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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 26, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

High School:

800- 2:08

1600- 4:41

3200- 10:09

3 Mile- 16:17

5000- 16:58 

10k- 37:14 (half marathon split)

Half Marathon-1:25:20

Post Mission:

Half Marathon- 1:25:52 (AF Half)

Full Marathon- 3:09:02 (St George)

Bench press- 255 lbs (lol)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2018 St. George Marathon

Marathon sub-3:00

Half Marathon sub 1:20

Make enough money to stay alive and try my best not to fail all of my classes.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Come to races as a competitor, stay strong and healthy, be as consistent as possible, keep improving.

Marathon sub-2:30

Half Marathon sub-1:07

Bench press- 350

Marry a smokin hot babe in the Copenhagen Denmark temple, have 8 kids, make an absurd amount of money, Become polynesian, make the cover of Men's Health magazine, win Mr. Olympia, break 200 mph in my Lamborghini, get featured on Jimmy Fallon, beat all of Ed Whitlock's age group world records, die in some spectacular manner, have Chadwick Boseman conduct my funeral in a Wakandan accent.

 

Personal:

Matt Todd, @sirmatthewtodd on instagram or twitter.

I currently attend BYU majoring in pre-management. I have a girlfriend serving a mission in Columbia, SC. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (by choice), and I served in Calgary, Canada from June 2015 to June 2017.

I happen to be a gifted freestyle rapper, french toast eater, and armwrestler.

 

 

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Nike Pegasus 32 Lifetime Miles: 559.00
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212.53
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10.00

Distance run today; didn't go very fast, but we're trying to stay somewhat fresh for our time trial tomorrow. I felt amazing and honestly enjoyed this run, which is something I thought I would never say about running 10 miles. Some pre-pubescent irrelevant children boosted their self-esteem (which I assume is cripplingly low) by yelling poorly thought out insults at us from the protection of their mommy's minivan. I was so glad that they felt secure inside of a metal box away from my fists, but it did lower my opinion of them just a little bit. Anyway, my splits were 6:57, 6:53, 6:54, 6:48, 6:59, 6:46, 6:56, 6:49, 6:39, and 6:36. 

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10.00

Ran 3.5 miles before doing a mile time trial with the team. Aaannnd... that's all I have to say about that, it was disappointing. 5.5 miles after at a 6:41 pace, some of the miles were way to fast for recovery but I was pissed. 

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 9.00
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8.00

Speed workout today on the track. I ran a mile warm up and then did 2x1000m, 2x800m, and 4x400m in 3:07, 3:10, 2:29, 2:29, 70, 71, 69, and 75. We were supposed to shoot for 3200 pace and only had 90 seconds rest between each one. I felt super tired for some reason and almost passed out during lunch; I got a few shots yesterday and it probably just wrecked my immune system. After the workout I just finished up 8 miles. More speed coming tomorrow, so low mileage today.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 8.00
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8.00

Mile warm-up, then ran to the cemetary (another mile) for a speed workout on a gradual incline. It wasn't quite a hill workout, but still significantly harder than if it were on flat ground. We did 4x(200,400,200) at goal mile pace uphill with active rest going back down. I felt pretty good and was able to push myself really hard so it was a great workout for me. I was super exhausted after, but should be ready for more speed tomorrow. Avg. pace including recovery and cool down was 6:51/mile.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 8.00
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8.01

Awesome speed workout today with 4x400m (mile pace, 2 min. rest), 6x200m (800 pace, 1 min. rest), and 4x100m (all out, 30 sec. rest). my times were all pretty good: 68, 67, 66, 66, 32, 31, 32, 31, 31, 31, and I didn't keep track of my 100 times. After several minutes of heavy breathing I was able to get on 5 more miles for a cool down at a 7:15/mile average. It was a pretty solid day and I'm looking forward to lots of upcoming PRs and 10 more miles tomorrow morning.

Speaking of things I'm looking forward to, shout out to my main girl Trin for asking me to Sweethearts tomorrow... and for being super hot. I probably should have tapered better for how hyped I'm planning on being tomorrow night. Jk, but I might for real take a GU before the dance.

Also shout out to strrt for finally getting asked, and to sean for having a gf, connor can also slay babes on occasion as well.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 8.01
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10.50

Long slow distance run today. 10.5 miles with Connor and we didn't stop the whole time, just kept pumping out 6:50s. I felt great and the weather was beautiful. I played an intense game of basketball immediately after so I'll call it cross training. #ballers

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 10.50
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9.00

Nice recovery distance run on the trail today. Mile warmup, then 4 out and back at a 6:47/mile average. Getting super pumped to kill it at the distance challenge on friday!!

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Mile warmup, then we did some p90x type plyometric stuff with the team that was pretty short and easy. next was 8 more miles at our distance pace (ended up being a 6:27 avg) out into saratoga springs. It was super flat, but my stomach was hurting a little bit today so that made it harder to keep the pace moving. shout out to me, Thom, Strrt, and  Sean for being the only ones who went all the way out even though we always start with like ten people. I have no idea where connor and brady went but I'll just assume he's lying on his blog. My splits were 6:51, 6:24, 6:26, 6:27, 6:29, 6:34, 6:23, and 6:03.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 9.00
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10.00

Today we did 12 x 1 minute pickups/Fartlek type run. We went around mile pace for most of them and had one person randomly surge each time to get the rest of us moving. It was a pretty good workout, but I ate way too many starbursts during lunch and ended up with a bad side cramp on the ninth one. It hurt really bad so I stopped and recovered for a few minutes before just running the last mile out at tempo pace (5:49). After that, I met up with every one else and ran back to the school at a 6:50ish pace. Later, I ran a mile by myself just for fun.

