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Goal 1: To complete 50 marathons by the age of 50 (50 x 50) COMPLETED, age: 43 years 9 months and 26 days.  Goal 2: To complete as many marathons as I can before I turn 50, COMPLETED, I completed 78.  Goal 3: To complete 100 marathon.  Below is the list of marathons I have completed to date.

Marathon Goals:

 1.  10/12/97  Lakefront,  Milwaukee WI

 

 2.  10/11/98  Lakefront,  Milwaukee WI

 

 3.  10/24/99  LaSalle Bank,  Chicago IL

 

 4.  11/14/99  Ocean State,  Warwick RI

 

 5.  04/30/00  Lake County,  Waukegan IL

 

 6.  05/28/00  Mad City,  Madison WI

 

 7.  06/25/00  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

 8.  08/12/00  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

 9.  09/21/00  Community First,  Appleton WI

 

10.  10/22/00  LaSalle Bank,  Chicago IL

 

11.  06/24/01  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

12.  08/11/01  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

13.  09/30/01  Community First,  Appleton WI

 

14.  06/23/02  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

15.  08/10/02  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

16.  09/29/02  Community First,  Appleton WI

 

17.  10/13/02  LaSalle Bank  Chicago IL

 

18.  11/03/02  ING New York,  New York NY

 

19.  05/18/03  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

20   06/21/03  Grandma's, Duluth MN

 

21.  05/23/04  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

22.  08/14/04  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

23.  05/22/05  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

24.  06/18/05  Grandma's, Duluth MN

 

25. 08/13/05  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

26. 09/25/05  Community First,  Appleton WI

 

27. 10/30/05  Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids MI

 

28. 12/04/05  Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV

 

29. 01/15/06  Rock-n-Roll, Phoenix AZ

 

30.  05/21/06  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

31.  06/17/06  Marathon to Marathon, Marathon IA

 

32.  08/12/06  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

33.  09/16/06  Maui Marathon, Maui HI

 

34.  10/29/06  Detroit Free Press, Detroit MI

 

35.  03/04/07  Little Rock, Little Rock AR

 

36. 04/01/07  Martian Marathon, Dearborn MI

 

37.  05/20/07  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

38.  08/11/07  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI  

 

39.  08/25/07 Mesa Falls,  Ashton ID

 

40. 09/23/07  Community First,  Appleton WI

 

41. 10/28/07  Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids MI

 

42. 01/13/08  Disney World Marathon, Orlando FL

 

43. 04/06/08  Martian Marathon, Dearborn MI

 

44. 05/04/08 Flying Pig Marathon, Cincinnati OH

 

45.  05/18/08  Cellcom, Green Bay WI 

 

46.  08/09/08  Paavo Nurmi, Hurley WI

 

47.  09/21/08  Community First, Appleton WI

 

48. 10/19/08  Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids MI

 

49. 11/02/08 Rails To Trails, Norwalk WI

 

50. 11/22/08 Valley of Fire, Overton NV

- - - Goal 1 Completed 50 by 50 - - -

- - - I completed my 50th at the age of - - -

- - - 43 years, 9 months and 26 days - - -

 

51. 05/03/09 La Crosse Marathon, La Crosse WI

 

52. 05/17/09 Cellcom, Green Bay WI 

 

53. 09/20/09  Community First,  Appleton WI

 

54. 05/16/10 Cellcom, Green Bay WI 

 

55. 06/06/10 Minneapolis Marathon, Minneapolis MN 

 

56. 01/09/11  Disney World Marathon, Orlando FL

 

57. 05/15/11  Cellcom, Green Bay WI 

 

58. 07/14/11  Dances with Dirt, Baraboo WI

 

59.  08/13/11  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

60. 09/18/11  Community First,  Appleton WI  

 

61. 05/20/12  Cellcom, Green Bay WI 

 

62. 07/14/12  Dances with Dirt, Baraboo WI

 

63.  08/11/12  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI 

 

64. 09/23/12  Community First,  Appleton WI

 

65. 10/21/12  Honky Tonk, Wisconsin Dells WI

 

66. 11/04/12 Rails To Trails, Norwalk WI

 

67. 05/19/13  Cellcom, Green Bay WI

 

68. 07/14/13  Dances with Dirt, Baraboo WI

 

69. 08/10/13  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI 

 

70. 09/07/13  Big Apple Marathon,  Elroy WI

 

71. 11/03/13  Rails To Trails,  Norwalk WI

 

72. 04/27/14  Adrenaline Marathon,  West Bend WI

 

73.  05/18/14  Cellcom,  Green Bay WI

 

74. 07/12/14  Dances with Dirt, Baraboo WI

 

75. 08/09/14  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

76. 09/06/14  Big Apple Marathon,  Elroy WI 

 

77. 10/12/14  St. Bronislava Marathon,  Plover WI

 

78. 11/02/14  Rails To Trails,  Norwalk WI

- - - Goal 2 - - -

- - - I completed 78 marathons before - - -

- - - I turned 50 years old - - -

 

79. 04/26/15  Adrenaline Marathon,  West Bend WI

 

80. 05/17/15  Cellcom, Green Bay WI 

 

81. 07/11/15  Dances with Dirt, Baraboo WI

 

82. 08/08/15  Paavo Nurmi,  Hurley WI

 

83. 09/12/15  Big Apple Marathon,  Elroy WI

 

84. 04/30/16  JailBreak, Wautoma WI

Race Director:
I have been the Race Director for the following running events.
Samson Stomp, Milwaukee County Zoo.  The Samson Stomp is an annual running event held each January within the Milwaukee Zoo.  The Samson Stomp is a family event with adult races of distances of 5K & 2 Mile, and children races of distances 1 Mile & 1/4 M.  I was the Race Director from 1999 throu 2004.  In 2003 Runner's World magazine named my race their favorate January run.  The Samon Stomp is Milwaukee's biggest winter running event with over 1200 runners.  Your race fee gets you into the race, event t-shirt, parking and zoo admission.
Deer Run 5 & 10K, Brown Deer WI.  In 2004 the village of Brown Deer was struggling to organize a running event in their community.  In mid 2004 I was asked if I would consider becoming the Race Director for this new Milwaukee area running event.  I accepted and am very proud to say that I build a brand new very successfull race from the ground up.  After creating the race and being its Race Director for the initial few years I stepped down to become the President of the Badgerland Striders Running Club.  The Brown Deer Run is held in April so come out and be one of over 700 runners.  The race offer two running distances to choose from, a 5K and 10K.  We have a combined mass start and each race also returns to this same start/finish line.
Lakefront Marathon Buildup, Milwaukee WI.  Since 2001 I have been one of the Buildup Captains for Milwaukee's Lakefront Marathon training runs.  These free training runs starting the first Saturday in July and help would-be marathoner's increase their distance in a controled and safe enviroment.  Our training runs are free to anyone training for any fall marathon.  We regularly attract over 200 runners of all skill level from as far away as Chicago.  Our training routs offer many hydration stops and 100 % free post run consoltations with professional Sports Medicine providers.  If your training for any fall marathon please join use.

Badgerland Striders:

Past President: The Badgerland Striders Running Club is the largest Running Club in the state of Wisconsin with over 1600 members and the 7th largest Running Club in the United States.  We host 18 Race Running events, including the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon and Briggs & Al's Run for Children's Hospital.  We also hold free fun runs every Wednesday night at various parks all around the Milwaukee area during the summer.  Visit us at www.BadgerlandStriders.org.  I am very proud to say I am a past President of this strong running organization.