1) Primary sport (s): Trail running, ultra running, mountain running, snowshoe running
2) Team member since: 2004
3) City/state of residence: Mansfield, MA
4) Occupation: Assistant Professor, Tufts University
5) Goals for 2010: Do more speed work and hill workouts. I’d also like to do more timed runs on great hiking routes that will never host a race. There are too many nice trails in New England to waste your weekends on mediocre trails just for the sake of racing.
6) Notable achievements/memories/PR’s in your sport: Representing the U.S. at the World Trail Challenge in Serre Chevalier France last year was an incredible experience for my whole family. I still think about the trip quite often.
7) Favorite inov-8 gear: The 230's for racing, and the 320's or 295's for training or long races.
8) List one thing others may not know about you: Last year, I learned how to use MRI imaging of awake rodents to study their neural responses to various stimuli.
9) Favorite energy drink/food: Concentrated ice tea and NUUN tablets.
10) Your favorite race and why? The Escarpment 30k. The trail includes every type of terrain you can think of, and a lot of it. Out of 10 or 11 attempts, I've only had a couple of races where I felt like I really ran well, so it keeps me motivated to train. Most of the time, I get beat by the trail.
11) Advice to other athletes: Run on soft surfaces as much as possible, and focus on staying healthy with the objective of continuous improvement. Don’t be afraid to try something different that you think might work for you. Personally, I have very little natural ability, but can withstand a pretty heavy training load. If I trained like most of the more talented people I run with, I’d be in the middle of the pack.
2) Team member since: 2004
3) City/state of residence: Mansfield, MA
4) Occupation: Assistant Professor, Tufts University
5) Goals for 2010: Do more speed work and hill workouts. I’d also like to do more timed runs on great hiking routes that will never host a race. There are too many nice trails in New England to waste your weekends on mediocre trails just for the sake of racing.
6) Notable achievements/memories/PR’s in your sport: Representing the U.S. at the World Trail Challenge in Serre Chevalier France last year was an incredible experience for my whole family. I still think about the trip quite often.
7) Favorite inov-8 gear: The 230's for racing, and the 320's or 295's for training or long races.
8) List one thing others may not know about you: Last year, I learned how to use MRI imaging of awake rodents to study their neural responses to various stimuli.
9) Favorite energy drink/food: Concentrated ice tea and NUUN tablets.
10) Your favorite race and why? The Escarpment 30k. The trail includes every type of terrain you can think of, and a lot of it. Out of 10 or 11 attempts, I've only had a couple of races where I felt like I really ran well, so it keeps me motivated to train. Most of the time, I get beat by the trail.
11) Advice to other athletes: Run on soft surfaces as much as possible, and focus on staying healthy with the objective of continuous improvement. Don’t be afraid to try something different that you think might work for you. Personally, I have very little natural ability, but can withstand a pretty heavy training load. If I trained like most of the more talented people I run with, I’d be in the middle of the pack.
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I'm here to tell you Ben is super-hardcore. He just dragged my behind through intervals in the middle of a deluge. An absolute deluge.
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