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Ray Barrus Memorial 5K

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Tooele & Ivins,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 30, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St. George Marathon 20-year Club (completed 26)

Boston Marathon 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017 (+DNF 2011)

Running for 39 years, logged 58,000 miles since 1982. 38 marathons.

Old Man PR's:

5K = 19:58 - July 4th Freedom Run 7/4/08

6K = 26:38 - Cold Turkey Rrrun, 11/23/06

10K = 43:00 - Deseret News, 7/24/08

1/2 Marathon = 1:32:54 - Hobble Creek, 8/23/08

Marathon = 3:23:13 - St. George, 10/4/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Best: 3:35:07, 4/21/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Worst:  DNF, 4/18/11 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running for another 20 years.

Personal:

Married for 44 years to a wonderful and supportive wife. She's run 2 marathons herself in our earlier years so that helps.  4 boys, all married, and 10 grandchildren.  2 sons are runners. I celebrated 39 years of running madness, insanity, or at least OCD, on August 23rd, 2021. 

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Wed, Jul 04, 2012
Race: Ray Barrus Memorial 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:21:57, Place overall: 22, Place in age division: 2
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Ran the controversial 17th Annual Ray Barrus Memorial 5K in Grantsville.  A town divided over running, of all things.  Larry Lawrence did a great job with the event.  One former BYU All-America runner honoring another former BYU All-America runner.  Ray Barrus was the winner of the very first Deseret News Marathon.  Felt pretty good throughout the race, trying to maintain 7:00 minute mile pace.  Didn't quite do it, but finished in 21:57 for 7:04 AP.  Left knee has been feeling at about 95% and improving, but my right hip joint is giving me some grief the past week and half.  Tipping the ibuprofen bottle once again.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 3.10
Comments
From Burt on Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 13:48:17 from 72.223.80.161

Very fast! Tell me more about the controversy.

From artichoke on Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 08:45:14 from 216.49.181.254

A hometown boy, former BYU All-American distance runner from the late 70's, who now lives in Provo, has been directing this race for the last 16 of its 17 year existence. Ray Barrus was an earlier great local runner who died of cancer in 1984. He was also an All-American at BYU. The immediate family got upset because the director handles it through his LLC and they believe he makes money from the event from only 300 runners, which he denies. The family got city support, made their's non-profit and scholarship related event. The original race indicates they've given out $1000 student scholarships each year since 2005 as well. So, the family started their own and even ran along the same street in the opposite direction. Thing is, the race director is also a relative of the man being honored,a first cousin. He even spoke at the man's funeral! Family Feud!

From artichoke on Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 08:47:26 from 216.49.181.254

Barrus died in 1994, not 1984. Typo.

From Burt on Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 16:46:58 from 72.223.80.161

Wow. That's crazy stuff.

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