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April 28, 2024

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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

Sat, Dec 28, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.20

Really nice weather outside, mid-30s. Did a bit over 13 miles, quite rolling, at 7:28 average pace. Probably should've gone even easier, as legs were moderately tired. Running on a treadmill day after day really seems to tire out my legs. I'll go really easy tomorrow, which is going to suck (windchills projected as reaching the -40s in the twin cities!)

For tomorrow's run, it's about time that I set a new PR for coldest temp ever run in. Windchill of -48 just sounds fun, doesn't it? :)

RETIRED Saucony Orange Kinvara 4 Miles: 13.20

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

Comments

From Jake K on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:40:11 from 67.177.11.154

And that's why I'd only go to Minnesota in mid-summer!

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:45:56 from 24.10.249.34

When the mercury rockets into the high 40s in Duluth.

From CollinAnderson on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 12:23:07 from 76.113.222.236

Jake, if you trained out here in winter, you'd get so tough that you'd surely run sub-2:10. :)

From Jake K on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 12:31:02 from 67.177.11.154

Exactly Rob - that's why Duluth is the only somewhat safe bet for a marathon in June. More likely to be 30 degrees than 65 degrees.

Collin, if I trained there in winter... I'd probably switch to basketball and try to qualify for the NBA.

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