Comments on: 2008 Turkey Trot 10k

By: New Month, New Motivation

New Month, New Motivation — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:28:18 +0000

[...] 2008 Turkey Trot 10k [...]

By: Love2Run

Love2Run — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:59:21 +0000

You said it, “strength” and it obviously came from all that great hard training you did all summer. It didn’t quite reward you in the marathon due to the conditions but boy that was quite a breakthrough! We’re never too old for a pr. Nice job!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:54:05 +0000

Appreciate the comment Bill! It’s funny, I didn’t feel fast during the race, it was more of a strength effort to keep the pace going. I honestly expected to tire around the 4 or 5 mile mark, but somehow maintained the pace and knew at the 6 I’d be close to ducking under 36 minutes.

I’m definitely inspired by the two Masters runners ahead of me in yesterday’s race: Pete Gibson – 52 years young who ran a 35:23 and 45 year old John Adams who was right behind Pete with a 35:27.

PS The Samichlaus was tremendous…

By: bill carter

bill carter — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:39:48 +0000

Wow!! That is an absolutely incredible time for the 10k. When you look at your previous 10k times the ’08 result is absolutely amazing. And that is not even considering the fact that you just ran Richmond. I read so many blogs and truly enjoy them, but there aren’t a whole lot of runners who I envy for their speed and talent. I mean this in the nicest way, but at some point you are looking for those runners who you could truly learn from and I think you are that person. But I just don’t know that you can learn the speed you are so fortunate to have. Runners who run this well at a masters level are few and far between.

Congrats Steve and you certinly deserve a Samichlaus for that result.

By: cyberpenguin

cyberpenguin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:20:47 +0000

Now you can kick back & truly enjoy your turkey. It’s been well-earned!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:20:33 +0000

Thanks Corey. Actually, I’m stunned. Didn’t expect to go sub-37 let alone sub-36…nice way to end the month of November.

Hope you’re having a fun Thanksgiving Day,

–Steve

By: cyberpenguin

cyberpenguin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:16:09 +0000

Excellent finish! Congrats on the new PR! You bested your previous record by a significant amount. Wow.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:07:05 +0000

Have fun Mark and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

By the way, fancy entering this event next year? Sounds right up your street….

http://news.runtowin.com/2008/11/26/the-one-more-mile-challenge-2-remain.html

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:22:03 +0000

Wow, those are some impressive 10k times. I’m aiming to get under 36 minutes for our Turkey Trot tomorrow, but it’s only a 5 miler!!!