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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:03:34 -0400, "John Barbour"  wrote:
> my first sub-2:30
> marathon came at Savannah in '84, right behind Jay Gottesman (also his
> first) and Dan Lasseter - had no idea you [Laubster] were there (of
> course). Trivia


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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:58:34 -0400, "Mackey, Bill"  wrote:
> Your mention of Savannah brought back memories. Just found the
> official results from the 1982 Savannah Marathon and Half Marathon. Here
> are some notable results:
>
> Half Marathon:
> 1.) Benji Durden 1:03:10
> 2.) Dick Beardsley 1:03:31
> 3.) Gordon Minty 1:04:41
> 4.) Doug Kurtis 1:05:09
> 8.) Lee Fidler 1:06:42
> 13.) Dan Lasseter 1:10:03
> 15.) John Barbour 1:10:55
> 27.) Bill Walsh 1:15:23
> 28.) Jeff Parker 1:15:56
> 29.) Andrew Allden 1:16:02
> 31.) Jeff Galin 1:16:27
> 92.) Dan Huntington 1:25:40
>
> Marathon:
> 1.) Herb Wills 2:15:50
> 2.) Marcus Trigg 2:18:09
> 21.) Bill Mackey 2:42:43
>
> There aren't a whole lot of
> races like this in Georgia any more. Andrew would be winning most of the
> half marathon's in Atlanta these days.


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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:18:34 -0400, "John Barbour"  wrote:
> Boy, do I remember that [1982] race clearly.
> (By the way, Bill, I seem to recall that you, Julie Justicz, and 1-2
> others also ran the marathon there in '84.) I ran with Randy Prunty to 5
> miles at 5:30-5:40 pace, at which point an injury he'd been dealing with
> cropped up and he had to back off. I felt pretty good and kicked it up
> to 5:15 or so and was able to hold that for the remaining 8 - of course
> it felt good to pass people all the way, too.
>
> That was quite an
> Athletics Atlanta contingent we had . . . This race is the answer to a
> persona-favorite trivia question: Why was my 1:07:05 on the identical
> course from 1987 for years (and still is for all I know) listed as the
> official Georgia Open men's half-marathon record? A: Because, despite
> the vastly superior talent assembled in 1982, the course was not yet
> certified. (A 'slop' record? You bet, but I'll take what I can get.)
> More trivia: I finished one place behind Gordon Minty (Great Britain via
> Western Michigan) in my first ('82) Peachtree, and second to Doug Kurtis
> in the'94 US Masters half marathon championship in Fairfield, CT.
> (Eamonn Coghlan presented the awards.)
>
> We are SO boring in our older age . . .


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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:26:34 -0400, "Mackey, Bill"  wrote:
> I don't
> remember the 1984 event. I suspect I have selective memory when it comes
> to races like that. If anyone (JEFF) can find those results someplace,
> it would be cool to see them.


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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:48:10 -0600, "Laubster"  wrote:
> Names that jumped out at me in the results below:
>
> MARATHON:
> Place  Mark       Name
> 6      2:27:16.7  Jay Gottesman
> 7      2:29:12.1  John Barbour
> 14     2:36:42.0  Lonnie Adkins
> 201    3:39:18.4  Julie Justice
>
> HALF MARATHON:
> Place  Mark       Name
> 10     1:09:05.7  Michael Anderson
> 15     1:13:15.8  Andrew Allden
> 19     1:14.47.1  John Laub
> 26     1:16.06.3  Phil Richey
> 63     1:22:35.1  Frank Daniels (ran for GSU)
> 73     1:23:40.1  Richard Lewis from Myrtle Beach - age listed as 36, so probably not OUR Richard Anthony a.k.a. Tony
> 100    1:25:51.3  Jeffrey Galin
> 110    1:26:16.9  Bob Varsha
> 116    1:26:43.3  Matt Daniels (age 13!; class of 92, brother of Frank above)
> 153    1:29:29.4  Bill Mackey
> 170    1:31:05.7  Dick Daniels (likely Frank & Matt's dad)
> 221    1:35:13.7  Edward Crawford
> 304    1:39:35.6  Leslie Mayer
> 305    1:39:41.0  Jeff Klein