Este é um corredor americano originário da Rep. Dominicana que mais do que um muito bom atleta, é alguém que tem a "paixão pela corrida" e a corrida faz parte da sua "filosofia de vida". Por isso mesmo além de praticante e iniciado em treinador também está muito atento ao que se passa no mundo da corrida, bem como aos diferentes métodos de treino. O seu perfil por ele mesmo.
Name: Hector Mattos. Resident in New Jersey
I turned 31 years July 14 - Date of Birth= July 14, 1977
I was born in the Dominican Republic in the city of Santiago. I came to the United States at the age of 10 in December of 1987.
In my free time, I spend time with my girlfriend Jennifer. I also read, watch Tv, visit www.letsrun.com , play pool, go to the movies, eat! LOL...as Antonio knows I am INTERNATIONAL FOOD LOVER and like to eat all types of food, in fact Portuguese and Italian are two of my favorite types of food.
Occupation - Physical Education and Health Teacher - Also coach of recreational distance runners
My PB's are: 5K - 17:59. 10K - 36:32. 5 miles - 28:58. Half Marathon - 1:20:15. Marathon - 2:54:56
Goals: 5k - 16:59. 10K 34:59. 5 miles - 27:59. Half Marathon 1:16. Marathon - 2:39:59
I have been running since the age of 13 but have taken aproximately 4 years off do to various types of injuries. My training in high school consisted of a lot of speed work and very low volume of mileage. At 22, I started to train consistently, adding more volume to my training and less speed work. At 24 I focused too much on high mileage and very little speed work. Consequently I overtrained and developed two very bad cases of Plantar Fascittis which took me out for about 2 years in total. I have known Antonio since 2003 and began working with him directly as my coach in 2004.
Hector
