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Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon

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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
Sat, Nov 01, 2014
Race: Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:12:31, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.5013.000.000.0015.50

Fun race. Exremely brutal headwind -- for the entire race (a storm was blowing in). This is probably the most difficult wind I've ever raced in. I've raced many times in wind, but usually you only have to deal with wind for half the race (because all the turns usually even out).  However, for this race, there was a very difficult headwind the entire time. The rough conditions made for a much slower time than last year, but as always this is a beautiful, fun, and well-organized race. Other than briefly at the beginning, I ran solo the whole time.  Therefore, there was no need to live on the red line today. My legs are definitely not recovered from the marathon. They are thrashed, and they were thrashed even starting at mile 5.

Asics 2000-2 Green Miles: 2.00Nike Lunaracer 3 Green Miles: 13.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SpencerSimpson on Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 13:27:19 from 76.27.92.84

nice work buddy. good to see you and the fam down there. Fun quick trip. Nice W again. MIH

From Steve on Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 15:22:14 from 174.148.56.162

The wind was always my weakness. You kicked some butt today. Good race.

From Fritz on Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 18:48:21 from 98.202.9.237

nice job defending your title. The winds down there can definitely be brutal.

From mikenelson on Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 08:18:23 from 65.130.112.218

Well done Matt. A win is a win! Too bad the storm wasn't coming in from the north, then rather than +5 you'd be -5, right where I though you should be :)

From Rachelle on Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 10:25:52 from 199.190.170.24

Congratulations on defending your title Matt! A win is a win. Funny that Jen did not even mention the wind...she is so on fire right now.

From Trevor Baker on Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 13:43:00 from 155.99.215.231

Excellent work!

From JPark on Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 19:41:29 from 67.172.224.201

Nicely done Matt.

From Kendall on Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 13:15:38 from 208.187.252.62

Congrats. That was a tough wind. I wondered if most had slower times vs prev years. Nice win!

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