Crazy or Smart? To Avoid Lock Down, US Champion Moves Across Country to Train on 10 Acre Farm

kallin.khan wrote:

Hey everyone! Saw I made it on the homepage message boards so I thought I'd say hello and respond to some of you.

-No, I'm not sure the move was exactly 'life changing', but it was a big decision to move 2000 miles away and end our lease.

-I'm not a student anymore, and I work remotely so can live anywhere.

-10 acres is not sprawling, but it is significantly bigger than our 1 bedroom apartment in Portland. -I've created a 2km/1.25 mile loop on the land and have been running it daily (

https://www.strava.com/activities/3208008241

). The footing is bad and grass is long, but after a while it'll get beat down into a nice trail.

Watch out for ticks! They're everywhere now, and the nymph ticks are so small you'll never see them. You don't want to get Lyme disease, trust me. Try drinking Cistus Tea, it's a natural tick repellent.

Ok7272 wrote:

That's a bizarre interview since it seems they're referencing 2019 and interviewed you before the marathon trials? correct? it looks like it was correct.

Also, you might be one of the few South Asians running distance at such an elite level. That's kind of awesome. Where is your company?

Interviewed last week. We discussed a lot of my running history/from years past.

Are there not a lot of high level distance runners of South Asian descent? I'm of 1/4 Indian, 3/4 Eastern European descent.

My company, Edammo Inc., is 100% remote.

There are a ton of gravel roads out here, but a lot have sporadic traffic and loose dogs to content with. Not to mention no protection from the wind. It's fine for a run every once in a while, but for now I like the idea of trying to make a (modest) trail.

If you haven't run it already, the Wabash Trace trail is awesome. One of my favorite places to run, and I live in Colorado Springs where we have lots of great trails. I stay with friends in CB fairly often who live on 214th Street off of Highway 92, so I've run a lot of those gravel roads west of where you are. I think you'll want to get on the roads. The traffic isn't that bad and the dogs get used to you. Hitchcock Nature Center is still open. I haven't run there, but I heard Kaci Lickteig on a podcast say it's one of her favorite places to run.

Ok7272 wrote:

That's a bizarre interview since it seems they're referencing 2019 and interviewed you before the marathon trials? correct? it looks like it was correct.

Also, you might be one of the few South Asians running distance at such an elite level. That's kind of awesome. Where is your company?

Wow. What is this obsession with ethnicity that Americans fixate on? Stop. He’s a human with blood, like you. Imbecilic Moran.

I applaud you for doing this!

That's awesome!

Apparently, the chicago lake front trail is now closed

I'd rather just stick it out in Portland if I were trying to be a pro ultra runner.

I doubt the situation for a wedding is going to be much different in Iowa than it will be in Oregon by July.

but you'll be well prepared for flat ultras on small loops

If he could plow a meter wide path around the perimeter of the property and then use a roller to pack it down a bit that would make the footing a bit better. I'm sure that there are some rural roads that he can run around there without too much trouble.