matthewswanson

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:

Ocala Reindeer Run December 1, 2007 - 30:14 (268th place out of 436 runners)
Daytona 5K & Crocs Walk January 26, 2008 - 27:11 (243rd place out of 626 runners)
Gainesville Five Points of Life 5K February 23, 2008 - 24:58 (54th place out of 406 runners)
Orlando NKF Epcot 5K March 8, 2008 - 23:45 (71st place out of 1,006 runners)
Windermere Run Among the Lakes 5K April 12, 2008 - 26:15.
Ocala Grace Race 5K May 3, 2008 - 25:16.
Clermont Lake Louisa State Park 5K May 24, 2008 - 24:55.
Inverness Citrus Summer Showdown 5K July 12, 2008 - 25:53.
Orlando Moss Park Forest Run 5K August 2, 2008 - 25:34.
Casselberry Autumn Rock N Run 5K September 13, 2008 - 24:13. (223rd place out of 1322 runners)
Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 20, 2008 - 23:26.(78th place out of 438 runners)
Bushnell Big Pig Jig 5K October 18, 2008 - 24:39.
Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 6, 2008 - 25:55.
Daytona 5K Int'l Speedway January 24, 2009 - 24:38.
Ocala Marathon, Half Marathon, & 5K (Half Marathon results) February 1, 2009 - 2:14:43.
Winter Park CNL Bank Road Race 10K March 14, 2009 - 53:17.
Fruitland Park Days 5K April 4, 2009 - 23:12.
Clermont Run Around the Lake 12K May 2, 2009 - 63:59.
Ocala Freedom Run 4 Miler July 4, 2009 - 31:07.
Inverness Citrus Summer Showdown 5K July 11, 2009 - 24:11.
Orlando Celebration of Running 5K August 15, 2009 - 24:55.
Casselberry Autumn Rock N Run 5K September 12, 2009 - 23:26.
Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 19, 2009 - 21:57.
Orlando Baldwin Park Half Marathon November 14, 2009 - 1:51:30.
Leesburg Mistletoe Trot 5K December 5, 2009 - 22:16.
Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 5, 2009 - 21:32.
Lake Buena Vista Walt Disney World Marathon January 10, 2010 - 4:36:26.
Lithia Florida Challenge Half Marathon January 31, 2010 - DNF
Ocala VHS CC Valentine 5K February 6, 2010 - 30:43 (Pacing Time).
Winter Park Florida Hospital Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe Road Race 10k March 13, 2010 - 56:15.
Clermont Earth Day 5K & 12K April 17, 2010 - 58:42.
Ocala Grace Race 5K May 22, 2010 - 21:04.
Clermont Friends of Lake Louisa 5K May 29, 2010 - 21:35.
Ocala Freedom Run Four on the Fourth July 4, 2010 - 28:59.
Inverness Citrus Summer Showdown 5K July 10, 2010 - 22:09.
Ocala 9-11 Remeberance 10K September 11, 2010 - 48:19.
Orlando Miracle Miles 15K September 25, 2010 - 76:35.
Orlando Baldwin Park Half Marathon November 13, 2010 - 1:52:47.
Ocala Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K November 25, 2010 - 22:11.
Lake Buena Vista Walt Disney World Marathon January 9, 2011 - 3:57:39.
Tavares Orange Blossom Half Marathon March 6, 2011 - 1:52:24.
Ocala Grace Race 5K May 21, 2011 - 21:58.
Ocala Freedom Run Four on the Fourth July 4, 2011 - 30:06.
Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 17, 2011 - 22:11.
Orlando Baldwin Park Half Marathon November 13, 2011 - 2:08:03.
Ocala Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K November 24, 2011 - 22:06.
Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 10, 2011 - 22:14.
Orlando Walt Disney World Marathon January 8, 2012 - 4:47:20.
Dunnellon Covenant Children's Home 5K February 11, 2012 - 23:06.
Winter Park Florida Hospital Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe Road Race 10k March 24, 2012 - 59:42.
Ocala Freedom Run Four on the Fourth Four Mile July 4, 2012 - 41:16 (Pacing Run).
Ocala Autumn Run for Autism 5K September 15, 2012 - 23:02.
Ocala Turkey Trot 5K November 22, 2012 - 25:58.
Ocala Reindeer Run 5K December 8, 2012 (4:45 PM) - 25:41.
Ocala Frredom Run Four Miler July 4, 2013 - 37:35.
Clermont Park N Run Series 5K July 27, 2013 - 28:16.
XTERRA Wildhorse Trail Half Marathon November 3, 2013 - 3:20:25
Ocala Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5k November November 28, 2013 - 30:49
Leesburg Mistletoe Trot 5k December 14, 2013 - 28:10
Ocala Reindeer Run 5k December 14, 2013 - 27:49

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