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8.00

Did some pre-meet sprints today, I ran some strides and 2x200 at 29 each then practiced some starts. throw in a warmup and cooldown for 8 miles total at easy pace. I'm pretty sore but will ice bath tonight.

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9.00

Distance Challenge today was pretty sick, Shout out to Davis for putting that on. I warmed up a mile with my friends racing the 1600 and then watched them kill it with connor, sean, and thomas coming in at 4:31, 4:32, and 4:33. It was insane. Then I cooled down with them for another 2 miles and got ready for my 800.

I ran in the 3rd heat which was right around where I'm at, but the pace was kind of slow the first lap. I was playing things a little bit conservatively and never made it up on the second lap. I finished very tired and felt like I had ran as hard as I could but I really wanted a 2:08. I don't know my official time, but it was somewhere around 2:10 or 2:11 and it looks like that's as good as it's going to get for indoor. 

My 3200 was pretty hard and again I wasn't quite into it. It was less than a half hour after my 800 and I was noticeably fatigued. I basically just survived through it and ended at around 10:28. It was faster than my last one, but I really just need to have a meet where I can focus on the 2 mile and I think I can do much better than that. shout out to Sean for his third place 9:47 time and to Brock on his first ever two mile in around 11:20.

We have an intense week of training to look forward to and many more to come as I approach the huge PRs of outdoor. Indoor has been cool, but I'm ready to get things going for real now. Oh and shout out to me for seeing @Sarah! in real life today and congrats to all who had good races. 

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 6.50New Balance LD5000 Miles: 2.50
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10.50

Long slow distance run today. 10.5 miles with Connor and we didn't stop the whole time, just kept pumping out 6:50s. I felt great and the weather was beautiful. I played an intense game of basketball immediately after so I'll call it cross training. #ballers

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10.04

Easy distance today. I woke up late and had to run by myself for only 7.5 before going to kneaders for some dope as heck french toast with all my homies. It was amazing and I almost passed out from pure joy with the first bite. I PR'd and was able to eat 8 french toasts this time (for a grand total of around 4000 Calories not including the syrup, whipped cream, or strawberries) which is double the second place winner in my group of supposedly masculine friends. I was proud. Anyway, after much laying around and feeling fat, I was able to finish up 10 at night with an average pace of 6:57 for the whole thing.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 10.04
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10.00

Today we did some speed changes on the turf to work on form for a little bit before running 8 more miles of just distance. We went out past freedom elementary and kept the pace fairly slow and recovery-ish until the last three that were 6:20, 6:07, and 5:41 (average was 6:40ish). I don't even feel bad, shout out to Jamie if she's reading this. I was kind of sore but will ice tonight.

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10.10

crazy hill workout today. Warmed up to the airport hill (a pretty frickin big one) and did nine 90 second "all-out" sprints up it. I kept a solid first or second place the whole time with my boy Ry-Ry Raff and we pushed it really hard. we did it in groups of three in a row with a half mile recovery loop in between. Afterwards, we just ran back to the school to finish up 10 miles. It was the most tired I've been in weeks after but definitely a good work out.

Shout out to my homies connor, thom, austin, and michael for going to conquer simplot tomorrow, and happy birthday to the latter two. Shout out to my role model Conner Mantz and good luck at World's!

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 10.00
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10.02

Easy distance run today with some speed changes for form work. 10 miles total at a 6:57 average pace.

Shout out to my boy @connorballer for his crazy 9:48.3 at simplot today!!! they just grow up so fast...

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 10.02
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10.00

Another 10 miles at a 6:52/mile average. Tomorrow is going to be a lot faster though. shout out to my girl Brynlie for going on a date with me like right now! better go, I might be late...

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 10.00
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10.19

killed it with Stewart on a fast distance run today. Warmed up 1 mile in 7:45 and then did nine more in 6:19, 6:20, 6:12, 6:19, 6:17, 6:07, 6:02, 6:00, and 5:36 for a average of 6:09/mile. There were lots of hills and I only stopped once so I was proud of it; plus I had just eaten frosted flakes right before so I was amazed at how good I felt.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 10.19
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8.10

Just over 8 miles with 10 one minute pick ups. It was a terrible run, my leg hurt and my shoes kept coming untied. I felt like I had kind of wasted a decent work out because I had to stop so many times. Basically it was just a weird distance run at a 6:57 average pace.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 8.10
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8.07

distance run today. met up with my boy brady after the first couple of miles. slow recovery pace over 7:00/mile.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 8.07
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8.00

We had a speed workout today that I was unable to do because of leg pain. I might have pulled my groin a little bit. I ended up biking for 30 minutes in addition to three or four miles of running. I went ham on that bike though! side note: also feeling pretty sick so the odds aren't necessarily in my favor...

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 8.00
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super sick today, I cross trained instead (aka sleeping).

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9.00

Did some more form work today. 9 miles total at a 6:31 average pace, I feel a little bit better today but still not good.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 9.00
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9.00

Ran by myself today for 9 miles. first 5 were uphill into the wind on the trail, then I looped back to my house and the wind changed directions and I found myself into the wind again. It was rough, but I wasn't going very fast: 6:53/mile average.

Adidas Energy Boost 2 Miles: 9.00
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212.53
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