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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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Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.28

I took the snowshoes out again. I ran the Bonneville shoreline trail to the radio towers. Unfortunately the trail was 50% snow and 50 % dirt. I ended up taking the snowshoes off and carrying them for part of the run. When I got above the second set of radio towrs there was enough snow again. I wore the snowshoes up the the third set of radio towers and back down to the second set (1.5 miles). After that, I took off the snowshoes and carried them for the rest of the run. My arms got a good workout.

Comments

From Burt on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 17:00:50 from 206.19.214.144

How do these snow shoes work? Do they go over your regular shoes?

From Twinkies on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 20:47:47 from 72.37.244.84

Yes. I wear a regular pair of trail running shoes and strap the snowshoes to them. The snowshoes are easy to take on and off.

From Bryce on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 23:24:43 from 174.52.190.220

Twikies, don't make me call you a 'shoer! :) But really, hopefully we get a coupla good snow storms so you can get some more time on the new snowshoes in deep snow and I can go skiing and screw up me knee again.

From Bryce on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 23:30:19 from 174.52.190.220

Oh ya, and those shoes would have come in handy in Moab this past weekend too.

From jun on Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:17:06 from 66.239.250.209

What brand did you end up going with? I've been doing research on a good pair to pick up, but there are a million different kinds and the price range is all over the place. I'm curious to know what people like.

From Twinkies on Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:44:47 from 72.37.244.84

The ones I got are Yukon Charlie 85's. They were for $70 at Big Five Sporting Goods. There are several types of snowshoes that are a lot more expensive, but I didn't want to spend that kind of money on my first pair. Perhaps after I have put 500 or so miles on these one I will buy a nicer pair.

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