Pacer Steve H.
Where are you from? |
Brooklyn Park, MN |
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Current P.R. |
2:31:44 |
Birthday |
October 25th |
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Number of marathons |
125 |
Typical pace |
3 hours |
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Favorite marathon |
Twin Cities – beautiful course and place of my PR |
Occupation |
Runner/Travel Company Owner/Attorney/HR Professional |
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Favorite Running Food |
During a run – donuts, preferably powdered After a marathon – BK Bacon Double Cheeseburger Combo. |
Hobbies |
Travel, Sports, Movies |
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Who do you train with? |
The same guys I started running with 24 years ago. |
Favorite book, what are you reading now? |
Anything by Dan Brown or David Baldacci |
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A quotation you like… |
“Someone may beat me, but they’re gonna bleed to do it.” - Steve Prefontaine |
Personal goals |
Break 2:30 before I turn 40. |
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Why do you run?
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Running is my outlet. It is where I do my best thinking. And there is no better way to see the world then running various marathons around the globe. |
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Describe your best marathon memory.
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Twin Cities 2000 – I set my PR. I was in an absolute groove. I went out at a pace I thought was conservative (thinking I would hit 6:00 minutes). My first mile was 5:51. My next mile was 5:50, then 5:47, 5:43 and I felt great. I maintained roughly that pace through 20 miles, reaching that in 1:54:21. The last 10k is challenging and I slowed somewhat, but I managed to set a new PR by over 6 minutes. |
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Why do you pace?
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I like the challenge of running consistent pace. And I feel that with the number of marathons I’ve run, I can offer a lot of guidance to runners in my group. There are a number of ways to conserve energy and maximize your effort that I think a lot of runners aren’t aware of. I will share those secrets with my pace group. |
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Tell us your best pacing experience.
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I paced my best friend in the 1995 Grandma’s Marathon. It was his second marathon and my first. I was just coming off of my Collegiate career and was in pretty good shape, so at the time running 7:00 pace wasn’t a big deal. I ran with him the whole way and helped him to a PR of 25 minutes. We finished in 3:02:15. |
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Why should someone run in your pace group?
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Based on the number of marathons I’ve run, I can offer a lot of helpful tips to the group. In addition, I can lock onto a pace pretty well and hit splits mile after mile consistently so the group won’t do a lot of speeding up or slowing down. |
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Any tips for runners about to join your group?
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Let me do the talking and follow me. The two biggest wastes of energy are talking and running the curves. If you don’t know what I mean, you will when we run. |