The Basics
- Years Running: 5ish, 2.5 of which since I’ve moved here to the UV
- Favorite Distance: half marathon
- Day Job: IT generalist — talk to me about tech!
- Favorite Emojis: 🫨, 👀, 🧑🌾
- Preferred Terrain: dirt road/easy singletrack
- Running Weather Preference: 47 degrees, sunny but in the shade, summer into fall. Alternatively, 2 hours into a heavy snowstorm with roads still unplowed.
- Favorite Shoes: Saucony Endorphin Pro is my certified do-it-all. I’ve run them on technical trail, in snow, in rain, in good health and bad, etc …
The “Run-Down”
- Why I started running: I started running at the end of college with the idea of losing weight/maintaining weight loss. It’s been an awesome ride. I credit UVRC for introducing me to speed work — TNT has been amazing for that!
- Favorite local route: Pine Park out and back, down the hill and along the Connecticut river. For a longer outing, up the Ballard trail in Norwich and down Bragg Rd.
- Current running goal: The overarching goal is always to enjoy running. That said, another concurrent goal is to break three hours in the marathon.
- Favorite running memory: Too many “favorites” to designate just one, and honestly too many to recall them all, but a notable one is my first run up to the Gile fire tower, and then down the blue ribbon trails in Norwich. I think this run last year was what made me really appreciate trail running, of which previously I had sort of shrugged off as “too hard” and “eh, I’d rather just run on the roads”.
Fast Favorites
- Go-to fuel: cheap-o gels I buy in bulk from the Feed, whatever’s on sale. I am very interested in making my own gels though, so if anyone has experience with that, please share!
- Favorite gear: Fun fact, I don’t think I have ever run without my Garmin (since buying it). Thinking about it now, that’s probably more than a thousand runs logged via this trusty device, which is crazy!
- Running Playlist/Podcast: I prefer to run without audio, but a podcast rec is “Perfect Person” with Miles Bonsignore — an advice show done right.
- Dream Race: Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc — I’m a sucker for scenery
- Post-Race Treat: it has to be a bit of time after the race, but unquestionably ice cream.
Carbload Routine: two nights before a long race I buy three family size bags of popcorners and munch away for the next two days