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Charles Smead (born August 4, 1951)[1] is an American long-distance runner, who made his most significant mark on the sport taking second in the Marathon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City.[2]
Originally from Santa Paula High School in Santa Paula, California, where he was an outstanding 2 miler, taking second place at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in 1968.[3]
He continued to excel in long distance at Humboldt State University,[4] where he won the NCAA Division II 6 mile/10000 metre Championship twice.[5] In 1972 he began a string of three straight wins in the famous Pikes Peak Marathon, he added a fourth victory in 1976.[6][7] He has completed the race six times, the most recent as a 57-year-old.[8] He also won the Avenue of the Giants Marathon in 1974[9] In 1980, he was runner up at the Chicago Marathon.[10]
In the 1970s he was one of the early luminaries of ultramarathoning,[11][12] yet as a Senior athlete he is not above sprinting 100 metres.[13] He was twice ranked in the United States top ten in the marathon.[14] He continues to be active, winning the M60 division of the 2012 USA Masters 5 km Cross Country Championships in October 2012.[15]
Smead has been credited with spreading the sport of ultramarathoning into Europe.[16][17][18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Track and Field Statistics".
- ^ Lodi News-Sentinel
- ^ Arcadia History Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Humboldt State top 10
- ^ http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncmd2otrack.shtml#10000mr Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine NCAA Div II champions
- ^ "Pikes Peak Winners". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ Masters History
- ^ Pikes Peak Hill Climb
- ^ https://www.arrs.run/HP_AvGMa.htm Avenue of the Giants Marathon
- ^ http://assets.chicagomarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-Bank-of-America-Chicago-Marathon-Media-Guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ American Ultra
- ^ Silicon Valley Speedster Ultra Classic
- ^ "Colorado Senior Olympics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ Track and Field News Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2012 USA Masters 5 km Cross Country Championships Men's Age Division Results". Archived from the original on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ http://mostlypaved.blogspot.com/ Mostly Paved Blog
- ^ "Pablo: The Man Behind a Remarkable Sierre-Zinal Record - Run the Alps". 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Legends of the Trail". 24 February 2020.
External links
[edit]- Chuck Smead at ARRS
- Chuck Smead at ITRA
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