Press release from the American Ultrarunning Association (AUA). The 2017 inductee into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame breaks a mold. As he did 40 years ago—although that was more a case of creating a mold. He is the first in the 14 year history of the Hall of Fame to be inducted not primarily… Read more »
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Roy Pirrung Inducted into American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame
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 »