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URC/FRB St. Patricks Day 10k

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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
35.166.430.000.0041.59
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.730.000.000.006.73

I took it easy today. My calves are still sore from my race Saturday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.810.000.000.006.81

Trail run today. I ran up the Mueller park trail to Elephant Rock. 49:25 up, 37:20 down. There is still a lot of snow on the trail. Parts of the trail were not covered in snow, but they were muddy. On my way up I lost my footing once and did a face plant in the snow. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.620.000.000.007.62

7.62 easy miles today. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.320.000.000.003.32

No energy today. Hopefully I will have energy tomorrow. I am signed up for a 10k. I also signed up three of my kids to run a 200M race. It should be a fun day.

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Race: URC/FRB St. Patricks Day 10k (6.43 Miles) 00:44:51, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.686.430.000.0017.11

Went to the URC/FRB St. Patricks 10k with the family. My three oldest kids ran the 200M race. Connor came in second. After the race Jed didn't want to be done, he said "Let's race again." Jaxine did great as well, I think she was the first girl to finish, but she might have been the only girl.

My race went well. I didn't pay attention to my splits as I went along. I was just enjoying the run along the river.  The course was an out and back, with a mile and 5k that started at the same time. After the 5k turn around point I could finally see who was actually in my race.  

Davy Crockett was just ahead of me and took a wrong turn, and like a fool I followed him. It was just a small detour which may have cost us ten seconds. I passed him a few times but he ended up beating me. My goal was sub 7 minute miles. If I include my detour and the fact that the course was a little long, then I did it. 6:59 per mile. woohoo. 

After the race we went to Carl's Jr and I got two Spicy Chicken Sandwiches and a Big Hamburger. 

Update - It was such I nice day that I had to go for a trail run. I headed North and then went down the lower portion of Wild Rose Trail, then turned around and came back up it. I then continued North to the Bonnevile Shoreline Trail and run up to the radio towers. I then headed back home. 10.68 miles total. 

kids race Here is the start of the kids race. My kids from right to left are Connor, Jed, and Jaxine.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
35.166.430.000.0041.59
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