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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 26, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Ran first marathon after 18 months of training (minus injury time) at age 52 in Logan, Utah on Sept 18, 2010.  Time was 4:16:56 compared to a goal of 4:15.

Second marathon was Oct 1, 2011 in the heat of St George.  Time fell to 4:52:27.

Short-Term Running Goals:

With two marathons behind me, my next goal is to run one in under 4 hours and potentially qualify for Boston within 2 years.

Long-Term Running Goals:

My primary physical goal is to live a long, healthy life and to stay active to the end.  While I can, I expect running to be a big part of that.

Personal:

Married with 8 children and 5 grandchildren.  Youngest child is 13.

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Sat, Oct 01, 2011
Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:52:27, Place overall: 4086, Place in age division: 287
Total Distance
26.20

The best way to look at this, my second marathon is I finished and over 1600 people finished after me and I kept my time under five hours and the sickness didn't get me down.

It is a great course, other than the heat.  I hit the wall early.  At the mile 17 aid station, I walked through for three cups of water and then it was all I could do to start running again.  It was a slow jog most of the way in, but I did pass up someone in the finish line chute.  That was an exception.  For the most part, people were passing me from start to finish.  They passed me at the beginning because I was trying to conserve energy.  Miles 8 through 17 were some of my fastest miles and then it was the death crawl for nine miles.  Lots of mortuary signs along the way kept me going.

I appreciated the bands along the route.  They were great!

 I could tell when I looked bad because people started saying "Looking good, Stephen!"


Comments
From allie on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 11:21:21 from 24.10.191.18

i always love those "looking good" comments when you are in the darkest place of a marathon. :) nice job, stephen. it sounds like it was very hot yesterday -- way to fight through that and finish out the race. rest and recover!

From flatlander on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 17:00:19 from 75.220.242.19

They can't be running a marathon past mortuaries. Good thing I have bad posture and I'm always looking down. Good job.

From chris on Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 18:27:49 from 24.10.211.165

Ha, yeah it was too bad they put the names on the number plates, random people shouting out your name is a little odd to me. Way to hang in there!! It ended up being a pretty hot day for sure.

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 00:03:04 from 71.219.83.151

I love the signs at this race, they do keep your spirits up!

Great job on getting the race done!

From Stephen on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 10:46:08 from 204.182.3.236

I appreciate the comments of support. It's funny how quickly I forget the hard parts of the marathon after only 48 hours and only the good memories remain. I have no regrets about running it, even though it would have been easy to consider it "unwise" and bow out after being so sick for the last three weeks of training.

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 10:52:38 from 173.8.92.194

For me it is instant! The entire time I am running I am thinking, "I hate this! Why do I do this?" and then as soon as i finish I am ready to do it again. However, 48 hours later and in serious pain, I am not so sure again!!! ;o)

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