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Time Gerke
Born in Peoria, IL on April 1, 1980, Tim ran out of the womb. Just
kidding. He has been a sports and activities junkie since birth, but
Tim's running career began as a casual hobby in grade school as a half
mile and mile trackster. A decision to make his running more serious
was to run cross country in high school despite a fear of such long
races (3miles). From there it was all downhill. He began to enjoy
running more with every passing experience, and was running 5K's and
other longer races up to 10 milers year round until one fateful day a
friend convinced him to train for a marathon. The result was a
respectable 3:05 finish at chicago and a need to run another, and
another, ...
Tim believes in prodding (not pushing) the limits in order to find
them. He finds this endeavor to be exciting and entertaining and
constantly suggests others to strive for "the next level," intelligently
of course. He has been coaching in some form or another from leading
group workouts in college running clubs to BBTC since 2000.
His most memorable race was a wet and muddy trail half marathon in
Indiana where he ran the last half on pure adrenaline, not from the race
or running, but from the lighting striking in the forest all around. He
lived to tell the tale.
Current and old PRs
4:39 Mile
16:20 5K
1:17 Half Marathon
2:40 Marathon |