George Huner
(posted 2/04/2008)
Name: George Huner
Age: 54
Born: Palo Alto, California
Occupation: Data Base Administrator at Qwest
Email: ghuner@qwest.com
Family: Wife Marcia, son Derrick (27) who teaches high school in Leadville and coaches track, daughter Kirsten (24) who teaches kindergarten in Aurora, son Adam (18) who is attending Ft. Lewis College, English Bulldog Roxie, my running companion Spader, who is a Shab - Shepherd Lab mix, and tabby cat Abby
Favorite restaurant: Tres Portrillos for Mexican food and margaritas
Favorite movie: Christmas Vacation, the Bourne movies, Marx Bros. movies
Favorite tv show: Arrested Development
Favorite book: If I Never Get Back - a book about time travel and baseball
Why did you start running/walking: Thought I was having a midlife crisis when I turned 30.
Running/walking since: 1984
RMRR member since: Ran my first road runner race in 1984, probably joined then.
How did you learn about the RMRR: ???
Weekly mileage: Anywhere between 20 and 30
Favorite place to run/walk: The trails on the Dakota Ridge Hogback and Deer Creek Canyon, York Gulch, other mountain trails
Favorite workout: Any trail run that I don't see a rattlesnake
Most satisfying performance: 2006 NYC Marathon, my 25th marathon, where after a period of decline in my running times, ran 30 minutes faster than my previous marathon time.
Favorite RMRR event: Waterton Canyon
What do you like about RMRR? Forces myself to run the trophy series races instead of being lazy and watching TV Sunday morning
Other: I have run 25 marathons, including 9 times at NYC, my absolute favorite. I have run over 700 road races, which, as my wife tells me is way too many t-shirts. My kids ran cross country and track in high school, and still run with me occassionally. I especially enjoy running marathons with Derrick.