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	<description>Winner of Season 2 &#124; NBC&#039;s &#34;The Biggest Loser&#34;</description>
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		<title>What Was Unresolved in the Past is Unresolved Today&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I have two lives; life before Biggest Loser and life after Biggest Loser. Life before Biggest Loser consisted of poor choices and dissapointment. Life after has been filled with joy and excitement. Of course there have been struggles, mainly with my weight, but things are so much different.
 After the show I began a new life. A life with a beautiful and loving wife and two amazing little boys that I can't get enough of even though I am with them everyday.]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Florida part 3&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last part of my wrap up about my Ironman experience this year.  Tomorrow I will share some lessons and thoughts about this event.

With about 5 miles to go on the bike I started making some strategy decisions.  Last year I spent a lot of time in transition.  Cutting that amount of time could have helped me get to the finish line in Kona in time.  I debated on what to do.  Last year I changed all of my clothes and put on different clothes for the run.  It was again time to make a decision.
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		<title>Ironman Florida&#8230;. Part 2  (The Bike)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the second part of my Ironman experience this year.  If you missed yesterday you might want to go back and read it because I am simply picking up where I left off.  Now it's time for the bike ride.

As I exited the water,  I quickly forgot about how tired I was when I felt the icy cold of the sand.  The transition was a pretty good distance away so after a short run up the beach I ran between two buildings and into a parking lot.  The parking lot was filled with numbered bags in long lines.  Inside those bags was the bike ride gear.  After finding my bag I was off to change.  Again, it was a nice little jaunt to the changing building.  
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		<title>The Self Fulfilling Prophecy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/the-self-fulfilling-prophecy-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have heard the term self fulfilling prophecy at one time or another during their life.  Although having heard it, many have never thought about what it is.
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		<title>Still On Track&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to thank my readers who asked if I was still on track with my blog and workouts.  I am!  There was a glitch on my site and my new posts were not appearing on the home page.  I believe it is taken care of now.  To all of you who sent me messages asking how things were going, thank you.  If you hadn't asked I probably wouldn't have known anything was wrong.  The post are now up so I hope you will go back and read them.

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		<title>Get Back Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago I was at wrestling practice.  I have been working with some high level athletes after being away from competition for a while so I was a little timid.  My biggest concern was how my body would hold up.

During a live match I got thrown hard.  I landed hard and I layed there for a second and thought about what had just happened to me.  I realized that I wasn't hurt and the landing didn't hurt as much I had thought it would.
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		<title>Running With Rex</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday our family ran in the Seattle Jingle Bell Run to benefit arthritis.  We have done this race for four years now and each year we decorate the stroller to look like Santa's sleigh and all dress up.  Suzy and I go as Mr. and Mrs. Claus and the boys dress as reindeer.]]></description>
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		<title>Kona Ironman 2009 part III</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/kona-ironman-2009-part-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came out of the water feeling really good.  I had finished the swim well under the time that I had set for myself and was excited to begin the bike portion of the race.  All year biking has been my strongest part and I was confident that I would be able to get myself even more minutes going into the run.]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes It&#8217;s Hard to See The Shore Through The Waves</title>
		<link>http://www.matt-hoover.com/sometimes-its-hard-to-see-the-shore-through-the-waves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hoover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon I went for a swim in the ocean.  From the bluff we were standing on it didn&#8217;t look to bad.  There were waves crashing on the shore as you would expect at the ocean but from where we stood it didn&#8217;t look that bad once you got out a ways.
Once I [...]]]></description>
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