I met Darkhorstri, when I was volunteering in Kona and he had an equivalently strong race. I tried to find that race report, but found this one from 2011. In the other thread other posters have shared he has passed on from cancer, however, wanted to bump up a big race from his life.

Thanks for posting this, Dev. That link to Steve's blog for the race write up doesn't go any place for me. Here's a link on his current website to his blog where he has just 2 photos - - the one from Kona 2011 that he refers to in this thread, and then his Arizona 2016 race where he was first over-all amateur and went under 9 hours. These were what he thought were his two best races. If you click on each photo, it takes you to his Instagram post he wrote about each race. https://www.darkhorsetriathlon.com/dark-horse-blog

Here's also a link to Karin Langer's (one of Steve's athletes) Instagram post on the day Steve passed (Nov. 18) and her memories from Chicago (2007) to when she had time with him at Kona 2012 to Nov. 5, 2023 when Steve texted her encouragement for a running race that day. https://www.instagram.com/...mrlrzlm/?img_index=1

Completely sucks!