"No doubt a brain and shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brain than with no shoes." - Don Kardong

1999 Top of Utah Marathon, Logan, Utah, Blacksmith Fork Canyon. Crossing half-way line at 13.1 miles in 1:44:30. Under Boston qualifying time. But then there was the 2nd half... Note young, athletic individual I JUST PASSED.

This is the certificate for the best race of my life. 2:36 too slow for Boston qualifying time. Close, but no enchilada!

Me, Duff, Alice & Doug coming into Oakley from the City of Rocks Twin Sisters area - 1998

After St. George Marathon 1997. Back: Darrell, Dave, Wayne, Duff, Doug, ???, Me, Curtis, ???. Front: ???, Alice

"It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

"If I faltered, there would be no arms to hold me and the world would be a cold and forbidding place." - Roger Banister, on the final seconds of the world's first sub 4-minute mile.

Charlotte, Karlene, Rachelle

"Pain is good. Extreme pain is extremely good." - Navy Seals

"Don't never take no cut-offs and get along as fast as you can." - Mary Reed - Donnor Party

Rachelle & Charlotte finishing the St. George Marathon, 1998

"I'm never running one of these again!" - Grete Waitz, after her 1st of 9 NYC marathon victories

Me finishing St. George, 1998

"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming." - Frank Shorter

If people relied solely on reason, they would not run marathons. But we are not creatures of reason, we are creatures of passion. We need reason, of course, to steer the ship. But if the winds of passion are not in our sails, all the steering in the world would get us nowhere. - Noel Carroll

Doug, Me, Duff

Duff in serious thought.

Me relieving Duff in Road Relay Championships at Twin Falls

Can't get up. St. George Marathon

Still can't get up.

Woops! Bad picture. Me finishing last leg of 120 mile relay from Stanley to Boise. Accompanied by team members: Duff, Earl, Tim, Brent, John, Wayne. 14 hours, 16 minutes. June 14, 1991

DISCLAIMER

Please don't take this website seriously. My real website is under a company name. This is just something I played around with several years ago. Some day, maybe I'll get back to this and make it presentable.

Duff & Earl