Posts Tagged: Roy Pirrung

Jermann and Shiflett Earn USATF 50k Championship Titles at Caumsett

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Written by USATF championship liaison Roy Pirrung at Caumsett Park, Long Island, NY.  The Greater Long Island Running Club is a long-time American Trail Running Association corporate member.  Photos by Roy Pirrung. Once again, the USATF 50K Road Championships were hosted by the Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) at Caumsett State Park in New… Read more »

Roy Pirrung Inducted into American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame

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Press release from the American Ultrarunning Association, Morristown, NJ. Roy Pirrung is a veteran of many trail races and serves on the USATF Mountain/Ultra/Trail Council with ATRA’s Nancy Hobbs and Richard Bolt. In 1980, at the age of 32, Roy Pirrung was 60 pounds overweight, smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day, and was a… Read more »