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Steve Abraham Lincoln Hooper 17.35 Run

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Location:

Saint George,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

15:28 5K, 31:25 10K, 1:07:11 Half-Marathon, 2:21:45 Marathon, 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - DNF = bummer!, 50k - 3:59:03, 50 mile - 7:56:00

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:10 half by the summer.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and fight off heart disease or diabetes that has been passed on for many generations. Try and break the cycle.

Personal:

I am currently 39 years old. I have a 11 year old girl, Norah, a 9 year old boy, Oliver, and a 6 year old girl, Myla, who are wonderful. I am a SPED Teacher at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah. I also coach the cross country and track teams at Desert Hills High.

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Race: Steve Abraham Lincoln Hooper 17.35 Run (17.35 Miles) 00:02:06, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
17.35

Bill, Dave, and I met at the store at 5am and then headed up to Enterprise for the 2nd Annual Steve Abraham Lincoln Hooper Memorial 17.35 Fun Run.  This race started last year and is slowly getting more popular!  There were not a lot of runners in this race so all three of us were happy about our chances of doing well.  This course is all on dirt road and has quite a few hills to climb up.  I made sure I pushed it as hard as I could on the uphill and relaxed the downhill.  I feel much stronger now going up hills than I did in the past.  I almost fell down going one hill.  My foot hit a rock and I pretty much went horizontal but was able to come away unscathed.  I then almost tripped again going uphill hitting another rock.  I am happy to report that I survived though.  We kept the pace conversational for the first 4 or so miles and then slowly picked it up.  All in all it was a great race.  I hit 2:06 something.  Not bad considering all the dirt and hill climbs.  The highest elevation point we hit was just over 6100 ft.  The Garmin was right on though.  I crossed the cattle guard and was at 17.35.  Not a USATF certified course but the people who marked the course last year did a phenomenal job with getting the correct mileage.

Bill took 1st place in the Masters division, Dave took 1st place in the Sub-masters, and I took 1st place in the Open division.  Our prize was waiting for us at the end of the race.  All three sat in the cold river for about 20 minutes.  It felt really good on the legs.  Great run for everyone today.  Might go for another short run this afternoon.

Comments
From wheakory on Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 14:16:53

Nice race results Logan finishing first overall. Sounds like the course would be fun. That's a great way to start the holiday off with a win.

From Adam RW on Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 14:23:45

:)

From josse on Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 14:39:04

you are funny:)

From dave holt on Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 15:37:44

You are the man! The race directors came up with a great name for this one!

From jtshad on Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 15:45:56

Nice job on the win amongst this stellar competition! :-) Maybe the RD can come plan a race up here!

From Superfly on Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 21:48:52

I think the best part of this race is the name. A+ job to whoever did the dirty work on this one.

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