-3/18/17-- RUN THROUGH TIME HALF MARATHON- Salida, CO--

1:41:12-- 6th overall-- 1st place podium- 40-49.

* a challenging rolling trail with hills and technical single track trails- it was a beautiful hot sunny day.

Came back with a strong finish and caught a few jabronees on the uphills later in the second half of the race. It was hard to pass a couple of times on the narrow single track trails, but when I was able to pass I got back into the groove.

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* We had- Moab, Utah- Mad Moose - Run Behind the Rocks 30k-- on the competition schedule for Saturday- 3/25 - We were not able to make it to the race due to driving conditions the storm that hit the day before caused. All of my competition in my 30k event were lucky I didn't get to show up !!!!! I would have made many changes to the outcome of the race !!!!!!

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* Getting ready for my next competition this weekend- April 9-- Im back in electrifying action at - Platte River Half Marathon in Denver --

* then the Rattler 10k at Palmer Park and will jump in the Hams and Hamstrings 5k the next day to get an RRCA championship place.

* On April 23rd, I have the Horsetooth Half Marathon scheduled in-- a big time race for an A squad competitor -- it conflicted with the Cherry Creek Sneak this year but I had to go with Horsetooth this year as Horsetooth has a $4000 prize purse and a $150 purse for the first Master and an awesome after party at New Belgium Brewing. So Fort Collins Horsetooth Half will be graced with my presence this year.

18. April 9, 2017-- THE PLATTE RIVER HALF MARATHON-- DENVER, CO--

* 1:23:44-- 19th overall, 17th male overall/ out of 1774 -- 2nd place podium-45-49 in a very competitive field--

* it was sunny and windy on a mostly flat and gentle downhill all paved concrete path with a couple of hills following the creek along Platte River - point to point course starting at the train station by Santa Fe and ending downtown Denver at the Buckhorn Exchange.

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19. APRIL 15, 2017-- THE RATTLER 10K-- Palmer Park -

2nd overall--

* Rolling hill mostly single track technical trail course loop starting and finishing at Palmer Park and Maizeland- I took it out hard with Azarya Weldemariam ( 2nd overall in the 2016 Pikes Peak Marathon)--

I HOLD THE 2ND AND 3RD BEST TIMES IN THE RATTLER 10K EVENT SINCE THE 2015 INAUGURAL YEAR.

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20. APRIL 16, 2017-- HAMS AND HAMSTRINGS 5K- (Bigwig races)-- DESIGNATED RRCA NON ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP

3rd overall award -- FIRST MASTER OVERALL RRCA CHAMPION !! -- 18:33.

* Course started at Peterson and North Carefree East of Powers and did an out and back on a rough trail -- gradual incline out North and and a gradual decline back to the finish.

* HAD A GREAT WEEKEND OF RACING -- OVERALL-- ONLY 3 PEOPLE BEAT ME ALL WEEKEND IN 2 RACES

the champ is here !!!!

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21. April 23, 2017-- HORSETOOTH HALF MARATHON-- FORT COLLINS, CO--

* There were 3 big races going on locally on the front range this past weekend-- Cherry Creek Sneak, Three Creeks Half Marathon in Denver, and Horsetooth Half Marathon in Fort Collins-- The two money races were Horsetooth and Three Creeks -- The big money race was Horsetooth -- all three races had good competition-- but Horsetooth was pound for pound the most competitive race on the most challenging course.

I gave a great performance in a very competitive field-- duking it out with the top Master's taking 4th Master overall-- duking it out with the top 3 women-- and finishing with a 1st place 45-49 podium age group win and a gift card to a running store in Fort Collins. There was not the deep competitive field in the other races going on this weekend-- I went up against the top performers in my race.

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22. 5/6/17-- GRAND PRIX OF RACING-- TAKE 5 IN THE GARDEN-- 5 MILE--

4TH overall-- 31:27

* Sporting the new Colorado Springs Runner's Roost Racing Team - NEW BALANCE racing outfits-- The hottest racing outfits going !!!!

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23. Sunday- May 7, 2017-- THE COLORADO HALF MARATHON-- FORT COLLINS , CO--

* I took on the areas best competitors and earned the 1st MASTER OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP-- and 10th OVERALL-- 9TH MALE OVERALL--- 1:22:53.

* This is one of FORT COLLINS main racing events of the summer-- the big one-- Starting up in Poudre Canyon- it starts with a gentle descent into the Fort Collins farmlands and then flattens out -- then we hit a pretty good hill right in the middle and then get on an undulating concrete path taking us right into old town Fort Collins.

