Name: Bob Pomeroy
Age: 41
Residence: Boston (South End). Moved from Western Mass 2 years ago.
Birthplace: Oceanport, NJ but grew up near Rochester, NY
Education:
HS: Arcadia Greece, NY (suburb of Rochester NY)
College: UMass/Amherst
Occupation: Analyst for Dreyfus Mutual Funds
Marital status: single
Children status: Two cats.
How long have you been running?
27 years.
What made you decide to begin running?
Went out for track in 8th grade (spring 1976) to keep
busy after school (when 400m was considered "long"). First road race in June of 1978.
Did you run competitively in high school? Yes, ran track in 8th grade, and again starting in
10th grade. Did everything from 400m to Triple Jump to High Hurdles to High Jump.
Ran cross-country starting in 11th when I knew I would get cut from soccer (fastest runner
when we did a mile run was a hint).
Did you run competitively in college? Yes, one semester of cross country my junior year.
Broke 6:00 pace in every race and STILL finished last in every race. But I was in the best
shape of my life.
When / why did you join SRR?: Spring 2001. When I moved here, I put a random post
asking which club I should join. Dan Solomon chimed in first, best and loudest.
Total number races: Hmmm... easily 200, maybe 300 if you count weekly fun races like Khoury's.
Lost count YEARS ago.
Total number of marathons: 6 finished. 1 DNF.
Favorite race (and why): Riverside (amusement park now known as Six Flags New England)
Twilight 5 Miler. Defunct. Fast course run on a Sunday night, finished on a car race track oval.
THEN got free beer and admission to the amusement park.
Favorite race distance: 5 Miles.
Favorite runner: Bill Rodgers. Amazed that he STILL runs fast.
Favorite running shoe: New Balance 876 and its descendants.
Weekly mileage: 10-15 (famous for under training) but I do a LOT of cross-training.
Best running memory: The chill I got turning the corner onto Boylston in the Marathon
the first time, I made sure to slap hands all the way down the street.
Worst running memory: Unplanned Pit Stop while running ('nuff said).
Running PR's (when and where):
Khoury's: 27:06 (2nd loop of a double, 2/7/2002)
5K: 17:53 (Corporate Track meet road race, June 1988)
10K: 37:40 (Paper Chase, Springfield, MA, 1991)
4 mile: 26:25 (Friday night Cambridge Run, May 2003)
5 mile: 28:45 (College Town Classic Amherst, MA, 1982)
10 mile: 66:40 (10 mile mark of New Bedford Half, March 2002)
Half-marathon: 1:28:55 (New Bedford, March 2002)
Marathon: 3:32:33 (Boston, April 2002, chip time)
Mile: 4:48 (time trial in HS for cross-country, 1979)
Favorite sport other than running: Lots. Volleyball. Ultimate Frisbee.
Biking (road and mountain). Skiing (cross country and downhill). Rollerblading.
Favorite author: Stephen King and Tolkien (read LOTR 5 times all the way through).
Favorite TV show: Seinfeld
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite musician: Beatles and 70's Stones
Favorite politician: Bill Bradley (actually smart! And an athlete.)
Favorite cereal: Granola from Trader Joe's. With Bananas.
Favorite food: Pizza!
Favorite ice cream: mint cookies and cream in a chocolate waffle cone
Favorite cocktail: Harpoon IPA
For the men: Ginger or Mary Anne? Mary Anne
Fill in the blank: I like it when the race gives out lots of free stuff.
I hate it when I have to run on the treadmill.
Favorite quotes:
The long one from Teddy Roosevelt:
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by
dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause;
who, at the best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and
timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Philosophy:
The best runners are those that train both the hardest AND smartest.