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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
27.780.000.000.0027.78
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.470.000.000.006.47

Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Today I ran up passed the radio towers then headed north. I came down a little known ridgeline trail that I don't know the name of. It met up with the Wild Rose Trail, which I ran down and made my way back to my car on the roads. It was a great loop for a Monday morning.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.280.000.000.005.28

This morning I ran the Sessions Mountain Trail across from the Bountiful Temple. For those unfamiliar with this trail, it is an uphill grind. The average elevation gain is 19%. The hill was slow and the snow didn't help either. I made it up 1.5 miles before it was too deep and I turned around. When I got back down, I had some time left so I ran up Hobrook Canyon 1 mile. After running up the mountain, the canyon seemed like an easy run. Total elevation gain for the run was 2541 ft.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.660.000.000.002.66

Bonneville Shoreline Trail. I slept in again and only had time for a short run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.370.000.000.0013.37

I ran the Bonneville Shoreline trail up to the radio towers and the dropped down into City Creek. I went up City Creek Canyon for a few miles. As I was heading up I saw an entire herd of elk about 250 yards above me on the hillside. I counted ten of them but I think there were more that I couldn't see because of the scrub oak. I see deer almost every day, but it is not very often that I see elk. I have never seen that many that close before. It was super cool. 

The run today was good. Parts of the trails were snow covered and I had to make fresh tracks. Most of it was only a few inches deep, but it got up to eight inches deep in a few spots. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
27.780.000.000.0027.78
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