This blog is being created as a place to talk about running, any and all kinds, training and anything else that may come up. I do not think all of my non-running friends would appreciate me constantly posting on Facebook or talking all night about a new trail I discovered, so I've decided to do so here where all those who are interested can see.
My name is Matt Smith and I started running in college. The introduction to trail races for me came when a few friends convinced me to run my first ever race, the Jay Mountain Marathon. It was brutal, but I loved it anyways. For the next couple of years I did a handful of road and trail races and enjoyed getting out on the trails every day which always seemed to clear my head and wash away the stress of the day.
Then slowly running became less important. I struggled through a series of small injuries and all of a sudden I wasn't in college anymore and had a full time job to focus on. I would still run, but almost only as an afterthought, maybe running ten miles a week in two or three mile jogs.
Then this spring, likely around four years since the last time I trained for a race, I decided I would do the Wachusett Mountain Race (Part of the New England Mountain Series). I ran maybe 20-30 miles a week leading up to it and it kicked my butt, but I was hooked again and I've been training as hard as I can ever since. I'm signed up for the Vermont 50, which is now only around a month away. I feel nervous and excited all at once and can not wait to see if all my hard work will enable me to run the 50 somewhat respectably.
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