Name: Patrick Flaherty
Age: 28
Residence: Somerville, MA
Birthplace: Biddeford, ME
Education:
         HS: Old Orchard Beach HS, Maine
         College: Plymouth State College
Occupation: Bartender
Marital status: Married
Children status: None

How long have you been running? Inconsistently, since I was five. However, I've been running on a consistent basis for about seven years.
What made you decide to begin running? My parents were both into running when I was young. My father often took my brother and I to road races. Although I never ran competitively in school, I ran quite a bit on my own to stay in shape for football, basketball, and baseball. When my playing days ended, I decided I ought to get more serious about my running and go after all my Dad's PRs!
Total number races: I've only been keeping a log for about three years... so, my best guess is somewhere around 100, dating back to the Great Pumpkin 1 mile kid's race in Saco, Maine when I was 5.
Favorite race (and why): Cape Ann 25K. The course is beautiful and challenging, and it's a great tune-up for a fall marathon.
Favorite race distance: 10K
Favorite runner: Joan Benoit Samuelson
Favorite running shoe: Brooks Glycerin
Best running memory: Breaking three hours at the Maine Marathon in 2001 and running my first Boston last Monday.
Worst running memory: Struggling through leg cramps on the hills last Monday. [Boston Marathon, April 21, 2003]

Running PR's (when and where):
         Khourys: 26:06 (7/18/02)
         5K: 17:57 (11/17/01 Turkey Trot, Cape Elizabeth, ME)
         10K: 36:43 (10/28/01 Great Pumpkin Race. Saco, ME)
         30K: 2:10:32 (9/22/01 East Coast Marathon Tune-Up, Lynn, MA. My only 30K race. I've run faster 30K's in marathons.)
         4 mile: 24:22 (5/5/01 Al Dente 4-Miler, Medford, MA)
         5 mile: 29:18 (6/9/01 Jimmy Kennedy 5-Miler, Quincy,MA)
         Half-marathon: 1:22:17 (3/9/03 Law Enforcement Half Marathon. Wakefield, MA )
         Marathon: 2:55:52 (10/7/01 Maine Marathon, Portland, ME)
         Other:
         25K (1:43:05 9/3/01 Around Cape Ann 25K, Gloucester, MA)
         10 mile (1:02:35 7/31/01 Yankee Homecoming, Newburyport, MA)

Favorite sport other than running: Baseball
Favorite author: Charles Bukowski
Favorite book: The Catcher in the Rye
Favorite actor: Eminem
Favorite TV show: The White Shadow
Favorite movie: 8 Mile
Favorite musician: Bob Dylan
Favorite song: "Tangled Up in Blue"
Favorite politician: What?
Favorite cereal: that's too personal
Favorite food: pizza
Favorite ice cream: chocolate
Favorite cocktail: a strong one
Fill in the blank: I like it when Someone looks at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I'm a runner. I hate it when That same person blows cigarette smoke in my face.
Favorite quotes:
         "He not busy being born is busy dying." — Bob Dylan