It has been some time since I have done an interview and hope to do more in the coming year. To start things up here is one I just did with Logan Campbell who raced in the same 5K I did a couple weeks ago. Due to the way things are they discouraged hanging around after the race so I did not meet up with Logan till later online. Nice to learn more about and you can to as well below.
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| 2020 Daniel Ellis 5k - Logan's first race in over a year. |
Tell us a little about yourself not necessarily related to running: age, where born, education, area you live in, etc…..
I´m 23 and I was raised in Booneville, Kentucky. I graduated from Owsley County High School in 2015 and then graduated EKU in the fall of 2019, with a Biomedical Sciences degree.
What is your profession?
I was a pharmacy technician during the first couple months of the pandemic, but currently I am studying for the MCAT/looking for a master´s program to join.
How did you start running and what prompted you to do so?
I had a cross country coach tell me that I was a much better runner than basketball player and my sister was on the team. I joined the grade school running club in 4th grade and ended up continuing when I got to middle school.
How long have you been running?
I have been running since I was in 4th grade. I´ve taken some breaks ranging from a month to close to a year after I left the Cumberlands program.
Did you participate in any other sports over the years?
I participated in XC, track, golf, baseball, and basketball when I was in high school. I graduated in a class of 58 people, so anybody athletic, had to participate in other sports.
Did you run in grade school, High School or College? If so where?
Owsley County grade school and high school, then I went on to run a season at the University of the Cumberlands until I transferred to EKU.
So we get an idea of where you have been with running can you share your PR’s for: 5K, 10K marathon and any other distance you may have run in the past.
- 400m- 53.9
- 800m- 2:00.07
- 1600m- 4:29.8
- 3200m- 9:47
- 5k- 16:27
- 8k-26:36
- 10k- 36:39
- Half marathon- 1:26:41 (only ran one and it was by myself in July)
What is your most memorable race or races and share a little about at least one of them?
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| 1600m 10th grade - in disbelief that I was in the top 4 |
I competed in class 1A in high school and my 10th grade year I was running a 1600m against the likes of Jacob Thomson , who is now a professional runner. My PR coming in was 4:42 and I just wanted a medal. I was a kid from a place that no one had heard of and after the second lap I was in the top 8. I started picking runners off and I ended up getting 4th in 4:29.9.
The other race would be coming in 6th at state in XC. KHSAA changed the medals from top 15 to top 10 my junior and senior year, so the year before I got 11th. I had always wanted to medal at state in xc and with 800m to go, I was with the 6th-11th group and I just surged to get as far away from 11th as possible.
Do you have a favorite workout you do?
In high school, there was a workout called barn intervals, which had a giant hill in it and would usually be anywhere from 1:00-1:05.
Do you have a favorite workout you do?
In high school, there was a workout called barn intervals, which had a giant hill in it and would usually be anywhere from 1:00-1:05.
In college, it was a simple 8x1Ks on a grass path.
Right now, I have done Ks, 400m repeats, hills, and tempos. The favorite out of those would probably be just hills.
What does a regular week of training look like?
I run 42-53 miles a week. I like to have 2 ¨hard¨ runs a week, a long run 9-13 miles, and the rest are just easy runs. With in person races being hard to find right now, it is more easy runs.
How about a favorite route you like to run?
In Kentucky, it is just a road that I run everyday in my hometown, but my favorite place to run is McAlpine Creek Park.
What is your favorite distance to run and race?
I do not have the speed that I had in high school to say the mile, so it is currently the 5k.
What shoes do you run in and what do you like about them?
I have always run in Brooks and I currently have the Anthem and Ricochet. I have flat feet and these shoes just feel so much more comfortable than any Nike or Saucony that I have tried.
How about diet, do you eat any certain way and do things change on race week and race day?
I have a terrible diet, I tried to cut pop out in college and it caused my migraines to get a lot worse. Race week, I try to get some kind of pasta and the day of the race is a banana or granola bar.
Do you have any long-range running plans?
I think a sub 16 5k is my main goal because that is something I wanted in high school and college. I might run a couple 10k's to lower my PR in that.
What do you like best about living and running in KY?
I think the running community in Kentucky is very welcoming. I understand that the pandemic has made it hard to interact in person, but people that I ran against in high school and college, have remained in contact and we still talk to this day.
Anywhere else you would like to visit to run?
Oregon is the main place that I would like to visit.
Do you have any bucket list races?
I would like to run in the open race at Foot Locker South Regionals, so I can have another crack at McAlpine Creek park.
What do you struggle with most with regards to running?
I think the big struggle is over running and identity. I always considered myself a runner named Logan and when I got mono in college and I could not run, it really destroyed my mental health and identity. I felt completely lost without running and it led me to leave the program at UC because I felt like I had let so many people down by getting mono. The overrunning is a struggle because I do not like taking days off from running.
What do you see as a trend in running?
The new carbon plate running shoes are getting popular and I have no idea how to feel about those because if they were illegal, people would not be running in them. In the Daniel Ellis 5k, I saw someone wearing a pair and I wondered if they actually do make a difference. I think the shoe business is going to be building shoes that give people an unfair advantage some time in the future.
If you had one, well maybe two or three, things to say those that are running to encourage them what would it be?
Take easy days in high school. I went 100% everyday at practice and I wish I would have had that information as a young runner.
Do you have any long-range running plans?
I think a sub 16 5k is my main goal because that is something I wanted in high school and college. I might run a couple 10k's to lower my PR in that.
What do you like best about living and running in KY?
I think the running community in Kentucky is very welcoming. I understand that the pandemic has made it hard to interact in person, but people that I ran against in high school and college, have remained in contact and we still talk to this day.
Anywhere else you would like to visit to run?
Oregon is the main place that I would like to visit.
Do you have any bucket list races?
I would like to run in the open race at Foot Locker South Regionals, so I can have another crack at McAlpine Creek park.
What do you struggle with most with regards to running?
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| 8k PR of 26:36 at McAlpine Creek Park |
What do you see as a trend in running?
The new carbon plate running shoes are getting popular and I have no idea how to feel about those because if they were illegal, people would not be running in them. In the Daniel Ellis 5k, I saw someone wearing a pair and I wondered if they actually do make a difference. I think the shoe business is going to be building shoes that give people an unfair advantage some time in the future.
If you had one, well maybe two or three, things to say those that are running to encourage them what would it be?
Take easy days in high school. I went 100% everyday at practice and I wish I would have had that information as a young runner.
Find a group or training buddy to hold you accountable because it will make the process so much easier.
Do you have a website or other social media site you would like to share?
- Srava-Logan Campbell
- Instagram-@lcampbell55
Any closing comments?
Thank you so much for the interview and I hope to see you at some races in the future.
Do you have a website or other social media site you would like to share?
- Srava-Logan Campbell
- Instagram-@lcampbell55
Any closing comments?
Thank you so much for the interview and I hope to see you at some races in the future.
********You can see past interviews here********
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