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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
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RETIRED Skechers GoRun 2 Yellow Miles: 29.00
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Moving + cleaning all day.

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9 miles easy.  Eaglewood Lofts to Orchard to 5th South to 89, and back.  7:10 AP didn't feel bad at all, although I was definitely affected by the heat  (only low 80s, but it was cooler in Africa) and I felt very dehydrated when I finished.

RETIRED Skechers GoRun 2 Yellow Miles: 9.00
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Struggling to get back into a routine.

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3 x 3 mile on treadmill.  New apt has a few of the Freemotion i7.9, which are pretty awesome.  They go anywhere from -3.0 to 30.0 on decline/incline, and up to 12mph, with a touch screen, and get up to full speed within a couple seconds, which is nice.  My only complaint is that the treadmill doesn't go above 9.0 mph on a decline, which seems silly.  I'd love to be able to do a few runs at -1% just to get used to the average of St George, but not being able to go faster than 6:40 makes the decline setting worthless. 

 

 

Anyway, as for the workout, I felt aerobically insane.  17:03, 16:49, 16:39 at 0%, as usual, to match effort with pace I'd run for tempo at sea level, thanks to lack of wind resistance (ie, like a 10-11 mph tailwind).  Didn't have a watch and there was no clock, so I couldn't count rest, but it was probably about 3 minutes.  Faster than I have ever done this workout.  I could tell that my legs were absolutely flying and they were consequently considerably more sore than they normally are after a tempo workout, but I just felt like an aerobic monster.  Really awesome.  I need to spend more time up at 19,341' above sea level.

RETIRED Skechers GoRun 2 Yellow Miles: 11.00
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Very sore legs / super messed up sinuses from allergies that suddenly came on.

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6:59 pace.  Late, so did it on treadmill.  Legs are a bit sore from the workout still.  Would've done more this week, but my legs just weren't quite feeling normal and I also got sick, so I just considered it a bridge week to get back into things.

RETIRED Skechers GoRun 2 Yellow Miles: 9.00
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Honestly?  Lazy.  Figured my week sucked, so I'd start fresh on Sunday at the start of the new week.

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RETIRED Skechers GoRun 2 Yellow Miles: 29.00
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