Alumni Racing Update: Hicks runs 15:02.48

It has been a while since we checked in with an update on Marist Running Alum Steve Hicks and his quest for the sub-15:00 5km. For those of you that haven’t checked out his blog lately, get caught up on it. There’s great stuff there at sub15minutes.blogspot.com. I think he has developed sort of a cult following.

I saw Steve briefly on Monday as he passed through Poughkeepsie with his mom, en route to Swarthmore for the excellent Last Chance meet they have there. He raced late Monday night with his fellow sub-15:00 blogmate Sam and Marist Running Alum Sean Hopkins.

Steve just missed the goal, finishing in 15:02.48. He provided the following splits via text message:

70, 72, 71, 71 (4:44)

71, 72, 73, 74 (9:34)

76, 76, 73, 70

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Steve closed his last 800 in sub-2:20 (nicely done!) and said he was not too bummed about just missing the barrier. He “fell asleep” a little in the middle/late laps but otherwise ran an excellent effort and a PERSONAL-BEST time, of which we are very proud.

Sam struggled with stomach issues and DNFed (side note: Check out his insanely funny blog post about his race and post-race “lodging”). Hopkins “ate it” (not his exact words, but you get the idea) and had a subpar race.