* I swept the weekend with two podium wins-- got 4th overall in a tough hot 5 mile in the Garden of the Gods and won the Master's championship in the Colorado Marathon in Fort Collins and rounded off the top 10 the next day-- my times are improving- I get better and better-- I win more and more-- I kick more and more jabronees asses !!! nothing but podiums, money, and prizes !!!!!!!!! TBE !!!

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24. Sunday- May 14th, 2017-- SPARTAN ELITE SPRINT -- 5 MILE-- 23 OBSTACLES-- FORT CARSON, CO

* This was my first Spartan Race ever -- I qualified and entered the elite race as I knew my conditioning and agility was just as good and better than anyone else there-- my lack of preparation and training for the actual specific technical obstacles was my only struggle in the race and caused me to fall behind when I had to do burpees. Of course I raced to win as there was prize money involved and to qualify for the championships, but despite everything I also had fun and got to experience a different type of race to throw my hat in.

in essence I finished in the tail end of the best --- I can do it all-- im good on the road-- Im tough on the trails-- I kick ass on the climbs-- I have a legacy on Pikes Peak --- I was a little out of my usual element---- I kicked ass on the running of the very technical and steep hilly course-- I did great on the wall climbs, crawling under the barbed wire, I killed the rope climb perfectly, I killed the stone carry, the water obstacle was just fucking cold, conquered the cargo net-- my downfall was getting across on the monkey bar type obstacles as I kept falling off those ones and had to do 4 sets of burpees on those-- I hit the hay target on the spear throw but my spear did not stick so there was 30 more burpees !!!! My grand total of burbees---- 150 !!!!!!! just could not recover time after those--- but I was the only one kicking ass running uphill on the final brutal hill.

Right now plan on putting the Breckenridge Spartan sprint on my calendar for August the week after pikes peak weekend !!!!!

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25. Saturday May 20, 2017-- Race to the shrine-- 4 mile--

* 2nd overall award-- 25:45--

I took out in the lead hard -- 1st place caught me after the first 800-- I stayed right on him and slowly gained on him as he was slowing down-- I almost caught him on the top -- he was scared and kept looking back on the way back down-- he edged me out by 45 seconds.

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26. Sunday- May 21, 2017-- COLFAX HALF MARATHON-- Denver, CO-- 2nd overall Master Title !!!! 1:24:22-- 20th overall-- 19th male overall.

* Another big competitive Denver Half Marathon Race !!!! The place to be this weekend if you want to see what you are made of !!!! Colfax half course is a little tougher with a few miles twisting and turning in the Denver City Park and Denver Zoo and then traveling out and on a gradual uphill out East where we eventually catch Colfax and gently head back down to City Park-- very hot and sunny.

* I picked it up in the 2nd half after battling with the top the women for 3 miles. I broke a few more people on the way and caught the 2nd place female at mile 11. I remained tough and I broke her down and passed her ---- two guys caught me in the last 800 meters--- they passed me--- but on the last final stretch in I gave an electrifying kick in and re-passed the guys trying to take me out and almost got one more---- it was one of those moments that should have been on the top ten best sports highlights section !!!!!!!!!!

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27. MEMORIAL DAY- 5/29/17-- BOLDER BOULER 10K ----

2ND PLACE AGE DIVISION PODIUM- JUST ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY FROM TAKING THE AGE DIVISION WIN -- improvement of almost 3 minutes from last year.

* IF YOU REMEMBER MY 2013-2014 INFAMOUS DUEL WITH KARA FORD (BELOW- A414)-- IT WAS THE BEST MALE-- FEMALE RACING BATTLE OF ALL TIME-- DOCUMENTED IN MY 2013 RACING PHOTO ALBUM.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS JUST BEEN RE-IGNITED-- AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW AS WE COME INTO FOLSOM STADIUM IN BOULDER AS I HAD TO TURN ON MY AFTERBURNERS AND OUTKICK HER IN THE STADIUM TO TAKE HER OUT--- OF COURSE IN THAT PROCESS OF MY ELECTRIFYING KICK IN --- I ALSO TOOK OUT ABOUT 10 OTHER JABRONEES ALONG THE WAY. AMAZING !!!!! WE HAD NO IDEA THE GREATEST FEMALE-- MALE RACING BATTLE WOULD AGAIN TAKE PLACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KARA FORD----- JUST BRING IT !!!!! AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!