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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: Gruesome Grizzly 8k (4.87 Miles) 00:42:03, Place overall: 24, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.844.870.000.005.71

Now that was fun.

At the last minute I decided to run this trail race because it sounded like fun. Craig and Enoch from the blog were also running this race.

The course started out on a paved trail for the first little bit, then we hit the dirt. The dirt trail headed up the first hill. I was able to pass three people up the first hill. After that there was a level section of trail.

At about 1 mile we hit the big steep hill. Thus named the Gruesome Grizzly. It was a big hill, but I was able to run the whole way up it and passed a few more poeple. One of the people I passed was Davy Crockett. He was doing well but had decided to walk the hill. The hill was about .75 miles long.

The next section was another wide level section for about a mile and a half. I tried to maintain a strong pace and was hoping to pass a few people in that section, but only passed one. Then came th downhill. I had been worried about the downhill becuase my knees haven't been doing too great lately. I was surprised at how fast I was able to do the downhill and even had to slow down once or twice because the trail wasn't wide enough for me to pass the person in front of me. I think I passed two people on the downhill.

The last part of the race back on the boring pavement. We looped around the parking lot and into the finish. I was able to pass one more guy at the very end. It was a fun race and I am glad I got up and did it. I plan on doing it next year but hopefully will be a bit faster. 

Comments
From jun on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 14:43:40 from 71.213.18.126

Matt, it was so great to see you there. I'm really glad you made it down and that you were feeling up to it. I can't think of many things better than a day on the trail with friends. Hopefully, I'll see you at Dirt Tours this week.

From Jon on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 16:24:52 from 75.169.150.250

Dude, you are a racing machine!

Where was this race?

From maurine on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 17:57:27 from 63.255.172.2

Congratulations on a great race. It sounds like a fun one. I will have to check it out next year.

From Enoch on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 21:05:03 from 71.213.55.212

It was good to see you again. Someday I hope to be able to keep up with you fastrunners but for now it is cool to hang out with you at the beginning and the end.

From Twinkies on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 00:39:20 from 67.166.71.60

Thanks for the comments gang.

Jon - The race was in Provo Canyon.

From Burt on Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:00:12 from 68.76.197.194

Great job. I liked the part about the boring pavement.

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