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February 2012

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Location:

Bountiful,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 24, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Winner of 1994 Teton Dam Half Marathon, 1:25:01.

Best Marathon: 3:23:40. (Deseret News 2006).

Completed Utah Grand Slam (2006).

Completed 8 Marathons in 1 year, the last four were each two weeks apart.

Marathons to date: 25.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay Healthy

Sub 3:15 Marathon

Train consistently

Finish in the top 10% at all races 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hr marathon

Complete a 100 miler

1st Overall at any race

 

 

Personal:

Hi, my name is Matt and I love to run! I especially enjoy trail running. I am married to Susie and we have six children Connor-10, Jed-8, Jaxine-7, Evan-4, Eliza-2, and Susanna-0. Look for me at your next race, I wear the same bright yellow Twinkies shirt at all my races.

Favorite Course: Mid-Mountain Marathon, Park City, Utah

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
88.330.000.000.0088.33
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Only two days until they draw my name out for the Wasatch 100.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.030.000.000.007.03

Wild Rose Trail. Beautiful day this morning. The trail was great for two miles, then got a bit choppy. It just doesn't get enough traffic higher up during the winter. There were more deer tracks on the trail than human tracks. I also saw one set of cougar tracks. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.180.000.000.006.18

Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The moon was bright this morning. I almost didn't need the head lamp. 

Unfortunately, my name was not drawn for the Wasatch 100. I guess I'll have to enter some of the other fun races around here.  

Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

Treadmill. I recently bought a pair of Vibram Five Fingers. Tried them out on the treadmill. Felt great. I hope it improves my running form.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.050.000.000.006.05

Bonneville Shoreline Trail to Ricks Creek waterfall. Decent run this morning although the trail was icy in a few spots. We need more snow.

Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.700.000.000.005.70

Bonneville Shoreline Trail. I ran to the highest radio tower. On the way up the ground was frozen. On the way down it had warmed up and the ground was muddy.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.580.000.000.005.58

Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Fresh snow. Since we have had a severe lack of snow this season, I haven't been able to run on snow as much as I would like. Today showed that my snow muscles are week. Hopefully we get more snow. 

Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.780.000.000.006.78

Mueller Park Trail. The trail was great this morning. I passed two seasoned hikers near the top. Other than that I was alone for the whole run. It a beautiful day today.

Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.420.000.000.006.42

Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Fresh snow to run on again. Most of it was easy running with only a few inches of snow. There was one section that was about a half mile long that was drifted in and was about a foot deep.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

Wild Rose Trail. Lots of deer out this morning. It was snowing at the higher elevations, but stopped when I came back down. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.850.000.000.009.85

Legacy Parkway Trail. Run felt great this morning. It's the fastest that I have ran that distance in a long time.

Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.610.000.000.002.61

Mueller Park Trail. The trail was super icy this morning. I ended up cutting the run short because the I was having a hard time staying on my feet.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.130.000.000.0010.13

Skyline Dr. The road was bare for the first 1.6 miles and then it was hard pack snow the rest of the way. The wind was really rough today. I am glad that I wasn't running to a mountain top. This week has been a good week for me. I only missed one day of running.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.470.000.000.006.47

Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Today I ran up passed the radio towers then headed north. I came down a little known ridgeline trail that I don't know the name of. It met up with the Wild Rose Trail, which I ran down and made my way back to my car on the roads. It was a great loop for a Monday morning.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.280.000.000.005.28

This morning I ran the Sessions Mountain Trail across from the Bountiful Temple. For those unfamiliar with this trail, it is an uphill grind. The average elevation gain is 19%. The hill was slow and the snow didn't help either. I made it up 1.5 miles before it was too deep and I turned around. When I got back down, I had some time left so I ran up Hobrook Canyon 1 mile. After running up the mountain, the canyon seemed like an easy run. Total elevation gain for the run was 2541 ft.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
88.330.000.000.0088.33
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