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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, May 14, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.90	0.00	3.90	0.00	7.80

Little Black Mountain up and down from JCC parking lot, 3100'+ net climb, probably about 3300' total with a very minor amount of roll in a couple places. Hit Dry Creek (official start for this run, at least for me) in 2:00, Unkel F...er Peak/Ridge in 24:18 (22:18 dry creek to Unkel split), and the pseudo-peak with the logbook at 50:16 (48:16 total climb from Dry Creek). Both the split and the pseudo-peak times were the fastest I've hit. Hip was a little testy near the top, after 3100' of net climb, but was OK by the time I got down. Total Dry Creek trailhead to trailhead was 1:17:27, with a JCC parking lot to JCC parking lot in 1:21:06. Run down would've been faster if I hadn't accidentally packed Kinvaras, which are horrendous on trails. Hah. Want more specific GPS data, but I can't seem to find it since getting home. Hope it turns up...

Also, found this incredible study today:

http://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(13)00702-6/fulltext

There's probably no such thing as gluten intolerance among people who don't actually have Celiac's Disease. Maybe this whole anti-gluten thing will stop soon?

RETIRED Saucony Orange Kinvara 4 Miles: 7.80

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

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