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Orem International Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler

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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 02, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Races:

2014 Running of the Leopards 5k: 15:11, 3rd overall
2014 SLC Winter Series 15k: 49:18, 4th overall
2014 SLC Winter Series 10k: 33:18, 4th overall
2014 Hale Freezes Over 10k: 31:57, 1st overall
2014 SLC Winter Series 5k: 15:48, 7th overall
2014 St. George 1/2 Marathon: 1:11:09, 6th overall
2013 Orem International Thanksgiving 4-Miler: 20:40, 4th overall
2013 Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon: 1:07:16, 1st overall
2013 St. George Marathon: 2:28:45, 16th overall
2013 Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon: 1:06:02, 3rd overall
2013 Deseret News 10k: 31:47, 14th overall
2013 Hobbler 1/2 Marathon: 1:10:35, 2nd overall
2013 Provo Freedom 5k: 16:18, 6th overall
2013 AF Canyon 1/2 Marathon: 1:08:49, 4th overall
2013 Utah Valley 1/2 Marathon: 1:10:54, 5th overall
2013 Provo City 5k: 16:30, 2nd overall
2013 SLC Winter Series 10k: 33:19, 3rd overall
2013 St. George 1/2 Marathon: 1:13:16, 7th overall
2012 St. George Marathon: 2:37:45, 20th overall
2012 Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon: 1:14:28, 8th overall

Long-Term Running Goals:

Minimize injuries and do some serious damage on the running scene.

Personal:

I am married to Elaina and we have four children. I am an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine (knees, shoulders, fractures, etc.). After residency, I did a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky with their teams and physicians. My website: http://www.poulsenortho.com

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics 2000-2 Green Lifetime Miles:						335.50
Saucony Ride 6 - Blue Lifetime Miles:						324.00
Saucony Kinvara 4 - Yellow Lifetime Miles:						119.00
Nike Lunaracer 3 Black Sole Lifetime Miles:						127.50
Nike Pegasus 30 Orange Lifetime Miles:						253.50
Nike Lunaracer 3 Green Lifetime Miles:						59.50

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

Race: Orem International Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler (4 Miles) 00:20:40, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	4.00	0.00	11.00

Fun Turkey Day race. Happy about my performance. Didn't quite know what to expect given my last few weeks of craziness. I did a tempo run last Saturday (which was my first speed session in 3 weeks), and I knew based on how that went that I am not in top form. But, that's Ok... time to get in better shape.

My time for today's 4-mile race was 20:40 (5:10 average). It was essentially a bone-flat 4-miler. Splits: 4:57, 5:08, 5:24 (headwind, slight uphill), 5:04). Mike won it in 20:04; he's in great shape and looked strong. My hat's off to him. A BYU cross country runner took 2nd, and Zak was 3rd in about 20:30.

I felt better as the race progressed. I was in 6th place at the 3 mile mark, and I was able to gradually accelerate to the finish. Given my current training and the wild last 3 weeks, I'm happy with how it went.

Definitely a lot of fun today. Hanging out with many friends was the highlight.

Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 4.50	Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 6.50

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 144.30

Comments

From RileyCook on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:13:18 from 208.54.5.215

Very nice race Matt! Happy Thanksgiving!

From jtshad on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 13:05:50 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on a strong race and progression.

Happy Thanksgiving!

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 13:28:56 from 24.10.249.165

Great race Matt.

What's "international" about this race?

From Matt Poulsen on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 14:05:55 from 174.52.216.185

Thanks guys.

Rob, absolutely nothing. I was wondering the same thing :)

From Ben VanBeekum on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 14:35:41 from 67.169.244.46

Great Job Matty! Have a great Thanksgiving!

From Fritz on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 14:40:31 from 98.202.9.237

That's a great race off one workout in several weeks. You will be hammering those sub 5 minute miles in no time. I am only disappointed that a BYU cross country guy took 2nd. They are only the 4th best team in the country :) Have a great Thanksgiving!

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 20:48:49 from 72.250.218.114

Matt: Congratulations on good recovery!

Rob: It used to be called International but got renamed to be just Earn Your Turkey. It was international today, though - we had two girls from Mongolia. You could also call it "international" if you counted the number of foreign languages spoken by the participants. Let's count - I can vouch right away for Russian, Spanish, French, German and Mongolian. Based on the Utah County demographics we could be quite certain that we had Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Tagalog, Korean, and several Eastern European languages. Let's see if we can prove that - if you know for sure that a participant spoke a particular foreign language, either as his first language or fluently as a foreign language, go ahead and post.

From Dan Varga on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 21:20:13 from 75.169.5.93

Great race Matt!

From josse on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 21:31:35 from 70.196.192.80

Great job after a hard recovery from surgery and stuff. I hate that 3rd mile it always is my slowest and the wind seemed bad on that stretch.

From mike⇒nelson on Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 21:57:05 from 76.27.101.179

Nice run Matt. It was great to share the morning with you, as always. Shake off that rust and you'll be killing it again shortly.

From Jake K on Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 19:35:03 from 72.201.179.106

Nice race Matt. Strong performance after a crazy couple weeks.

From Dave Olson on Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 08:53:12 from 66.87.113.72

Great race dude. Very impressive all things considered

From Rachelle on Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 10:19:38 from 159.212.71.69

Very strong performance Matt. Congratulations! You haven't skipped a beat since your surgery and are a great example to me.

From Andrea on Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 12:15:34 from 72.37.171.52

Nice race Matt! Glad you are feeling back to normal again.

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