Name: Matthew Wong
Age: 20
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 126 lbs
Location: LA by South Pas and Alhambra

Astro Sign: Cancer
Lunar Sign: Rabbit/Cat
Pastimes/Interests: running (of course), comp stuff, traveling (around LA!), being a card card shark (pusoy/durak/31 fav games), writing...
Favorite athlete/idol: n/a
Favorite college: (i'd say elac, but no! haha) - stanford, i like their new stadium!
Favorite colour: light purple
Favorite food: pasta (spagetti)
Favorite drink: chrysantheium tea

running stuff...
Favorite distance: 10K/8K
Favorite course: stanford or palomar
Favorite race: palomar 06 or foothill 07
Favorite road race: santa monica classic 10K or malibu 10K
Favorite road trip: stanford 06


Personal Records

800  	  2:03.47    USC Invite  	Mar 2007  
1200	  3:20       Cerritos Invite  	Feb 2007  
1500 	  4:16.33    USC Invite  	Mar 2007  
mile tr   5:00       Wilson V DBM  	Apr 2005  
mile rd   5:01       Cinco de Mile  	May 2005  
2K  	  8:07       Run for Fun  	Dec 2000  
3K  	  9:25       Trojan Relays  	Mar 2007  
2 mi xc   10:53      Legg Lake AC  	Aug 2006  
2 mi tr   10:51      League Finals  	Apr 2005  
3 mi  	  16:46      XC meet  		Oct 2004  
5K tr  	  16:19.93   Cerritos Invite  	Feb 2007  
5K rd  	  17:14      Dana Point TT  	Nov 2006  
4 mi  	  21:52      XC State meet  	Nov 2006  
8K xc  	  27:02      Stanford Inv  	Sep 2006  
8K rd  	  27:44      Victory Vic  	Apr 2007  
9K  	  34:37      Jimmy Stewart  	Apr 2003  
6 mi  	  32:11      Chabot Relays  	Mar 2007  
10K tr    34:21.48   Oxidental DC  	Mar 2007  
10K rd    36:39      Kids on the Run  	Jan 2007  
15K  	  1:01:24    Learning Life  	Nov 2004  
13.1mi    1:26:27    SoCal Half  	Dec 2005  
18mi  	  2:08:42    Friendship Run 	Feb 2005  
30K  	  2:19:46    Friendship Run	Feb 2003  
26.2mi    3:27:33    LA Marathon XX  	Mar 2005  

Summary and Interesting Facts About Me

I am just a 'simple' runner and it's my 10th year running! (ALSO 10th LAM ... come 08!!!). Some of the other names i go by... 'the dreaming runner', mattnav, bookworm (haha i have my physics book or lin algebra book w/ me at meets), 5th runner of ELAC...

Running stats:

road races ran: 127
xc races: 68 (42 HS/ 19 College/ 7 Legg Lake + Other)
track races: 201 (171 HS + All Comers/ 30 College)
total as of Oct 07: 396

Other stuff:

Likes: walks on the beach, chillin out, doing anything, thinking, sleeping, running places, helping anyone, experiencing anything (except drugs, that won't kill me!)...

Dislikes: ppl who give up (well not really, i'll just tell them to try harder!! 0=) ), girls under 18 (haha jk), races getting cancelled, class getting cancelled (sometimes), when my fridge is empty, when my stomach is empty =P, ppl who actually piss me off! (haha it's rare, but happens)...

longest racing streak...

1) kids on the Run  10K       1/28	36:28		* = PR
2) elac ac 1        1500      2/3	4:25		*
                    3K        		9:55		*
4) friendship run   18mi      2/4	2:09:25
5) scc all comers   5K        2/10      16:58		*
6) chinatown firecr 10K       2/11	38:12	
7) 6 way meet (PCC) 1500      2/16	4:17		*
		    3K			9:34		*
9) elac ac 2        3K        2/17	9:36
10) cerritos invite 1200dm    2/23	3:20		*
		    5K			16:19		*
12) usc relays      800dm     3/3	2:07		*
		    3K			9:25		*
14) Los Angeles Marathon XXII 3/4	3:35:32
15) scc all team me 800       3/8	2:03		*
		    3K			9:34
17) oxy dc          10K       3/16	34:21		*
18) usc invite      800       3/24	2:03		*
		    1500		4:16		*
20) chabot relays   10K       3/31	32:11		*
21) mtsac relays    5K        4/7	16:29
22) victory for vic 8K        4/15	27:44		*
23) scc prelims     1500      4/21	4:23
		    10K			36:59
25) scc finals      1500      4/27	4:22
		    5K			16:58

hahaha, 26 races in 14 weeks, that's averaging almost 2 per week, just insane!! check out the whole first month... about 14 races in the first 6 weeks, including a marathon and an 18 miler... if i had to blame anything for killing my track season, it had to be over racing =(

but i DID manage to get a PR every single week up to the 20th race... then it was dead! lol (10 weeks...)