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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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9.950.000.000.009.95

I drove up to the  mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon to meet Craig and Aaron for a run. I got there early, so I ran two warmup miles of the Little Cottonwood trail. All three us of rode up to Alta in Craig's car. We ran a large loop which included summiting Mt Baldy (Elevation 11080 ft). The temperature was perfect. Part way up my legs felt heavy and I dropped back a bit from the others guy. On the way down, I was able to keep up, until the last mile when Aaron really poured it on. Felt pretty good overall, but I think I am still recovering from Logan Peak. We took a few pictures, but I will have to put them up later. 

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I didn't get a run in today, but here are some pictures from yesterday's run up at Alta with Craig and Aaron.

 

Craig heading up

 

Lots of snow

 

Peak Jump

 

The quick way down. 

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Six easy miles on the roads.

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This morning I had a choice to make. I could do an easy run on the roads like I did yesterday or I could run up a mountain. Can you guess which one I chose?

I ran from my house to the top of Cave Peak. It is a small peak just East of Bountiful. It was about 2000 ft of elevation gain. I was surprised how nice the trail was. This trail is not well known and the trail head is difficult to find if you don't know where it is. I felt great this morning and wanted to do more but just didn't have time. 

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Today I went to the Red Hot Pinks Chicks 1/2 marathon. I even wore a pink shirt. Connor ran the 5k also decked out in pink, including wearing his sister's tutu. I met a bunch of great ladies at this race and 1 other guy. I met Lily, Kelli, Kellie, Kelly, Michelle, Mckenzie, Ericka, Rachel, Kami, Aubree, Wendy, Josse, Luzy Lew, Marion, and Jon. There were two bloggers there who I had already met, Susanah and Maurine. I met a few others, but didn't get everybody's name. 

It was a nice day for a run. We started at 6:30 a.m. I ran with Connor to the 5k turn around, and then he ran back with Josse. It was good to warm up with a slow start at 11 min miles. After that I picked up the pace and passed a few of the lovely ladies. There were five of them that I was not able to catch. After the turn around point I ate a clif bar. Those are tough to eat while running a  7:30 mile. Coming down the canyon felt good, but I couldn't push the pace faster than a 7 minute mile. I finished in 1:47:55. I had a great time visiting with everyone after the race and eating lots of goodies. These ladies know how to host a fun race. Here are a few pictures from the day. 

Connor and I at the start
 

And there off...
 

Connor finished in 31:55
 

They had great finishers awards at this race.
 

Me and Lily
 

After the race we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese's
 

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