matthewswanson

Biography

Hi, my name is Matthew Swanson, and I am one of the original members of the Central Florida 5Klub. As a former high school cross country runner in high school, I decided to get back into running in late 2007. I became really inspired to start running again with the acquisition of my iPod Nano and the Nike+ system for it. I had not ran at all for the 10 years prior to this since graduating from high school. When I combined my wanting to help with my asthma more and my love of running, I decided to commit myself to running again. Now, with a group of friends in this club, I am trying to rekindle my love for running, my desire to improve my time, and improve my health,I still feel that there a few things better then the feeling you have after completing a run with a great time and spending with your good friends before and after the races on Saturdays.

Goals

Lifestyle goals for me include getting into better shape, improving my lungs so that I can feel like asthma is not a part of me what-so-ever, getting physically stronger, and eating better.

I have a few running goals for 2014. My main goals for the year will be to continue my running streak and break my running streak record of 400 days of at least 1 mile per day. I also want to continue to improve and get back to where I was previously as I recondition myself back into good endurance. My biggest race goal of the year will be to complete my first ever Ultra Marathon, which I will attempt to do in March 2014.

Accomplishments

In high school, when I ran varsity cross country, I could run the 3-mile course in the low 21-minute range. I then stopped running for about 10 years, but since then have started back up and the following are some of my recent accomplishments:

1. Ocala Reindeer Run December 1, 2007 - 30:14 (268th place out of 436 runners)

2. Daytona 5K & Crocs Walk January 26, 2008 - 27:11 (243rd place out of 626 runners)

3. Gainesville Five Points of Life 5K February 23, 2008 - 24:58 (54th place out of 406 runners)

4. Orlando NKF Epcot 5K March 8, 2008 - 23:45 (71st place out of 1,006 runners)

5. Windermere Run Among the Lakes 5K April 12, 2008 - 26:15.

6. Ocala Grace Race 5K May 3, 2008 - 25:16.

7. Clermont Lake Louisa State Park 5K May 24, 2008 - 24:55.

8. Inverness Citrus Summer Showdown 5K July 12, 2008 - 25:53.

9. Orlando Moss Park Forest Run 5K August 2, 2008 - 25:34.

10. Casselberry Autumn Rock N Run 5K September 13, 2008 - 24:13. (223rd place out of 1322 runners)

11. Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 20, 2008 - 23:26.(78th place out of 438 runners)

12. Bushnell Big Pig Jig 5K October 18, 2008 - 24:39.

13. Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 6, 2008 - 25:55.

14. Daytona 5K Int'l Speedway January 24, 2009 - 24:38.

15. Ocala Marathon, Half Marathon, & 5K (Half Marathon results) February 1, 2009 - 2:14:43.

16. Winter Park CNL Bank Road Race 10K March 14, 2009 - 53:17.

17. Fruitland Park Days 5K April 4, 2009 - 23:12.

18. Clermont Run Around the Lake 12K May 2, 2009 - 63:59.

19. Ocala Freedom Run 4 Miler July 4, 2009 - 31:07.

20. Inverness Citrus Summer Showdown 5K July 11, 2009 - 24:11.

21. Orlando Celebration of Running 5K August 15, 2009 - 24:55.

22. Casselberry Autumn Rock N Run 5K September 12, 2009 - 23:26.

23. Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 19, 2009 - 21:57.

24. Orlando Baldwin Park Half Marathon November 14, 2009 - 1:51:30.

25. Leesburg Mistletoe Trot 5K December 5, 2009 - 22:16.

26. Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 5, 2009 - 21:32.

27. Lake Buena Vista Walt Disney World Marathon January 10, 2010 - 4:36:26.

28. Lithia Florida Challenge Half Marathon January 31, 2010 - DNF

29. Ocala VHS CC Valentine 5K February 6, 2010 - 30:43 (Pacing Time).

30. Winter Park Florida Hospital Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe Road Race 10k March 13, 2010 - 56:15.

31. Clermont Earth Day 5K & 12K April 17, 2010 - 58:42.

32. Ocala Grace Race 5K May 22, 2010 - 21:04.

33. Clermont Friends of Lake Louisa 5K May 29, 2010 - 21:35.

34. Ocala Freedom Run Four on the Fourth July 4, 2010 - 28:59.

35. Inverness Citrus Summer Showdown 5K July 10, 2010 - 22:09.

36. Ocala 9-11 Remeberance 10K September 11, 2010 - 48:19.

37. Orlando Miracle Miles 15K September 25, 2010 - 76:35.

38. Orlando Baldwin Park Half Marathon November 13, 2010 - 1:52:47.

39. Ocala Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K November 25, 2010 - 22:11.

40. Lake Buena Vista Walt Disney World Marathon January 9, 2011 - 3:57:39.

41. Tavares Orange Blossom Half Marathon March 6, 2011 - 1:52:24.

42. Ocala Grace Race 5K May 21, 2011 - 21:58.

43. Ocala Freedom Run Four on the Fourth July 4, 2011 - 30:06.

44. Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 17, 2011 - 22:11.

45. Orlando Baldwin Park Half Marathon November 13, 2011 - 2:08:03.

46. Ocala Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K November 24, 2011 - 22:06.

47. Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 10, 2011 - 22:14.

48. Orlando Walt Disney World Marathon January 8, 2012 - 4:47:20.

49. Dunnellon Covenant Children's Home 5K February 11, 2012 - 23:06.

50. Winter Park Florida Hospital Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe Road Race 10k March 24, 2012 - 59:42.

51. Ocala Freedom Run Four on the Fourth Four Mile July 4, 2012 - 41:16 (Pacing Run).

52. Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 15, 2012 - 23:02.

53. Ocala Turkey Trot 5K November 22, 2012 - 25:58.

54. Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 8, 2012 (4:45 PM) - 25:41.

55. Ocala Frredom Run Four Miler July 4, 2013 - 37:35.

56. Clermont Park N Run Series 5K July 27, 2013 - 28:16.

57. XTERRA Wildhorse Trail Half Marathon November 3, 2013 - 3:20:25

58. Ocala Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5k November November 28, 2013 - 30:49

59. Leesburg Mistletoe Trot 5k December 14, 2013 - 28:10

60. Ocala Reindeer Run 5k December 14, 2013 - 27:49