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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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Today's run started out very similar to last Saturday. It was pouring rain. More fun in the mud. Luckily the trails I went on weren't as muddy at the ones last week. I started at the Bountiful 'B' and headed up the ATV trails. About a mile up I got on a trail called the Buckland Ridge Trail. I is a great trail and comes out onto Skyline Drive. I went up the road for a half mile and turned off on the Tuttle Loop Trail. I only went a little way before turning back because there was too much snow. I couldn't believe how much snow was up there this late in the year. I went back and continued on up the road. When I got above 8000 ft it started snowing pretty hard, but I continued onward. I turned off of the road at the Parrish Creek Trail. The top of the trail was hard to follow because of all the snow. When I got to the bottom of the mountain I turned onto the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and headed back to my car. It was 9:00 a.m. when I got back and there was only one other car in the parking lot. that is very unusual for Memorial Weekend. No ATV's or motorcycles around. It was very strange.

In other news, I just picked up a sponsor for the Summer. I will be running for Team Jamba Juice. I am really excited about this, but I will have to put my famous shirt on the shelf for a while. I will be racing in a new team jersey this at all my races in June, July and August.

Comments
From Faceless Ghost on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 00:26:14 from 67.169.248.86

Congratulations! Does this mean you get free smoothies?

From Twinkies on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 09:57:32 from 67.166.116.191

Yes, I will be getting gift cards and coupons, but I don't have all the details yet.

From Aaron Kennard on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:44:58 from 174.51.250.151

Nice! Congrats on the sponsorship, thats pretty sweet.

From Bryce on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 19:48:41 from 174.52.190.220

Wow! that's awesome. I need to see see what those jerseys look like so I know what to try and catch at Logan Peak! Congratualtions.

From Twinkies on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 22:26:13 from 67.166.116.191

I'll let you know what they look like as soon as it arrives. Speeaking of Logan Peak, I think there is going to be a lot more snow this year. Unless we get some really hot days in the next few weeks.

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