He was a natural born incredible athlete.......enjoy life everyday.

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As someone new to the boards I was shocked to get a message from him just last week in response to a question I had posted. He took the time to talk to me and give advice as if I was a longtime member/friend. I devoured all his posts and articles and could not believe he would have taken the time to do that.

Unbelievable...

Thoughts and prayers to his family, friends and all of the people's lives he touched.

Steve was a guy that did everything with passion. He went through all of the sports with near perfection. He took the fast track to success in everything he set out: Xterra, Retail, IM. What I gathered from him, is that he was able to stay more in balance than the rest of us, as he never missed a beat with his family.

His abilltiy to maintain the work load of family, work and play was unbelievable. He was a true proffesional in being a human.

PT

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I just got out of the hospital this morning after having surgery and just heard this awful news!

I'm shocked and speechless and can't even comment I'm so upset.

Shocking and terrible. He was much too nice of a man to go now. We are all better for having had him in our lives. It's a reminder to give our loved ones an extra hug today.

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Condolences to his family...sounded like a great guy

Honestly, I don't know why people are suprised. Extreme endurance athletes have been dying far to often in the last couple of years. Salazar is lucky to be alive, I think his heart stopped for like 20 minutes. I used to love going out for 5 hour rides, but could no longer ignore the facts: high volume endurance training is not healthy for the organism. The chronic elevation of cortisol is devastating, among other adverse adaptations taking place in the myocardium.

wow, just horrible news. RIP Steve..

Terrible news - I have some PM's from him discussing tires alternatives from last March. I was impressed that a world class athlete would value some input on his trusted tire choice spanning many years. We must never take our lives for granted.

I think anytime a 39-year-old father of five dies of a heart attack, it's a surprise. But this was a pretty big shocker for those of us who've become Steve Larsen fans over the years. In a lot of ways, he was the ideal "weekend warrior" we're emulating—balancing family, business and a pursuit of endurance sports.

Very, very sad day, our thoughts and prayers go out to his family

anyone have a link to his website... I think that is the least we can do to help the family out in some small way. We all have essentials or some piece of gear that needs to be purchased now. A small way of helping the family for the future. Terrible, terrible loss for the sport, and absolutely unfathomable for his family.

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Terrible news, thoughts are with his family and friends.

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I'm absolutely shocked. Very sad day indeed. I came from a cycling background first, then to multisport... so he was definitely someone I admired. He gave 110% in everything he did; we should all strive for that.

My deepest sympathy to his family & friends.

I am stunned. Steve was a Sportsman in every positive sense of the word; we just lost one of our best ambassadors to the sports of swim, bike, and run.

As some have already mentioned, and as Dan has written here on ST, the decision to push the boundaries of human performance is not one to be taken lightly. The brain and spirit can punish the body beyond health and fitness. It's hard for a competitive spirit like Steve's (and many pro athletes) to know when to dial it back. And sometimes, even if you have years of knowing your body's signals, there are hidden conditions that get more critical with age and stress.

I'm sad for Carrie and the kids. Steve's death is going to make me think hard (again) about the balance I'm struggling to find between fitness, sport, and fatherhood.

The only solace I can find is in the fact that Steve was doing what he loved when he died. Small comfort but it's not nothing.

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Very sad and terrible news. My thoughts to his family.

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Truly a sad story and my heart goes out to his family. He was a phenomenal father, athlete and overall a phenomenal person. He will be missed.


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Awful news :-(

My prayers and condolences to his wife and children.

Truly sorry to hear of this. He has always been a hero to me. I saw him when he was on top of the MTB seen and was dissapointed to not see him go to the olympics when he was our best bet. He handled it with class and went on to excel at the top in Tri. Just amazing to see an athlete who could adapt to so many diciplines. Says alot and you know he did it because he loved it eh! God bless!

Very very sad. A great guy and a tremendous resource to the community.

So sad. I remember Steve, in what I think was his first race after returning to the age-group ranks, at Vineman 70.3. His wave went off after mine. On the front part of the bike course there I was tooling along when I hear this crazy whoosh whoosh coming up from behind me. He passed me like I was standing still (which I was on a relative basis). A huge loss to the tri community.

Very sad news.

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"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; Knowledge without compassion is inhuman." Victor Weisskopf.