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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

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: Top of Utah Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:59:58, Place overall: 19, Place in age division: 4
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Sasha spent the night here again and we were shooting the breeze about past TOU marathons.  My friend Keith Anderson was up earlier in the evening.  Of the guys who have run all 15 marathons, these two have been the fastest average times.  But Sasha has run and average of 2:35 and change on these 15.  Incredible!  I wonder what he could do if he wore shoes.

I knew today would be tough.  I just haven't been recovering this year and have no long and fast training runs.  I stayed at 6:05 pace as long as I could but my legs were weak from the start.  Allie and Devra passed me about 8 I think and were looking great.  I decided to hold it through the half and take a break.  I stopped to walk and recovered arobically within a few seconds so I knew I was dealing with the legs.  No way I was going to DNF today, been there before.  I got running again and figured I could pull off a 3:20 if I just ran it slow and hung in there.  But after dropping back 40 seconds or so a mile, it felt pretty good and when I came to the finish I was just under the 3 hour.  Couldn't believe it.

If I keep running at these kind of paces I'm going to need to get some fuel belts and earphones.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From RileyCook on Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 18:52:26 from 174.52.234.49

Nice work Steve. That last line had me laughing out loud!

From Jake K on Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:22:32 from 67.177.11.154

You had the best uniform out there. I love the cutoff camo singlet.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 09:21:29 from 163.248.33.220

Two seconds makes a big difference. Congrats on the sub 3.

From Steve on Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:55:08 from 66.87.113.32

Thanks. Actually all the times were adjusted backwards 20 seconds by the timer guys in the afternoon. So I now have a 3:00:18 or something. It really should have been a 3:20. I was lucky

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