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| Peter Wallan - Foxtrotter
Marathon Foxboro, MA - November 21, 1981 |
Peter Wallan - Plodders
Marathon Easton, MA - 1978 |
| Running Data | Favorite Road Races | |
| Years Running: 29 | 1. Montpelier, VT 10M | |
| Marathons: 25 (including 5 @ Boston) | 2. Bourne, MA 4.9 | |
| Total Races: 1,060 | 3. HSR Summer Serious 3.75M | |
| Miles Per Week: 30 | 4. Clarence DeMar 26.2, Keene NH | |
| Most MPW Ever: 113 | 5. Old Town, ME 14 (long dead) |
| Personal Records: Road | Personal Records: Track | |
| 5K - 17:32 (DW Field Winter Series - '78) | "Track is boring - No Hills" | |
| 3.75M HSR Series - 21:12 (1979) | Mile - 5:19 | |
| 5M - 28:30 (Randolph Father's Day - '78) | Geo. Conefrey Summer Track Series | |
| 10K - 35:30 (Carver Miles Standish -'78) | Brockton - 1979 | |
| 10M - 59:30 (Hampton, NH) | ||
| 20K - 1:16:00 (Marshfield, MA -'76) | ||
| 13.1M - 1:19:40 (New Bedford, MA - '78) | ||
| 25K - 1:36:57 (Ashland, MA - '77) | ||
| 30K - 2:04:26 (Schnctdy to Albany - '75) | ||
| Marathon - 2:50:10 (Boston - 1978) |
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| Brockton, MA - '02 | Canton, MA - '01 | Brockton, MA - '01 | Lincoln, RI - '01 |
| Racing Data | ||
| Worst Race(s): "Clarence DeMar 26.2, about 6-7 years ago. Went in favoring an injury sustained in Brockton YMCA 15K. The injury was fine, but after 16M of altering my running style to compensate, all the other muscles in my body were ruined. DNF - 16. A nice old NH lady gave me a ride back to the start. 'You look tired,' she said. 'Yup,' I said." | Most Influential Runners: "My old HS football coach 'Tuck' Twomey. A 3:15 marathoner at age 60. Not a runner's body, but never loafed a race in his life (like most runners do today). Took up running at 50 after 2 heart-attacks, lived to be 83 and always a charming eye for athletically adept women. Told awful jokes (always farbling the punch line), but a great guy to train with." | |
| Best Race(s): "Old Town, ME 14M in 1978. A month after a 2:50 Boston, 14 hilly miles in a 6:05 pace. Beat the great Indian runner Ralph Thomas. He was running hurt but still racing hard. Had spaghetti post-race meal seated across from him. Finished 14 out of 200, then drove 5 hours home in my awful Volvo - The worst and most unreliable piece of junk I ever owned!!!" | Most Proud of the Fact: "I have never run a race as a workout. Never. It may look like it sometimes, but I am really going as fast as I bleeping can." |
| Personal Data | SOME FAVORITE STUFF | |
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| TV Show: Cheers Reruns | ||
| Food: Potato Pancakes with sour cream | ||
| Ice Cream: Coffee | ||
| Runner: Steve Prefontaine / Clarence DeMar | ||
| Historical Figures: Eugene Debs / Gandhi | ||
| Singer (Male): Bob Dylan | ||
| Singer (Female): Emmy Lou Harris | ||
| Vacation Spot: Tabernash, Colorado | ||
| Actor: Paul Newman | ||
| Actress: Skinny Gwynnie Paltrow / Meryl Streep | ||
| Hard Drink: Yukon Jack | ||
| Soft Drink: Moxie | ||
| Beer: Rolling Rock | ||
| Pro Jock: Jimmy Brown (retired) | ||
| Pro Sports Team: NE Revolution / Pats | ||
| Author: Peter Buhl | ||
| Local Running Personality: Tom Hurley | ||
| << Peter "The Rat" Wallan - 1943 |
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Why I Run: |
"20 years working as an engineer in Boston so shriveled my brain that I could think of nothing better to do with my free time. It was either running as a hobby, robbing convenience stores, or collecting old bubble gum wrappers. I chose running." |
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| [Peter Wallan profile created & posted Fall 2002.] | |
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