Age is just a number.

Nice PR Steve. Now pack up the family and go hiking!

This is outstanding - to run such a fast time (and a big PR!) only a week after a marathon! I don't know how you guys manage to recover so fast. Very impressive, Steve.

Great Job Masterhunter. Amazing! Right after an amazing effort in Odgen, too.

Are you thinking of taking up piano? Good for you! To answer your question, Beethoven's Sonata in C# Minor Op. 27, No. 2 ( I ) (“The Moonlight”) is a level 10 piece according to the standards of the music teacher's association I belong to. This means a student who started playing at the age of 6 would probably need 11 years to play it masterfully at a competition. (Adults learn faster, in my opinion, so lets say 7 years.) This gorgeous piece is actually not all that difficult to play terribly--i.e. just getting the notes right, but there is a LOT of voicing/expression and control required to play it very well. I'd say give yourself 3 or 4 years to play it terribly, 5 to play it decently, etc. Actually, there is a version of this piece in C major (A minor, really) and it is MUCH easier to play. That would probably only take 2 years to butcher. : )If you have any experience with band or orchestera, possibly sooner. I could find out who publishes it, if you want.

Hmm, I was playing Moonlight Sonata after about 1 - 1.5 years of piano practice. When I was 13, I got this idea that I wanted to learn piano, and my mother immediately hired a teacher for me (that was back in Russia, of course). I progressed pretty quickly, and got to Moonlight Sonata after about a year. Maybe I was playing that simpler version that Lybi is talking about. By the way, Lybi, how is it possible that it is C major and A minor at the same time (sorry if it's a stupid question, but I don't remember much about keys now, and I'm not even sure how notes in English correspond to notes I learned in Russian - do,re,mi, etc.). Then, I got into running, and quit piano, to much chagrin of my piano teacher, but there was no time for both. So, now I'm back to level 0.

Anyway, coming back to your question, Steve - Moonlight Sonata is a beautiful piece and well worth striving for!

Too see that your legs are still fresh enough to hit that type of time just after such a masterful marathon is a huge compliment to your great work ethic.