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1976
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My first run was 1/4 mile on the beach at Sarasota, FL. My entire first year of running was done barefoot. -
1/76
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1977
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My first official race was a 10K sponsored by the Sarasota Herald Tribune. My time: 62 minutes. - 2/77
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For the next five years, I was into social running, competing in 5K, 10K and a few 9 mile races. A marathon
seemed totally impossible.
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1982
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Philadelphia Independence Marathon. My time: 3:32
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1985
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Chicago Marathon. My time: 3:235:87
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Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini-Marathon. My time: 1:32
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1987
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Columbus Marathon. DNF. I had gone to qualify for Boston and when I saw that wasn't going to happen, I chose
to stop.
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1988
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Siberian Express, a 7.6 mile run in Danville, Illinois - 1/88
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Charlotte Marathon (this one was slow, but it was a "psyche" run to overcome not having finished
Columbus two months earlier.) - 1/88
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Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini-Marathon - 5/88
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50 miles as a pacer for a friend who competed in the Huntsville "Double Ironman" - 9/88
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50K (31 miles) in the Midwest Running Festival - 10/88
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Tregate Ultra 60K (38 miles) - 11/88
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Frankfort to Louisville, KY 50 mile road race - 12/88
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1989
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Siberian Express - 1/89
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Longbeach Marathon. My time: 3:52 - 5/89
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Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
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I made a solo run from Athens Greece to Marathon - 6/89
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Morgan Monroe State Park 10 mile run - 8/89
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Blueberry Stomp 15K, Plymouth, IN - 9/89
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Glacial Trail Run 100K (62 miles). My time: 11:39 - 10/89
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JFK 50 mile trail run. My time: 9:07 - 11/89
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1990
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Siberian Express - 1/90
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Strolling Jim 40 mile road race. My time: 6:24 - 5/90
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43 miles as a pacer for a friend running his first 100 mile run - 6/90
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Vermont Trail 100 mile run. My time: 22:42. This made me the fastest Hoosier at a 100 mile distance. - 7/90
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Golden Horseshoe 50 mile run. My time: 8:35PR - 9/90
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Pine Mountain Trail Run, 46 miles. My time: 10:06 - 11/90
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150 mile stage run across Indiana as a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity (50 miles a day for three days)
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1991
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Siberian Express - 1/91
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Passing for Sane 50K in Florida - 2/91
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Began running in San Francisco with the goal of running to Washington DC. The total
mileage was 2707, of which I ran 1900 and cycled the rest. This was an awareness-raiser for Habitat for Humanity called "Shore to Shore in 104". I arrived in Washington, DC on September 27,
1991. - 6/91
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1992
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Gasparilla Distance Classic 15K, Tampa, FL - 2/92
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Leadville, Colorado Trail 100 mile (DNF) - 8/92
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Invited runner in the Trans Colorado 500K (a 310 mile, 50 mile per day stage race to raise money for the
homeless shelters of Colorado) - 9/92
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Chicago Marathon - 10/92
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1993
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Successfully completed 104 marathons in a single calendar year, at that time a world
record, as noted in the U.S. Congressional Record, 2/6/94
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1994
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Inaugural Disney World Marathon - 1/94
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Freeze Your Fanny 4 mile run in Sundance, Wyoming - 1/94
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Sweetheart Run 5K in Rapid City, SD - 2/94
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L.A. Marathon - 3/94
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Ice Age 50 mile trail run. My time: 10:46 - 5/94
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Invited runner in the Siberian International Marathon in Omsk, Siberia - 8/94
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Black Hills Marathon - 9/94
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Promotional Marathon for Great Harvest Bread Company in Indianapolis, IN
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Owen Putnam State Park 50/50 (50K and 50 mile) - 11/94
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1995
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Married at the 8 mile mark of the Disney World Marathon, as seen live on the Today
Show. - 1/95
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Ran 49 miles to celebrate my birthday
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Boston Marathon's 99th running - 4/95
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Laramie Marathon, Laramie, WY - 5/95
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Wall to Wall 5K, Wall, SD - 7/95
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Black Hills Marathon - 9/95
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St. George Marathon, St. George, UT - 10/95
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1/96
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Freeze Your Fanny 4 mile run
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50K (31 miles) on an indoor track to celebrate my 50th birthday. I had planned 50 miles outside, but the South
Dakota weather kept even me inside!
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"A Marathon of Marathons"
As my way of celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the Boston Marathon, I began running the entire course on March 21st and ran it every day for 26 consecutive days. - 3/96
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Wall to Wall 5K - 7/96
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Elk Mountain 100K trail run (62 miles). My time: 14:18
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Mt. Rushmore International Marathon - 10/96
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1997
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Freeze Your Fanny 4 mile run - 1/97
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New Orleans Marathon - 1/97
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Shamrock Shuffle 4 mile run, Indianapolis, IN - 3/97
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As a promotion for the Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini-Marathon and the Finish Line
stores, I ran the 13.1 mile course 13 days in a row. - 4/97
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Coeur d'Alene Marathon, Coeur d'Alene, ID - 5/97
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Megan's 24 Hour Track Run . . . 74 miles in 16 hours, then a five hour nap, then ran the Portland Marathon in
5:31:23, thus accomplishing my goal of 100 miles in less than 30 hours elapsed time, in addition to raising $600 for SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) - 9/97
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1998
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13 consecutive runnings of the Los Angeles Marathon - 3/98
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29 consecutive runnings of the New York Marathon - 11/98
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1999
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14
consecutive runnings of the Los Angeles Marathon. See Achievements
page for more details on 1999 runs.
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2000
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Record
200 Marathon runs (see 200
IN 2000). For cities ran in and marathons completed in
2000 take a look at Achievements.
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