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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

Dec 08, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

13.1: 1:09:58 (2018 Des News)

26.2: 2:37:45 (2019 Mesa Phoenix)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy!

 

2019 Running Schedule

Feb - Mesa Phoenix Marathon (AZ): 2:37:45. Lingering flu didn't help, but I still got a PR.

April - Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon (UT). Mostly just going to be a training run. Finally got myself into the sub-4 club last year, so I'll just have fun with it this year.

May - Stillwater Half Marathon (MN). Goal race for Spring. Looking for ~1:12.

October- Chicago Marathon (IL). We'll see where I'm at in Fall, but probably will be looking for low 2:30s.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy, make improvements, maximize my potential.

Personal:

I am a bioengineering PhD currently working as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah, where I design and improve neurosurgical approaches for treating movement disorders.


Summer 2018 update: I'm lazy about copying over from Strava, so find me over there for day-to-day runs until I eventually get around to copying everything over here.

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Skechers GoRun 4 Blue - A Bit Too Big, But Free Lifetime Miles: 105.80
Saucony Grid Type A Lifetime Miles: 94.20
Saucony Fastwitch 7 Blue Lifetime Miles: 132.40
Saucony Fastwitch 7 Red Lifetime Miles: 135.90
New Balance Vazee Summit V2 Black Lifetime Miles: 121.90
Skechers Go Med Speed 4 Lifetime Miles: 36.70
Race: Winter Series 10k (6.25 Miles) 00:36:51
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.006.7010.70

Meh, not my best race.  1 mile warmup + winter series 10k in 36:51 + 3.5 mile cooldown with 5 x 30 second pickups (maybe a half mile?).  Slept as late as I could, woke up, and legs just felt tired and stale, which wasn't a great sign.  Showed up at the race pretty late, warmed up a mile, then got started.  In the out portion, I settled in behind Sasha, Dennis, and James, but when Sasha and Dennis (both of whom I beat 2 weeks ago in the 5k) pulled away from James, I let them go.  Hit the 5k pretty easily in 17:25, with a nice tailwind, turned around, and just immediately lost motivation when the rather large headwind hit me in the face.  I passed James right after the turnaround, but never made any ground on Sasha and Dennis, and they gradually got away and I couldn't get myself to care.  I felt like the wind started to settle a bit in the last mile, but I never really picked it up and just slogged it home with a 2:01 positive split.  I'm not happy with this race, but I also don't care very much at all, which is probably part of why I didn't really push it.  The last 3 days were too much (2 days of 10+ at sub 6:40), and last night's race was far too close to the race, so that didn't help.  I'm going to probably up my mileage a bit this week and then taper for 2 weeks to be really fresh for the marathon, which, as I keep reiterating, is all I really care about at all.

 

PM: Ski day #31.  Legs were tired!

RETIRED Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 10.70
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 15:22:55 from 50.168.224.197

Nice race. Just chalk it up to a great workout. Be wise, take care of that body, and you are in for a great race at PHX.

From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 15:50:05 from 166.137.209.29

Yeah Collin. Your training has been awesome for PHX bro. Sub 2:40!!!! Make it happen!

From Jake K on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 16:14:13 from 67.177.11.154

3.1 to 3.2 was my favorite part of the race. So fun :-)

You're in a good place for PHX... all of your workouts have been targeted for that. Just stay healthy this week.

From Josh E on Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 23:24:01 from 75.162.251.201

Good luck getting ready for the big show. You've had a solid build up this time around.

From RileyCook on Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 09:17:41 from 73.52.134.194

I agree with everyone else; you're ready for a great run at PHX. This will simply serve as a stepping stone to that!

From Rachelle on Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:01:34 from 159.212.71.17

Still a really great workout in the midst of high mileage and lots of quality workouts. Keep on keeping on...almost there and your training has been great!

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