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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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62 minutes, mostly in the ballpark of 7:00 pace, but threw in a half mile surge somewhere in the middle and also did the last 1.25 in 7:22 (40 ft of uphill over the last quarter mile).  I got absurdly lost in Foxboro NSL to the point that I was going North for about a mile thinking I was going South. Hah.  I guess that's what happens when you go out for a run on very winding roads starting at almost midnight.

 In other news, today is one of those days that just makes me incredibly thankful for running.  My labwork is going really well lately, but my personal life has felt like a bit of a roller coaster of late.  While I am good at being in a relationship, I am terrible at playing the whole pre-relationship courting game.  Every time that I think I finally understand the psychology of women, it isn't long until I realize that I'm completely clueless.  It's nice to be able to use running to clear my head...

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 09:20:54 from 155.100.226.191

Girls LOVE a shiny new marathon PR. Get one of those in a couple weeks, and you'll be good.

Actually that isn't true at all. Maybe you should try crossfit? :-)

From CollinAnderson on Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 11:21:40 from 70.196.193.173

Haha, yeah, if only that were true. This one, maybe? :) I guess we'll find out.

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