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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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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. 

Comments
From Rye on Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 23:28:04 from 174.27.117.243

Nice run! I am amazed how quickly you can jump into that distance! Sounds like scenic route too. Have a great sunday and another great week of running!

From jun on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 00:37:43 from 174.23.174.163

Crazy is right. Way to go. You sure are back into the swing of things in a big way. Time to start planning some runs.

From Bryce on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 00:42:52 from 76.27.58.194

Nice run Twinkies. Gald you are back at it strong.

From Scott Wesemann on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 02:15:52 from 75.162.77.136

Awesome! I would like to come run that with you in the next few weeks. Let me know if you want to do it again.

From Twinkies on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 09:00:42 from 67.164.194.215

Thanks guys. My endurance is coming back, but my speed...well...we won't talk about my speed.

If any of you are interested, I am planning on doing this route again on Jul 30th.

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