CAREER RACING STATISTICS
Written and Compiled by Stan Rosenfield
Personal Records | Relays | Marathons
Personal Records
In keeping with his career as a math and computer science teacher, Brian kept a record of his post-collegiate races on the computer. Many of his lifetime bests were set as a masters since being a father and a coach during the '70s & '80s took precedence over training and competing, After turning 50, Brian finished first or second in his division in 50 of his 54 races. Brian placed second in his division at the Wine Country 5K (21:02) in April, 2002 and the Baywood 4 mile (26:05) in June. Those would be ordinary performances for him under most circumstances. However, this time they came after he had been through surgery to remove some lymph nodes in February. The surgery involved cutting through his leg muscles and damaging them. Brian had the doctor move other muscles so that they could be trained to replace the function of the damaged ones and enable him to continue running. The doctor didn't think Brian could do that but he performed the surgery as requested. Brian continued training and ran those two races after that but the effects of radiation and chemotherapy which started in July brought his running career to a close. He walked as exercise, coming to the track on Wednesdays when he could, but Junefest would be his last race.
Distance
5K
4MI
5MI / 8K
6MI
10K
15K
10MI
20K
30K
Half Mar.
Marathon
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Open
17:02 (Avery Park, OR/1981)
21:36 (Colony Days/1981)
26:19 (RW-Los Altos/1976)
34:10 (Roeding Park/1976)
35:00 (Cuesta Biathlon/1988)
56:23 (Semana Nautica/1976)
57:23 (Fields to Fair/1976)
1:18:58 (South Bay/1986)
1:52:58 (Alton Baker Park/’81)
1:17:12 (Bakersfield/1976)
2:48:22 (Oakland/1981)
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40+
16:40 (Pozo/1994)
21:50 (Junefest/1989)
27:58 (Pinedorado/1989)
34:48 (MBay-Cayucos/1989)
35:05 (Cuesta Biathlon/1994)
54:31 (Semana Nautica/1992)
57:26 (City to Port/1989)
1:10:34 (St. Patrick’s/1991)
1:56:26 (Ventura/1995)
1:16:38 (Atascadero/1989)
2:43:12 (Cal International/1988)
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50+
17:31 (Heritage Oaks /1998)
23:16 (Oktoberfest/2000)
29:25 (50+ @ Stanford/1998)
36:03 (Wharf to Wharf/1999)
36:55 (Cuesta Biathlon/1999)
56:20 (Law Day-S.B./2001)
59:33 (Fields to Fair/2001)
1:20:08 (Shandon/1999)
N/A
1:18:50 (City to Sea/2000)
2:47:09 (Tucson/2000)
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Relays
Brian wasn't happy unless he had company so if he wanted to go to a race, you can be sure that at least one person (and usually more) ended up going with him. That made relays his favorite road trip. The most well-known of these was Hood to Coast where he managed to get 23 other people to think it was a good idea to travel to Oregon, take turns running 194 miles, much of it in the dark, and spend their non-running time in a van with five other people. With Brian taking care of the details, everyone had such a good time that the club fielded a team the following year at the Napa to Santa Cruz Relay with the same format. In all, Brian ran 44 relays ranging from a 2 person, 4 mile race at Laguna Lake Park to the 200 mile/1000 team Hood to Coast extravaganza across the state of Oregon. Others include the 7 person/72 miler around Lake Tahoe which he did five times, a 5 person/50 mile through the Santa Monica mountains, the 7 person/50 mile Christmas Relays from Santa Cruz to Half Moon Bay, the San Francisco & Tucson Marathon Relays, the 24 Hour Relay at San Luis Obispo HS, and smaller events at Waller Park, Roeding Park (Fresno), Morro Bay State Park, and River Park (Lompoc). He competed as part of a team in the Cuesta Biathlon 11 times and ran the Half Marathon leg on the Wildflower Long Course twice. Among his favorite relays were a two person, ten mile on the track at San Luis Obispo HS where runners alternated 440's and Brian averaged 73 seconds for 20 quarters with a 75 second rest; a two person coed relay in Golden Gate Park where he teamed with a former Cal Poly student to finish 3rd out of over 100 teams; and the Valentine's Day Relay in 1994 in Santa Barbara where he teamed with his daughter Libby to win the Father/Daughter division. The award was a framed photograph which Brian kept on display in his room at school for the next decade.
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Marathons
In his career, Brian ran over 500 races including 25 marathons. Never known for his natural speed or running style, Brian achieved success through long-term planning and preparation. When he DNF’d in 3 marathons in the late 1970’s, he took a few years off from the distance while he built up his mileage. He started again in 1981 and would break 3:00 at 13 of his remaining 18 marathons, including those when he was in his 50’s. Highlights at 50+ included wins at Tucson in 2000 and 2001 (2:47:09 & 2:47:56, 12th & 17th O/A out of 2,000 finishers), an 8th place at Boston in 2001 (2:51:09), and a 3rd place at Las Vegas (2:54:11). He was a member of the team that holds the club masters record set at Cal International and the team that holds the Boston masters record set in 2001. His top places over the years included a 2nd at Lompoc in 1989 (2:45:23), 4th at Modesto in 1982 (2:48:20), and 8th at the SLO Red Cross race in 1981. He won his age division twice at Napa Valley and ranks 7th on the SLDC masters list with his PR of 2:43:12 at Cal Intl. Other rankings in the top ten are Culver City (#7, 2:55:45 in 1977), Las Vegas (#9, 2:54:11 in 2000), Napa Valley (#1, 2:43:50 in 1989), & Tucson (#3, 2:47:09 in 2000). These times are regardless of age and that Brian achieved them over a 25 year period demonstrates his remarkable consistency.
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