Name: Stuart Kaufman
Age: 60
Residence: Newton, MA
Birthplace: Boston
Education:
HS: Brookline, MA
College New York University
Graduate Boston College Law School

Occupation: In-house counsel, compliance officer for management consulting company
Marital status: Married to Debbie since 1974
Children status: Two great twenty-something kids: Nicole and Alex

How long have you been running? Since the mid-1970's, with a 30-year break after kids
What made you decide to begin running? Friends were running in a local road race and took me along to the New Balance outlet store in Brighton
Did you run competitively in high school? No
Did you run competitively in college? No
When / why did you join SRR? January, 2007; I like the spirit of the group, especially in offering support, encouragement and training suggestions and in accepting older slower runners
Total number races: 20
Favorite race distance: 10K
Favorite runner: Steve Prefontaine
Favorite running shoe: Aisic GT 2110 (stable, soft landing)
Average miles per week: 15-20
Most MPW Ever: 30
Best running memory: Sprinting the final 200 yards to the finish of my first race in 1978 and passing 100 runners.
Worst running memory: Sprinting to exhaustion to what I thought was the final 100 yards of the Hyannis Half-Marathon in February 2007, only to learn that I still had 100 more uphill yards to go

Running PR's (when and where):

Khourys : 37:21 (October, 2007)
5 mile: 47:58 (September, 2007)
10 K 44:53 (1978)
10 mile: 1:38:48 (September, 2007)
Half-marathon 2:06:46 (September, 2007)
Marathon: 4:41:33 (October, 2007)

Favorite time of day: Early AM
Favorite sport other than running: long-distance cycling
Favorite book: A Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Favorite actor: Philippe Noiret
Favorite actress: Jean Moreau
Favorite movie: Fannie and Alexander; Before Sunset was also pretty wonderful
Favorite musician: Ned Rorem
Favorite politician: Teddy Roosevelt
Favorite cereal: Uncle Sam Cereal
Favorite food: Home Fries
Favorite ice cream: Herrell's malted vanilla
Favorite restaurant: Grasshopper, Union Square Allston
Favorite car: Wish I didn't need one, but my Subaru Forester is just right

Favorite quote: "Be sure you're right, then go ahead and do it" -Davy Crockett

Other: I resumed my running practice as one of my 60th birthday resolutions after a 30-year hiatus, mostly to work off some of the dessert pounds I had put on over the years, but also because I love the feel of running, even on the coldest days. I think that my days of a middling 7.5 minute miler are over, but I enjoy the Khoury runs and the challenges of Winter Hill and dodging traffic and the banter at the rear of the pack as I re-learn how to run. Special thanks to Joe O'Leary who has been generous with training advice.