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Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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Race: AF Half Marathon (13.11 Miles) 01:11:53, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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Great race for me this morning.  I have been running in the pool for two weeks now, with one trail run, after that hip problem in the UVM marathon.  I have felt like recovery was going well enough to get some speed in and squeaked into this half marathon.  My strategy was to run 5:20s the first six miles and call it a day if it hurt too much.  The first mile was about 5 on the dot.  Walter was running with me and we probably were going a bit too fast but it was fun..We dropped off the last group of runners I think about two miles in and then I finally found a good rythm.  My Garmin was reading some distances wrong and was beeping lost reception a few times so I didn't trust the info on splits that I was getting, but I did check times at the mile markers.  5k was 15:26, 10k was 31:37.  Coming out of the canyon the course did an immediate 90 which I missed onto a bike path but the officer yelled at me and I ran back to it.  Leveling out felt like I was walking but the next two miles were 5:38 on the GPS which was what I wanted.  I was shooting for just under 1:10.  About mile 10 we were on the main road heading through American Fork and a van pulled up along side me and a lady was yelling at me.  I ignored her but she became more persistent so I ran along side and she yelled that I had missed the turn.  Crap.  I turned around and headed back up the road.  I saw a guy in a lawn chair reading a book which I assumed was the turn and starting to try and catch back up.  I passed the third place guy in a few minutes and then could see Walter up ahead about two blocks.  Just could'nt catch him, not enough gas in the tank.  I did begin narrowing the gap, but just could'nt close.  As strong as he ran today i think he would have caught me either way, stupid wrong turn or not.  Next time he gets to lead.

Absolutely happy with this race.  No hip issues at all until hitting the level ground.  Maybe six vitamine Is helped with that...I headed over to Liberty Park and ran with Rob M for an hour enjoying the heat.  So awesome to be out of the woods with that injury!   

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Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 14:24:40 from 67.177.11.154

Nice job Steve - glad the body is on the mend!

From scottkeate on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 14:43:53 from 71.199.4.146

Great to hear you were able to jump into a race and run so well after the hip injury. Nice 5K and 10K splits. Very impressive!

From Superfly on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 17:38:24 from 74.211.21.81

Yeah glad to hear your not only running but running super strong. Good that the injury wasn't as bad as it could have been from UV.

Wrong turns suck in races... I've had my share.

From Steve on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 19:25:44 from 66.87.66.45

Thanks. I'm pretty excited to say the least, that this hip tear has been manageable. Don't know if I could take any more pool running. I have three days in Costa Rica starting tomorrow and this means a start back into mileage.

From Conner Mantz on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 21:17:22 from 65.130.131.48

Amazing, especially with the injury two weeks ago.

From MarkP on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 21:58:56 from 75.162.238.222

Fastest recovery ever...great race!

From Scott Ensign on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 22:37:19 from 70.58.47.132

wow, nice comeback from the hip injury. too bad about the missed turn, I guess the person in charge of directing the lead runner at a key turn must have had a really engrossing book.

From jtshad on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 06:10:15 from 69.20.183.178

Awesome time (again), too bad about the wrong turn. Gotta love involved volunteers and good course markings.

Let's see, between you and Rob and wrong turns on HM's, maybe there is something about us old guys running these races.

From JulieC on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 08:33:10 from 71.35.251.72

reading a book and not directing the first place guy??? seriously??? I saw that a lot at Ragnar in night legs but a race where it counts?? wowsers those are fast splits. glad you are healing too.

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