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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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Race: UTVA 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:39:03
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.400.000.000.0012.40

Today I ran the UTVA 5k with my kids. It was a 5k for their school. They are homeschooled, but UTVA is an online program that they use. There were about 50 kids at the race.  Our whole family ran this race. Connor ran by himself. I pushed Evan and Eliza in a double stroller and ran along side Jed. Susie ran with Jaxine. Susie is also carrying one in the oven. 

Connor took off and ran great. He finished in 29:27. I think he finished eight over all. Jed and Jaxine stayed close together for the first half. Jaxine slowed down for the second half. Jed kept a steady pace the whole time and finished in 39:03. After finishing with Jed, I ran back with the stroller and ran in with Jaxine. She finished in 45:07. This was her first 5k.

After we came home, I ran a bit more. I went to the Mueller Park Trail. The trail was incredible today. The rain had made every very green. I made it up to Elephant rock in 43:40. There were only patches of snow up to the rock. I decided to go up further. About 3/4 of a mile above the rock there is a bridge crossing. The bridge had lots of snow, so I decided to turn around. 8.5 miles total on the Mueller Park Trail.

I am thinking of putting together an unofficial half marathon race on the Mueller Park Loop Trail. Anyone interested? 

Comments
From Lily on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 18:21:40 from 67.199.178.210

I'll do it!

From Scott Wesemann on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 19:00:32 from 66.239.250.209

Awesome! Family 5K's are the best. It sounds like a great course. I would do it.

From Burt on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 23:47:53 from 72.223.90.79

Way to go Ricksters!

From Smooth on Wed, May 25, 2011 at 18:55:27 from 67.2.121.30

AWESOME family 5K! Sounds like everyone had a fun time!

From Steam8 on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 20:40:07 from 166.70.55.77

5Ks with the fam are the best. Connor at 29 is great! I've never hear of Mueller Park....but, I think it would be fun to do...I would come in dead last and make everyone feel so good about themselves!

From Rye on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 23:59:43 from 174.27.71.83

Nice twinkles! Running with the fam is awesome. Mileage looks great! Keep it up.

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