Woodland Park, New Jersey
DOB: August 7, 1950----------------------------------------
Update: Right now on 8/22/2024 my wife and I are on a cruise around Iceland. I got to add a few miles on my career total in Rekyjavik on Tuesday. I’m at 132,360. In April I had to have neck surgery to put in spacers between my vetebrae to relieve the pressure. Recovery is coming along.
Paris Olympics were great and Falmouth very exciting. I’ve been coaching a club, north jersey masters for 21 years. My son in law grew up in newington and went to the same high school as bill Rodgers. He graduated in 1999.
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Joel Pasternack has reached 127,000 miles (Aug. 14, 2018)
Joel Pasternack
Clifton, NJ
DOB: 8-07-1950
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| On the track, 2005 |
On Tuesday 8/14 I reached my 127,000 mile. I am now 2-1/2 years since a full right knee replacement. I have no pain and run four days per week. A lot slower, but I feel good with other cross training on the other days. I just turned 68 in early August, and this September will begin my 54th year in running since 1965 going out for cross country. I run and coach runners at the Tom Fleming Athletic Complex in Bloomfield,NJ. I miss him every day. We trained for 20 years together.
(Earlier) here's some new info for my biography. i have been running for 47 and a half years. on march 6th i reached 120,000 miles. my everyday streak just hit 3000 days on march 16th which is 8years and 5 months. my minimum per day is 3 miles. by best marathon was back in 1974 at boston placing 28th in 2:25.03. i returned in 1975 with a nice tail wind an d deeper competition and placed 67th in 2:26.07. my training partner tom fleming ran 2:12.04 that year for 4th. in the 1st nyc 5-boro 26.2 race i placed 25th in 2:27.37. being on the same stage as bill rodgers, frank shorter,ron hill, and chris stewart to name a few. spending alot of time these days running at goddard park and brown university visiting my daughter and granddaughter in warwick.
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| Pasternack on left with Lasse Viren (second from left) and Grete Waitz (far right) |