Rick Barfield
Club Member Since 1/23/2004
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City: Austin State: TX
Favorite Shoe: Brooks Adrenaline Size: 11.5
Age: 49.2 years old
Marital Status: M
Family members:
4 adopted kids, 1 foster kid (soon to be adopted)
What I do for work:
Engineer
Places Ive called home and why I like where I am now:
Chicago, Ruston LA, Lake Charles LA, Austin TX.
Austin is great. Great weather, great people.
When I started running and what got me started:
Ran in high school, took 15 year break, started running again in April 2003. Wanted to get off my butt.
What does running mean to me:
Its an addiction now. Its stress reducing, time to think, etc.
Running accomplishments:
View my Pikes Peak Ascent/Marathon results
4:37 mile in high school - glory days. 3 marathons under my belt now (as of Nov. 2005).
What I like about trail/mountain running:
I'm a flat lander, but I've done some trail running. Its a great change of pace.
Favorite running trail and why:
Pikes Peak Marathon!
Favorite trail/mountain race and why:
Pikes Peak Marathon! Duh!
Best running experience:
4:37 mile in high school. Everything came together right at once.
Worst running experience:
Tossing cookies after a race. Injuries.
Neatest thing found on a run:
Lat pull down machine. Deer.
Running related bathroom stop story:
Yup, had to take a dump in the woods. Ran without socks the rest of the way. Nothing new here.
Running pet peeves:
Cars, dogs.
Something non running related that no one would guess about me:
Well if I tell you, then I can't say nobody would guess it anymore.
Other hobbies and interests:
sports, reading, guitar
Other stuff:
Want to qualify for Boston '06. Want to do marathons in the 50 states and DC, then we'll start on the continents thing. Want to do a longer ultra.
Page last modified: 11/17/2005
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