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Location:

St George,UT,

Member Since:

Feb 07, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run below 2:30 in the Marathon.

Personal:

I currenty live in Southern Utah. My wife Kendra and I have 4 children and no pets. We also own/operate the St. George Running Center a specialty running shoe store in St. George UT.  We also head-up the St. George Running Club.

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Asics 2140 Lifetime Miles: 172.00
Asics 2140 2-17-09 Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Sat, Jun 12, 2010
Race: Utah Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:49:44, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 6
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Pretty Pumped about my new "old man" PR today. I haven't been posting in a while but wanted to record my splits down for later. 

My plan was to just go out as relaxed as possible and see what happens the last 6 miles. I have had cramping issues in marathon pasts and I wanted to try a couple different things - I think it worked.

Here are my splits:

1. 6.23

2. 6:20

3. 6:26

4. 6:29

5. 6:23

6. 6:30

7. 6:59

8. 6:57

9. 6:20

10. 6:37

11. 6:44

12. 6:34

13. 6:34  - Half about 1:25'ish

14. 6:35

15. 6:55

16. 6:31

17: 6:32

18. 6:33

19. 6:33

20. 6:22

21. 6:02

22. 6:12

23. 6.21 - slowed for water

24. 6:14

25. 6:12

26. 5:56 - Thanks to Jeff MC coming and running with me the last mile!!

27. last .28 - 5:48 pace average




 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From James on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 00:55:50 from 174.23.33.14

It was good to see you and the fam even if it was just for a couple of minutes. You ran well for an old man of 35 years!

From jtshad on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 07:39:42 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on the great time and "old man" PR...welcome to the club (we rule by the way!).

From Superfly on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:24:34 from 208.117.127.110

Steve I'm totally pumped for you to finally have a good race. I think this is the first time since I've know you that your happy about a race finish. So that's freaking awesome. Way to put one together and finish strong. Your last 10k was pretty awesome and not much slower than mine.

From Mike Warren on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:28:26 from 74.211.5.221

Steve, if anyone deserved a great race it was you! Your always helping others so not much time for yourself. What an awesome race and holy crap, what an impressive finish! Your the man!!!

From Walter on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:53:14 from 24.10.169.110

Great job Steve! It was good you came up to hang with our crappy weather and run with the pale runners. You guys always have the year round tan thats not fair. Thanks for all you do with the team and its fun running for you!

From Riley on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 13:13:06 from 71.219.58.230

Congrats on your race & I'm guessing your the Steve who sent a pair of Brooks to me a couple of months ago. It's nice to put your picture with your telephone voice. I will be in touch soon, I'm just about ready for a new pair. Thanks and congrats.

From RivertonPaul on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 13:15:42 from 97.37.213.178

What a finish. Well done.

From JamesH on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 13:16:57 from 174.52.139.219

Steven Abraham!!!! Great job!!! You where due a good race. Your been training hard and its good to see its paying off.

From Holt on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 17:26:08 from 75.169.90.161

Steven... great job buddy!

From Paul on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 20:02:52 from 174.27.230.30

Great job! Your last 10K was especially excellent. It was good seeing you this weekend.

From Dustin on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 20:14:08 from 209.33.243.131

Great Job Steve, very happy for you man. Like has been mentioned you do so much to help so many people out, nice for you to have a great day for yourself.

From josse on Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 20:00:14 from 75.220.110.221

Good to see you this weekend and great job on you old man marathon:)

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