Steve Mitchell's First Marathon Journal

RE: My 1st 20-mile run! Breaking my Endurance Barrier

Active Toby — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:59:50 GMT

Steve, this is an awesome post. Thanks for the inspiration! Progress is such a beautiful thing and I'm glad you are experiencing the reward of dedicated and consistent hard work. Way to go! ~Toby

RE: Celebrate your Training Milestones

Active Toby — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:04:45 GMT

Awesome recap of your learning experience. It's very valuable to record these thoughts and experience during your journey. Can you imagine the day you look back, a year perhaps even more, and see how far you've come!? Keep up the great progress and keep us posted

RE: SWEET 16 (in 10 degree weather)

Steve Mitchell — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:50:54 GMT

Marlon,

Thanks for the comment. I know about a wind in Oklahoma, I went to college in Enid. I'm sure it was brutal. Good luck in Fort Worth. Just keep thinking about much nicer the whether will be in OKC April 26!

Steve

RE: SWEET 16 (in 10 degree weather)

Runnerndn — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:54:19 GMT

Steve,

let me say, WOW, and brrr, haha. Congrats on running under those conditions, i take my hat off to u, if i wore one. You did great man, determination, dedication, and desire, the three "D's", and u sound like u have them. You would've ran alot faster, if not for the slick, cold conditons, don't sweat it, you sound like you're on schedule. I ran 11 miles this evening, in OKC, lake hefner, it's 9.5 miles around, so, i had to overlap, to run my 11. It was brutal, strong northerly winds, the wind chill was in the low 40s, felt colder though, ugh, man, rough. I still manage to run it at a 8:48 mile pace. I'm training for the cowtown marathon in ft worth, last day of this month, i'm excited, be my 4th marathon, and i'll be training for the OKC MM as well, afterwards. Anyways, just thought u had a lil inspiring story here, so, good job man, keep it up, and keep running, Marlon

RE: Ran 12-miles with DaShaun. AWSOME!

Steve Mitchell — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:49:06 GMT

Follow-up: I uploaded the data from my Garmin to MotionBased.com. It can filter out stopped activity, like waiting for streetlights or time at the aid stations. The moving time for the 12-mile run was 2:28:05, or a 12:14 pace.