Ray Greenlaw's 26.2's

Ray and Paul Goransson after finishing the Boston Marathon in 2004.

A few quick facts:

• PR:
  Tucson Marathon 2:51:45, 2005
• Sub-threes:
  15
• Average time of ten best:
  2:53:31
• Overall wins:
  Low Country Distance Classic Marathon 2004
• Masters wins:
  Low Country Distance Classic Marathon 2003, Atlanta Marathon 2003, Bay State Marathon 2004 (1st 40-49), Low Country Distance Classic Marathon 2004
• Top ten finishes:
  10th Cape Cod Marathon 1993, 5th Nipmuck Trail Marathon 1994, 10th Nipmuck Trail Marathon 1997, 3rd Tybee Marathon 1999, 5th Myvatn Marathon 1999, 7th Leadville Trail Marathon 2001, 6th Tybee Marathon 2003, 2nd Low Country Distance Classic Marathon 2003, 5th Atlanta Marathon 2003, Bay State Marathon 2004, Low Country Distance Classic Marathon 2004, Phuket Marathon 2006
• Most frequently run:
  Boston: 9 times
  Nipmuck: 5 times

1. Rhode Island Marathon: Newport, Rhode Island
   Date: October 22, 1989
   Distance: 26.2 miles
   Time: 3:23:06
   Place: 216th
   Finishers: 1,200 (approximate)
   
2. Nipmuck Trail Marathon: Ashford, Connecticut
   Date: June 1990
   Distance: 26 miles (approximate)
   Time: 3:54:00
   Place: 15th
   Finishers: 85 (approximate)
3. Cape Cod Marathon: Falmouth, Massachusetts
   Date: October 28, 1990
   Distance: 26.2 miles
   Time: 3:03:36
   Place: 78th
   Finishers: 471
   
4. Cape Cod Marathon: Falmouth, Massachusetts
   Date: October 27, 1991
   Distance: 26.2 miles
   Time: 3:00:52
   Place: 45th
   Finishers: 366
   
5. Nipmuck Trail Marathon: Ashford, Connecticut
   Date: June 7, 1992
   Distance: 26 miles (approximate) Time: 3:56:53
   Place: 13th
   Finishers: 88
   
6. Maine Marathon: Portland, Maine
   Date: October 4, 1992
   Distance: 26.2 miles
   Time: 2:54:22
   Place: 20th (approximate)
   Finishers: 400 (approximate)
   
7. Cape Cod Marathon: Hyannis, Massachusetts
   Date: March 7, 1993
   Distance: 26.2 miles
   Time: 2:53:31
   Place: 10th
   Finishers: 500 (approximate)
8. Nipmuck Trail Marathon: Ashford, Connecticut
   Date: June 6, 1993
   Distance: 26 miles (approximate)
   Time: 3:37:15
   Place: 12th
   Finishers: 123
9. Rhode Island Marathon: Providence, Rhode Island
   Date: November 7, 1993
   Distance: 26.2 miles
   Time: 3:01:49
   Place: 73rd
   Finishers: 676
   
10. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 18, 1994
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:52:25
    Place: 684rd
    Finishers: 8,105
11. Burlington Marathon: Burlington, Vermont
    Date: May 29, 1994
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:54:04
    Place: 46th
    Finishers: 966
12. Nipmuck Trail Marathon: Ashford, Connecticut
    Date: June 5, 1994
    Distance: 26 miles (approximate)
    Time: 3:24:11
    Place: 5th
    Finishers: 120
    
13. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 17, 1995
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:52:01
    Place: 530th
    Finishers: 8,259
14. 16th Marathon Popular de Valencia (Compensada): Valenica, Spain
    Date: February 4, 1996
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:58:21
    Place: 309th
    Finishers: 1,500
15. XIX Catalunya Marathon: Barcelona, Spain
    Date: March 17, 1996
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:05:06
    Place: 340th
    Finishers: 3,000
16. Bay State Marathon: Lowell, Massachusetts
    Date: October 13, 1996
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:53:46
    Place: 18th
    Finishers: 711
17. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 21, 1997
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:59:22
    Place: 770th
    Finishers: 8,910
    Image at Finish Courtesy of JKA: Ray
18. Nipmuck Trail Marathon: Ashford, Connecticut
    Date: June 1, 1997
    Distance: 26 miles (approximate)
    Time: 3:41:40
    Place: 10th
    Finishers: 120
    
19. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 20, 1998
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:01:12
    Place: 1120th
    Finishers: 10,307
    
20. Tybee Marathon: Tybee Island, Georgia
    Date: February 13, 1999
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:54:26
    Place: 3rd
    Finishers: 181
    
21. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 19, 1999
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:58:04
    Place: 468th
    Finishers: 11,293
    
22. Myvatn Marathon: Myvatn, Iceland
    Date: June 25, 1999
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:55:26
    Place: 5th
    Finishers: 66
    
23. Tybee Marathon: Tybee Island, Georgia
    Date: February 5, 2000
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:05:20
    Place: 17th
    Finishers: 169
    
24. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 17, 2000
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:00:52
    Place: 1,357th
    Finishers: 15,663
    
25. Leadville Trail Marathon: Leadville, Colorado
    Date: July 7, 2001
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 4:30:29
    Place: 7th
    Finishers: 128
    
26. Tybee Marathon: Tybee Island, Georgia
    Date: February 2, 2002
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:09:50
    Place: 14th
    Finishers: 233
    
27. Tybee Marathon: Tybee Island, Georgia
    Date: February 1, 2003
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:56:37
    Place: 6th
    Finishers: 318
    
28. Bluffton Low Country Distance Classic: Bluffton, South Carolina
    Date: October 26, 2003
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:12:56
    Place: 2nd, 1st master
    Finishers: ?
    
29. Atlanta Marathon: Atlanta, Georgia
    Date: November 27, 2003
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:54:55
    Place: 6th, 1st master
    Finishers: 644
    
30. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 19, 2004
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:01:12
    Place: 353rd
    Masters: 69th/3,877
    Starters: 16,743
    Note: 85F at the start!
    
31. Bay State Marathon: Lowell, Massachusetts
    Date: October 17, 2004
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 2:54:00
    Place: 9th
    Finishers: 497
32. Bluffton Low Country Distance Classic: Bluffton, South Carolina
    Date: October 31, 2004
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:02:49
    Place: 1st
    Finishers: 49
    
33. Tybee Marathon: Tybee Island, Georgia
    Date: February 5, 2005
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:09:16
    Place: 11th
    Finishers: 273
    
34. London Marathon: London, England
    Date: April 17, 2005
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Halfway Split: 1:29:17
    Time: 3:02:38
    Place: 1,294th
    Finishers: 32,899
    
35. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 18, 2005
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Halfway Split: 1:33:42
    Time: 3:23:31
    Place: 2,654th
    Finishers: 17,549
    
36. Tucson Marathon: Tucson, Arizona
    Date: December 5, 2005
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Ten Mile Split: 1:01:40
    Halfway Split: 1:22:25
    Time: 2:51:45
    Place: 18th, 3rd in 40-44
    Finishers: 1,045
37. ING Temple Marathon: Bangkok, Thailand
    Date: March 19, 2006
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:27:03
    Place: 20th, 2nd foreigner
    Finishers: approximately 300
38. Boston Marathon: Hopkinton, Massachusetts
    Date: April 17, 2006
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Halfway Split: 1:27:27
    Time: 3:14:38
    Place: 2,876th
    Finishers: 19,688
    
39. Phuket Marathon: Phuket, Thailand
    Date: June 19, 2006
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:35:36
    Place: 10th
    Finishers: 280
    Note: first westerner. Fiddlehead and I in Phuket.
40. Pattaya Marathon: Pattaya, Thailand
    Date: July 15, 2007
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:30:09
    Place: 74th
    Finishers: 500
41. Marine Corps Marathon: Washington, DC
    Date: October 28, 2007
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:02:52
    Place: 218th
    Age Group: 17th
    Finishers: 20,667
42. Tybee Marathon: Tybee Island, Georgia
    Date: February 2, 2008
    Distance: 26.2 miles
    Time: 3:24:53
    Place: 33rd
    Finishers: 317
    

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