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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

Wed, Jan 01, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

15 miles at 6:38 pace with a big group at Riverton. Pushed the last 6 a little bit harder than the rest with Jon Kotter, probably about marathon effort, but very very relaxed. These 6 had a couple hundred feet of hills and an average pace of 6:24/mile (including that annoying run up and over the bridge, which cost a good 15 seconds on that mile's pace), which would be worth about 6:04 on a course like Phoenix. I felt really fit today, which is always a nice feeling. :)

PM: Skied at the Bird for 2 1/2 hours, 3rd day in a row and 16th day of the season. Legs felt super solid, even though I spent a lot of time hitting moguls really fast and hard.

RETIRED Nike Zoom Streak LT2 Miles: 15.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:38:41 from 159.212.71.17

Real solid run!

PS - you didn't wake me up... I was just being lazy and ignoring what I thought was my alarm :-)

From CollinAnderson on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:43:59 from 70.196.192.169

Thanks. And hah, I figured you would be at the run and that you just weren't hearing your phone while driving there.

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:49:13 from 159.212.71.17

That would have been equally likely.

We might do another Jeremy Ranch run this weekend. I'll let you know. The road is great... and you really can't run much faster than 8:00 pace on the snow so its perfect!

From CollinAnderson on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:50:30 from 70.196.192.169

That sounds good; I still have yet to run at Jeremy Ranch, so I'll go. Is the snow pretty packed down?

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:58:10 from 159.212.71.17

Yep its packed and pretty smooth. Allie ran it in Kinvaras.

From CollinAnderson on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 11:59:05 from 70.196.192.169

Wow, nice. I guess maybe it's time to see what the Air Krongs can do in snow. :) The total distance for that is, what, 16?

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 12:02:33 from 159.212.71.17

14.5

From CollinAnderson on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 12:10:21 from 70.196.192.169

Ok, cool. Will any of you guys tack on more at the end?

From Jake K on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 12:11:37 from 159.212.71.17

Not sure yet, but I'm guessing its always likely.

From CollinAnderson on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 12:14:02 from 70.196.192.169

Ok, cool, yeah, just give me the details when you have them.

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