Meet the Athlete: Samuel Kohll
Name: Samuel Kohll
Age: 24
Hometown: Omaha
Current residence: Omaha
Occupation/Degree you are working towards: Certified Flight Instructor
High School: Omaha Burke
College (major/minor): Criminal Justice
What is your running background? High school runner in both cross and track. Also, ran my freshman year of college.
Favorite distance to run? 1 mile, 5k, or half
What are your future running goals? PRs
I can’t run without…? Being hydrated.
Do you do anything to stay injury free? Stretch religiously, weight training; I still get injured a lot.
Do you have a favorite running book/podcast/movie/athlete? Unbroken: movie and book
What is your favorite race you have competed in the past? Shamrock Shuffle
What is your number one bucket list race you would like to do in the future? A big city marathon (Chicago, New York, Boston, or London)
Do you have any advice to other runners? Keep running, it’s an activity that separates you from others.
What are your PRs? 5k- 16:39, mile- 4:35, 8k- 27:51
How long have you been an LRC-Nebraska member? 1 ½ years
What excites you the most about being an LRC-Nebraska athlete? Connecting with potential running partners.
What does a typical training week look like for you? Walk us through your daily routine (training related and otherwise): Workout 6x/week, Saturday’s off
We all approach training and racing differently, so tell us what your short-term and long-term goals are with running: Short-term: PR this year in the half-marathon. Long-term: stay healthy, so I don’t have to take long breaks and lose fitness. And continue to PR for years to come.
Where are your 3 favorite places to do long runs at the moment? Trainquility single-track trails. Really, just anywhere with singletrack dirt trails, out in nature, and good scenery is always a plus.
After a solid race or long run, what is your favorite meal to demolish and replenish those calories? Please use details and give recommendations! After a solid race, I have to reward myself, so maybe go to a place with pizza, especially if I competed in the race with a group of friends. Last year, I did a 5k and then went to the Haymarket in Lincoln with a couple friends I did the race with and we all got beers. That’s always fun.
Share a crazy training or racing story, or simply an interesting moment in time: I ran on the beach in Israel last Summer, just North of Tel Aviv. It was a very secluded sand beach with high rock cliffs on one side and the water on the other. It was a narrow beach, but still with plenty of room for me to run. Anyway, I stumbled onto a nude beach during this run, so that was interesting. I went through it twice, because it was an out and back.
What book are you currently reading or TV show are you binge watching? Boys in the Cave- rescue mission story about getting a group out of a cave.
You’re the star of a running movie, and the opening scene is you running on a winding dirt road, with a beautiful sunrise. What song is playing in the background? Everclear – Wonderful
