Matt ran the Burning River 100 miler in Cleveland, OH this weekend and PR'd the course by over 2 hours! This is how ...
1. Spend taper week in lake placid, ny in a tiny condo w/four kids, two of your closest friends and your crazy wife who is doing Ironman
2. Win the Kan Jam title w/your 13 year old son (neither of who had ever heard of Kan Jam!)
3. Spend your days in Lake Placid "cliff diving" when your afraid of heights and swimming in a river doesn't even make the top 100 list of things you like to do
4. Work as the admitting doctor at Crouse Hospital from 6pm -3am the night before you leave to go to Cleveland. Admit 16 patients in 9 hours!
5. Sleep for 3 hours and get up and drive to Cleveland-then packet pickup, hotel check-in, pre-race dinner with Ultarunning Matters friends.
6. Get up at 3 am for a 5am race start-run 100 miles-pr your best time by over 2hours-2008 (20:45) 2009 (21:51) 2010 (18:37). Sleep a few hours and then hop in you car and drive 5+ hours home.
So proud of you honey and what a great year to pr since this was the 100 mile trail National Championships!!!
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