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Where are you from? |
Elkhart, Indiana |
Current P.R. |
3:49 |
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Typical pace |
Around 9 minutes |
Number of marathons |
36 Marathons, 3 Ultra-50K, & 1 Ironman |
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Occupation |
Engineering Director |
Favorite marathon |
Pittsburgh Marathon |
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Hobbies |
Running, Skiing, and Trying to be a triathlete |
Favorite Running Food |
Post Race - French Toast and Sausage During race – Cookies with Beer |
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What are you reading now? |
Bible, Chess Not Checkers, the wrappers on kid Gogurt tubes |
Who do you train with? |
Small local group “One Rivers Running Club” |
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Personal goals |
Qualify for Boston, Qualify for Kona IM, become the oldest man to run a marathon |
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A quotation you like… |
A good plan violently
executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. |
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Why do you run? |
Because punching people in the face is frowned on… |
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Describe your best marathon memory. |
Running the 2010 Midnight Marathon in Bangalore India after just moving there. I was extremely sick with bronchitis and the course was a painful 4.2K loop. However, 25 new co-workers were running 5k relays on the same course with me with all night. Never had I been surrounded with such excitement at a race. |
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Why do you pace? |
All of us start the race to finish. If I can help another runner achieve their goal, I am blessed. |
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Tell us your best pacing experience. |
Helping 3 buddies through their first 22 miler before their first Marathon. One listened and stayed with me the whole run but the other two took off. The wise one and I passed the other two at mile 20 like they were still….Great pace teaching day. All 3 had a successful marathon. |
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Why should someone run in your pace group? |
We will finish and it will be sweet! |
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Any tips for runners about to join your group? |
Bring your one thing. The one thing that gets you through the hard days that you can hold on to. Also pack some good jokes and best somewhat true stories. |
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Anything else you’d like to share? |
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 |
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What philanthropic activities do you have? |
Volunteer Ski Patroller at Swiss Valley Ski Resort |
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