My name is Matthew and I love, love, love, love, love running (the verb and the gerund). Everything to do with it, I love. The painful feeling of being drained, the heightened endorphins, the training, the coaching, the racing, and the gear (Short shorts or gtfo). I did XC and track year round for 3 years in H.S., and now I'm just running freely in college. I ran my first ultra (50k) February 2012 and it was FANTASTIC. I'll definitely do more in the future.

I'm also a vegetarian wanting to go vegan eventually.

Besides running, I love oreos, water, movies, reading, hanging out with my friends, chips ahoy, feeling clean, going shirtless around the house, colorful things, etc.

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Feb 20, 2012
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Emil Zatopek would run 100 x 400m workouts. He also would run in his army boots sometimes. For the Helsinki Olympics, he signed up for the marathon even though he had never run one before. He gold medaled on his first marathon - the olympics. He was also known for talking to other runners in track races asking, “Hey _____, wanna run a couple laps with me?”

Emil Zatopek would run 100 x 400m workouts. He also would run in his army boots sometimes. For the Helsinki Olympics, he signed up for the marathon even though he had never run one before. He gold medaled on his first marathon - the olympics. He was also known for talking to other runners in track races asking, “Hey _____, wanna run a couple laps with me?”

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