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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
16.700.000.000.0016.70
RETIRED Skechers Go Run 2 Orange Miles: 7.90RETIRED Adidas Adizero Boost Miles: 8.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.700.000.000.003.70

Well, this has been a bad year for my fitness, but I've been focused on other stuff, so that's OK. I'm defending my PhD in a couple weeks, so that's exciting.  I'm going to have a little down time after I finish, so it'll be nice to have some time to focus on getting back into shape, etc.

RETIRED Skechers Go Run 2 Orange Miles: 3.70
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.004.20

Back in MN. Ran really late (11:30 PM) after finalizing my doctoral dissertation. Everything was covered in a crunchy layer of ice/snow. Wasn't that cold (27 degrees F), but with 16 mph winds, windchill was 15 degrees F. My legs were kind of cold in shorts, but it was still fun.

RETIRED Skechers Go Run 2 Orange Miles: 4.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.800.000.000.008.80

Main route from home out to the Gateway Trail connection on Stillwater Road and back, 6.8 miles. I love, love, love the feel of the Adidas on the bottom of my feet (larger heel-toe drop seems nice when I'm fat and slow), but the mesh on the top is annoying and gave me a small blister on top of my right middle toe, which I remember happening when they were brand new. Once again, I didn't wear a watch, mostly just to encourage a slow, leisurely pace. I have no business running fast anytime soon.

 

Also, did a running speedplay of the Lakewood Hills disc golf course. 18 holes, 6280 of actual course distance, and quite a bit of connecting distance with hills, extra distance for bad shots etc, so 2 full miles of running. Finished the round in sub-40 minutes at 2 over par, which is good for me on this course in crazy iced over conditions, which cut the footwork out of most of my drives and dropped my distance ability by a solid 100 feet.

RETIRED Adidas Adizero Boost Miles: 8.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.700.000.000.0016.70
RETIRED Skechers Go Run 2 Orange Miles: 7.90RETIRED Adidas Adizero Boost Miles: 8.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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