CAREER COLUMN
06 January 2020

Embracing challenge: combining marathon training with graduate studies

Preparing for three races in three years at university showed Kathryn Wierenga parallels between running and PhD work.

Kathryn Wierenga⁰

Kathryn Wierenga
1. Kathryn Wierenga is a PhD student in biochemistry and molecular biology at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
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As a first-year PhD student, I decided to run my first marathon. Now, in my fourth year of my biochemistry and molecular-biology programme at Michigan State University, East Lansing, I’m a three-time marathoner. During my hours in the laboratory and on the road, I’ve realized that the training for a PhD and for a marathon are very similar. Here are some of the parallels I’ve found:

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00013-8

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