Running is a sport that brings many people together and certainly Steede has made many friendships while competing in marathons abroad, in such places as New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Washington (Marine Corps Marathon), Virginia, Baltimore, North Carolina, Toronto, Ottawa, London, Paris and Norway. Boston, his favourite marathon, is also where he set his fastest time, 2:49.“When I first trained for a marathon I ran up to about 50 miles, but when I got my PB in Boston I was running up to 90 miles a week, running with a group on Saturday and another group on Sunday,” he explained.“I’ve cut it right back, only because of work, but I do intend to pick it back up because I do intend to break three hours again within the next year or two.”“It’s not always about me, it’s about helping other people,” he stressed. “On Sunday there was a guy running who was doing the half and I saw him slowing down. I thought to myself he could do better and I encouraged him. I’m the type of person if I see somebody struggling I will encourage them to go on.”Despite leg cramps, Steede did a 4:02 time on Sunday, remaining steady around the two-loop course for the marathon as he reached the century mark.“If I hadn’t got cramps in my legs I think I probably would have run a 3:30,” he stated. “I’m happy with it, it’s not my worst marathon.”That slowest marathon (five hours) came in Boston during a heatwave and “literally knocked everybody out”.“The funniest one was Chicago when they had a heatwave. I finished the race and didn’t know the race had got cancelled. Most people had gone past halfway when they cancelled it because of the heat. That one I ran close to four hours.“I’ve had some great running experiences, travelling the world, meeting people and encouraging people to come to Bermuda to run. The first marathon I ran was Boston and said I would never run a marathon again.”Steede eventually changed his mind and after running a 3:10 time in the New York Marathon the following year got hooked.“I’ve done nine New Yorks and 18 Bostons,” he revealed. “I keep the times of my personal best which is Boston. I can calculate after I go through the halfway mark exactly what time I’m going to finish my marathon in. I did it on the weekend, I know my body.”Steede has also been counting the marathons, notching up a 40th in the same month he turned 40.“It (100 goal) just started off from there,” he said. “I was doing five a year, some years seven and there were occasions when I would do three a month ... Chicago, the Marine Corp and New York all in a one month period. One year I did Paris and Boston literally back to back.”Steede has never not finished a marathon, but one year in Atlanta he did struggle to finish. “One time I went into the hospital for exploratory surgery and didn’t tell the doctor I was running a marathon the following week. That’s probably the only one I wish I had not done but I was glad I finished,” he revealed.“My friends wanted to pull me out of the race.”Steede still has plans to run marathons in Barbados and possibly Jamaica. Bermuda is certainly one of the most picturesque.“A girl who ran this weekend had her camera and said it was so pretty she stopped and took pictures,” he said.“She is from Atlanta and said she will be back. The only thing about Bermuda marathon is if you got the same amount of people (spectators) out as May 24th it would make a big difference to visitors and Bermudians.