Name: Stuart Kaufman
Age: 62
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: 70
Favorite race distance: 10 miles
Favorite runner: Steve Prefontaine
Favorite running shoe: Brooks (stable, soft landing, lots of toe room)
Average miles per week: 30
Most MPW Ever: 50
Best running memory: Placing third in my age division at the Wilmington half in 2008 and winning my very first medal. Receiving the USATF Grand Prix jacket in 2008 was also pretty special.
Worst running memory: Hobbling through the Cape Cod marathon in 2007 with calf pain for the last 10 miles.

Running PR's (when and where):

Khourys : 33:40 (September, 2008)
5K: 26:27 (Little Rhody, June 2008)
5 mile: 42:30 (Ollie, September, 2008)
10 K: 44:53 (Boston, 1978)
10 mile: 1:33:32 (Newburyport, July, 2008)
Half-marathon 1:59:07 (Wilmington, September, 2008)
Marathon: 4:22:09 (Lowell, October, 2008)

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 30 dessert pounds I had put on over the years, but also because I enjoy the adrenaline from running, even on the coldest days. My days as a middling 7 minute miler are over, but I enjoy the challenges of competitive road racing, Winter Hill, and the banter near the rear of the pack. Special thanks to Joe O'Leary who has been generous with training advice and to SRR members whose encouragement has taken me to distances and paces I could not have imagined two years ago.