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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
36.950.000.000.0036.95
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.030.000.000.005.03

I met up with Rye today. Not only is he a good runner, but he is also a really cool guy. We ran around the Idaho Falls green belt and also around Freeman Park. It didn't cool off much last night, so it's going to be a hot 4th of July. 

Happy Independence Day everyone.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.670.000.000.002.67

Headed out on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail at dusk. Watched an amazing sunset over Antelope Island. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.580.000.000.004.58

I ran the lower portion of the Wild Rose Trail today. I must be one of the few people that knows that this trail exists. It is not being used and is way overgrown. I might have to run it again tomorrow, just to pack the weeds down better.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.170.000.000.004.17

Wild Rose Trail. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

Sunset run. I started on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Bountiful and headed North. Crossed Deuel Creek, Parrish Creek, and Bernard Creek, After Bernard Creek I headed up the mountain and looped back to Parrish Creek. There is some fun single-track on that hillside.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

I was only planning on running 14 today, but I was having so much fun in the mountains that I did an extra mile. I started at the Bountiful "B". I headed up the Ridgeline Trail, then up the Buckland Ridge Trail. It comes out onto Skyline Drive. I went up Skyline Drive about a mile, then got on the Tuttle Loop Trail. At the end of it I headed on a gravel road around the backside of an unnamed peak. I would have summitted it, but I didn't have anyone with me to take a picture of the peak jump. Maybe next time. While on the gravel road I came across two runners heading the other direction. They asked me if I was training for Wasatch. It was then that I realized I was on part of the Wasatch 100 course. Ultra runners that I have seen running are always friendly. The gravel road came out onto Skyline Drive. I headed down it back to the Ridge Trails and went back down them to the car. It was a good run with a crazy amount of vert. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.950.000.000.0036.95
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