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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, Sep 14, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
14.00	8.00	0.00	0.00	22.00

22 miler up and down Provo canyon with Fritz, Zak, Scott, Mike, Josh, and Reed. 10 mile warm-up up the canyon, then 8 mile tempo down the canyon in 5:04 average. Splits: 4:54, 4:57, 4:53, 5:16, 5:04, 5:04, 5:10, 5:05. Felt strong. Zak, Fritz, and I ran together step-for-step, which was fun. They looked great and are in killer shape. Mike and Scott looked great also and are in excellent shape as well. Scott ran 10 miles of tempo. Reed and Josh did great as well. Overall a great run, awesome company, and excellent weather.

Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 2.00	Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 20.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 144.10

Comments

From Fritz on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 12:29:08 from 65.100.192.74

Solid run once again Matt. You have put together quite the string of super quality weeks and incredible long run workouts.

It's getting closer! Thanks for having us down again.

From Andrea on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 13:03:14 from 67.177.11.154

Nice!! Another solid workout.

Who is Zak?

From RileyCook on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 13:29:21 from 174.52.234.49

Matty! My goodness in the last month you have really elevated your game! It's very inspiring to watch your progress. STG will have no idea what hit it! Nice work.

From Jake K on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 14:31:52 from 97.65.172.196

Great run but more importantly, SMART week. Nothing forced in there... you're hitting the important workouts right on, keeping the volume up, getting enough easy days, etc.

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 15:07:25 from 98.202.242.213

Thanks guys.

Andrea: Fritz answered your question very well. Zak is an incredible runner. He will be one of the runners contending for the win at St. George. I ran against him in high school and college. In fact, just the other day, we put 2 and 2 together and realized that we are both mentioned in the same chapter in "Running with the Buffaloes" (in the results listing for the district cross country championship race). Kind of fun. He is a great guy and class act. He will turn a lot of heads at St. George.

From Trevor Baker on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 15:53:46 from 174.27.248.209

Man, I'm bringing my running with the buffs book for you both to sign to add to mark wetmore's signature! I can't tell you how excited I am for St. George and I'm not even racing. Keep up the great consistency. 3 weeks to go!

From scottkeate on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 17:21:12 from 71.199.4.146

Such a great week of training and another "Holy Cow" workout today! You have been so smart about this build up and your confidence is so contagious.

I'm excited to see you turn some heads at SGM.

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 17:23:37 from 174.23.75.34

I must bring some autograph materials down to SG, this race will be legend.

From Holt on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 18:06:03 from 67.2.237.42

Nice - I love the up and back!

Nice to see you guys getting Zac going! We ran at SUUtogether our Freshman year (he was a stud I was a walk-on and had quit by the time he got back from his miss). But he was always a great guy and super encouraging to us duds! Looks liked am really going to have to fight to land a decent place with the crew you guys got going.

From JPark on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 19:46:01 from 50.160.19.124

Holy Cow is right! Paces in the low 5's are becoming common place for you. Great build up you have going. Very excited to see all you guys throw it down at SGM.

From Brandon on Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 22:12:40 from 160.7.242.251

3 short weeks buddy ;).

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 14:51:56 from 66.17.102.185

Great workout Matt! Looks like you're running with a strong group.

From Matt Poulsen on Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 07:31:05 from 98.202.242.213

Thanks guys. You all are impressive runners and competitors, and I sure look up to you.

Dave, you are far from being a "dud". You are an amazing runner! And I sure ate your dust at St. George half :)

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