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Location:

Fairfax,VA,

Member Since:

May 31, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Post High School Road PRs

Mile         4:30 (2016)

5K          15:24 (2017)

10K        31:48 (2018)

10M       52:23 (2017)

Half     1:09:14 (2018)

Mar.    2:29:41 (2015)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free, consistently train, and enjoy running

PR in the 5K,10K,10M, half marathon

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

2019 Race Schedule

1/1               New Years Day 5k (1st, 16:08)

2/3               For The Love 10k 

3/16             Shamrock Half Marathon

4/7               Cherry Blossom 10 Mile

4/28             NJ Marathon ?

 

9/29             Berlin Marathon

 

 

Personal:

Live near DC in Fairfax, VA. Hoping to train tough and see what I've got before time and other responsibilities catch up to me.

 

 

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Race: Trot for Hunger 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:15:42, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
8.00

The weather was a little chilly but 10 degrees warmer than last Saturday.  Warming up I felt awesome and knew I was in for a good one if I could concentrate and really push in the latter half of the race.  Having some guy who I was hunting down was might motivational with regard to helping me PR.

The first mile was interesting.  The horn went off out of nowhere. I turn around and there went all of the high school boys like a bat out of hell. I settled into the pace and by the first mile marker (4:58) it was just me and two guys a bit ahead of me.  At the first turn around I dropped another guy big time and headed into the turny loop.  The lead guy was way the hell up there (100-200 meters).  Second mile was a little slower than I wanted in 10:06. I began concentrating and really gunning it.  The guy ahead was slowing big time.  I dug really frickin deep and went after him and almost caught him but I was out of race to run and finished a few seconds behind.  It sort of bothered me but hey, I PRed and am now faster than the Pacers events standard for a comped entry to future 5Ks. Yes!!

I waited for the awards and they were like "Matt Deters in 16:10"  I took my award but inside I was like "OH HELL NO, they did not just Fu*k up my time."  Went to the timing group and they were able to fix the issue with my chip.  I really dug deep and I'd be damned to let my time read 16:10 after working so hard to get passed that level when I clearly ran 15:42.

I'm happy with this. 32:23/15:42 for this fall ain't bad at all. Still bothers me that dude won....I got straight up mano y mano competitive with that bro...too bad we weren't running a 10K.

Very thankful for my good health and my many blessings this year.

GOBBLE GOBBLE MO^&#$ F&C(#@$!!

Results

Comments
From Jason D on Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 23:20:25 from 198.255.254.62

Some fantastic progress this year, Matt. congrats on the fast time.

From Jake K on Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 09:59:23 from 159.212.71.69

Really good cap to the year.

Glad there are a couple people on here who appreciate that classic letsrun line :-)

From Freakitypopo on Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 10:59:19 from 128.164.106.8

Thanks guys. Yea that is a classic line...if I won I would have been tempted to say it!

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