Matthew Byrne

What are some of your lifetime running goals?:

To keep evolving as a runner, trying new distances and race types. And someday to be that old-timer still cranking the miles.

Do you have a claim to fame?:

Thwarted a running store burglary in downtown Philadelphia. The chase involved a city bus, a cab, and some barefoot running.



Do you have any vices?:

I like to have a cold beer no and then

What makes you tick as a runner and in the real world?:

As a runner, I love to compete, and I enjoy unearthing my running potential. In the real world, anything that makes me laugh.

What drives you to run?:

To feel fit and ready myself for a race.

What is your favorite movie?:

My Cousin Vinny

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

Burnzie. easy enough.

What's the longest you've gone without sleep? Why?:

80 hours. Competed in a waterslide marathon. No, I didn't win - 4th.

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states,
which would it be?:

Pennsylvania. I've become a product of my surroundings. And PA does have it all.



What did you have for lunch yesterday?:

Roast beef sandwich

If you could hook up a thought monitor to your head,
would you see pictures, hear words or would music be
playing?:

Mostly scrammbled words that only I can understand with some snapshots of my desires.

What really scares you about trail running?:

nothing, except that maybe the trail will become a parking lot someday.

If your life was made into a movie, what would it be called?:

'Running Home'

Where would you live if it could be anywhere in the world?:

Minooka, PA

What's your worst encounter on the trail?:

stayed out there a bit too long, and lost the light to see. stumbled home through the weeds.