Rae Clark Inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame
Rae Clark pacing at CIM
If you are a local runner, the odds are good you’ve met Rae Clark at a race or expo. You can’t miss the mustache, and his easy-going nature seems like it would make him great company on a run. Not surprisingly, he’s been a pacer for CIM for years.
If you look at his bio, you’ll see it modestly includes these nuggets:
Marathon PR of 2:28
12 Marathon wins
30 Ultramarathon wins
His bio also mentions that he set American records at the SRI Chinmoy 100-Mile National Championship (NYC, 1989) and the 24-Hour Megan’s Run (Portland, 1990).
What the bio fails to mention is that the 100-mile record he set at the National Championships in 1989–a remarkable 12:12:19–still stands today, after 22 years.
Additionally, the 24-hour record he set–165.3 miles–stood for 20-years until Scott Jurek finally nipped it just last year with a 165.7 mile result at the 2010 24-Hour World Championship.
Based on these amazing results (and he has a truckload of amazing results) the American Ultrarunning Association has named Clark as the 2011 inductee into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to Rae! He should never, ever have to buy the beer.
He’s one of the good guys. Congratulations Rae, even if he did whack me a couple of times with his pacing sign.
1Soooooooo well deserved, Rae. And I forever remain in gratitude to you for helping me to my 3:06 marathon PR so many years (decades?!) ago! — JAN
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