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St George Marathon

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Location:

Provo,Ut,usa

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Not much since high school (in San Diego) when I ran a 16:40 5k and a 4:33 mile. Have run 7 marathons. 2 of them that I feel I've been in decent shape for (both this year).

Marathons this year:

Salt Lake - 3:36:59 - Coming off ankle injury with minimal training.

Ogden - 3:20:59 - a 7 minute PR.

Deseret News - 2:59:25 - a 21 min PR and BQ.

St. George - 2:58:36 - a 49 second P.R.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Drop some more weight (get down to 150), keep Pr'ing, and try to stay injury free. Get a 2:46:42 or better in a marathon - I wanna beat Lance's PR!!

Get out on more trails around the valley and enjoy the scenery.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Focus on marathons and possibly ultras? Keep healthy and lean.

Personal:

Married with two girls.

Miles:	This week:	26.00	Month:	98.00	Year:	1342.12
Asics I Lifetime Miles:						194.50
Asics II Lifetime Miles:						0.00

Sat, Oct 04, 2008

Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:58:35, Place overall: 87, Place in age division: 13

Slow miles Fast miles Total Distance

0.00 26.20 26.20

Happy with the Race. I haven't had much experience with how inconsistent training the last 1-1.5 months would affect my performance, so I was just hoping to be in the 2:50-3:00 range.

Didn't really look at the garmin much the first 4ish miles because I locked the bezel to avoid any problems with the moisture making it go haywire. Unfortunately, when you lock the bezel, you can't turn the light on. Just ran and enjoyed the time with my trashbag on (didn't want my clothes to get water-logged just yet). Finally tore it off at mile five and enjoyed how quiet everything was! The race was a blur to me other than I felt great before "the hill", and like crap during/after. I remebered at mile 13 that I thought I would be in trouble the rest of the race and that I could just feel that I was going to hit the wall hard. I had stomach issues for the first time in any run. My GU was just sitting there, and any attempt to take water to try to wash it out just made it hurt more. I did spend about a mile thinking about my race report and how I was going to start my eulogy of the race. The downhill miles gave me a jump start, however, and I was able to get back on track. Went through 13.1 at about 1:31:30 I believe. Met quite a few bloggers throughout the race and was happy to finally see them instead of their tiny pic on the blog. Caught up to RivertonPaul and Andy and Joe? I believe. Ran with them for a while until I fell back on another hill. I was constantly a minute behind them until about 20 or 21 when I caught back up and started my dash down the hills. Felt good, but worried that I wasn't leaving anything left for the bottom, flatter 2 miles. Slowed a bit during these miles, but realized I was still going to be under 3:00, and most likely get under my current PR (2:59:25 at Deseret News this year), which I would be happy with given these conditions. Andy passed me with about 1-1.5 left and I encouraged him on. I really wanted to hang, but my body was almost numb at this point, and I was losing it. Hung on for a 2:58:35.

I'm happy with the year: 3:36 at SLC, 3:20 at Ogden, 2:59 at D.N. and 2:58 at St George. Now if I can just keep up the trend to get a sub 2:45 by Boston next year!!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From jona on Oct 06, 2008 at 00:17:48

Great job Matt. I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for your report. Another PR right? Simply awesome! When I start running I'm going to need your help, you are just awesome. Happy for you!

From josse on Oct 06, 2008 at 01:10:03

Great job on another great preformance. You have done great this year, I hope you can keep it up and do even greater next year. Of course you are aloud to take it alittle easier during the winter season.

From Tom on Oct 06, 2008 at 05:07:24

Congrats on a great race in nasty conditions. I think you'll see that sub-2:45 somewhere down the road.

From Andy on Oct 06, 2008 at 07:23:21

Congrats on another PR. It was nice to meet you and have you as a target during some of my low moments during the race. Keep up the training and you will beat Lance's time at Boston.

From MichelleL on Oct 06, 2008 at 09:25:31

Glad you finally got your race report up! Your performance was awesome! Congrats on the PR. It would have been even better without the weather, but you raced smart.

From RivertonPaul on Oct 06, 2008 at 11:03:06

Matt, it was great to run with you. Thanks for your pacing and encouragement. From a former soccer player (I'm retired) to a current soccer stud, well done. You still have a lot to look forward to.

From Predog on Oct 06, 2008 at 12:53:40

Hey nice job on the PR! It seems that the weather made that difficult for alot of people so good job on that! it was good to meet you and everything.

From Adam RW on Oct 17, 2008 at 17:35:26

Great PR! Way to race hard especially felling like crap for more than half the race. I think a 2:45 or below is well within reach for you.

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