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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: Bairgutsman (10.67 Miles) 02:55:38
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.920.000.000.0011.92

I'm back......

This was my first official race since I started running again. I wanted to test my legs out and see where my fitness was at. The course was changed from precious years because of Farmington Canyon being closed. The course usually goes up a mountain trail and comes down the road. This year it went up the trail, then came back down the same trail.

At the startline I ran into fellow blogger Matt (Dorsimus). When we started, he took off at a faster pace than I wanted to do. So I just settled into a comfortable pace and figured I would save energy for what was ahead. The trek up was challenging. It was mostly single track with little room for passing. When we got above the tree line, the trail opened up a bit. I was able to pass people. I was surprised at how much energy I had at this point. I was able to pass about thirty people between there and the top. One of which was Matt. Near the top I had to start stepping aside for the leads runners who were coming back. The nice thing about an out an back race, is that you can count the number of people ahead of you and know what your position is. As I got to the aid station at the top, I could see that I was in about 30th place. I decided to set a goal for coming in the top twenty. Several people at the aid station we taking their time and catching their breath. I was in and out quickly, which moved me up to about 23rd.

The downhill was a blast. Technical downhill is one of my strong points. As I was coming down though, several runners were still coming up. At this point I was paying more attention to my footing than to position. One of the runners coming up told me I was number 18. Wow, I was in the top twenty already. Time for a new goal, Top Ten. I continued to pass people as we got back to the treeline. Runners were more spread out now I would go a ways without seeing anyone. But each time, as I came upon one of my fellow competitors, they stepped aside and let me continue bombing down. One of them commented to me after the race that I was running downhill at crazy speeds. At the end of the trail we hit road. I tried to run fast on the road, but didn't have much left in the tank. About a quarter mile before the finish, Ryan, a friend on mine that I usually beat, appeared from behind. I pushed hard to try to stay ahead, but he outkicked my to the line. 

Not that was fun. I definitely liked the alternate course and hoped they make that the route for next year. This race has the best finishers medals. They also were very organized. The results haven't been posted yet, but I think I finished in 12th to 14th place. If you feel like trying a race that pushes the limits of insanty, I recommend Bairgutsman. After I got home and took off my shoes, I realized that I had bloody toes on both feet. Battle wounds.  

Comments
From Becky1 on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 12:38:53 from 76.23.13.133

Good job!!!

From Teena Marie on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 12:40:41 from 67.2.120.31

Don't you dare let those bloody toes get infected!!! SERIOUSLY!! :)

Seriously, sounds like the name of this race is very fittiing!

Nice comeback!!! :)

From Twinkies on Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 18:29:32 from 67.164.194.215

Thanks Becky.

Teena - My toes are much better today. The name is fitting, in fact, the tag line on the T-shirt reads "No false bravado, you're going to bleed."

From Dorsimus on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 12:16:49 from 173.58.207.5

Nice work man! Good to see you out there, and you were looking strong! I actually think I prefer this course as well (not that I've run the other one, but its not hard to imagine how running a dirt road would compare), maybe they'll consider keeping it.

From Maurine/Miles on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 00:29:20 from 97.117.56.85

This race is still on my bucket list. Maybe next year.

Good job.

From Bryce on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 00:32:07 from 76.27.58.194

I'd say you are back! Well done out there, strong as usual.

From MatthewVH on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:35:45 from 67.2.72.159

Congratulation on getting in the top 20. I would like to do that one next year.

From Steam8 on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 03:10:23 from 166.70.55.77

Yay Twinkies! I'm so glad you had a fun race! Great job on coming in so fast! Hope the toes are healing up.

From jsh on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:15:33 from 63.253.43.114

Glad to hear you're back in form. Sounds like you ran a strong, smart race.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 17:24:00 from 205.158.160.209

You're back!!! Excellent work Twinkies. That made me smile.

From Burt on Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 15:53:02 from 206.19.214.144

When you say the course changed from precious years do you mean when you were going through puberty?

Great job on that technical downhill running!

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