Dallas Smith Running Too Fast for Father Time to Catch Him

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Dallas Smith Running Too Fast for Father Time to Catch Him

Posted on: December 8th, 2010Joshua Holmes4 comments

Elite runner Dallas Smith is in no hurry to slow down in life.

He has run over 2,500 miles so far this year. Dallas has also run 26 races in 2010, including 2 ultra marathons and 7 of the ’26.2′ mile variety, regular (full) marathons.

Smith also holds dozens of Tennessee state running records for his age at numerous distances (and ages).

Which, naturally, brings up the question of his age.

Dallas according to himself, his birth certificate, and a handful of pre-World War II witnesses is 70-years old fast.

Now let’s put that in perspective. Alight, so maybe there is truly no logical way to put that in perspective but think about this:

Dallas’ best marathon, in 2010, was the Country Music Marathon in a time of 3:21:11. If you use complicated age-graded calculations that time translates into a 2:28:15 for a male in his prime. The thing is though, Dallas is in his prime…at 70!

More of Dallas Smith’s Accomplishments at Age 70 (Age grade in parenthesis):

Shelby Bottoms Boogie 15K, Nashville, Oct. 2, 1:05:07 (47:34), State Record
Fall Fun Fest 10K, Cookeville, TN, Sept. 11, 44:21 (32:23), 5th o.a., State Record
Mule Kick 5K, Columbia, TN, Apr. 3, 20:57 (15:23), State Record
Nashville Ultra 50K, Oct. 16, 4:37:49 (3:23:35)
Strolling Jim 41.2 ultra marathon, May 1, 6:59:38.2, (5:09:04)

Dallas also is a regular contributer to the site with some of his running stories (Read Those Stories Here).

PS: Dallas has written a book called Falling Forward: Tales from an Endurance Saga that can be found on Amazon.com. The book is centered around Smith’s running a 100 mile race one weekend in Kansas, a second 100 mile race the following weekend in Arkansas, followed by a 50 mile race the third consecutive weekend in Texas. On the fourth weekend? He went out and set the 5K state record for his age in Tennessee.

I first met Dallas at the Blister In The Sun Marathon in Cookeville. I’ve had the pleasure of running several marathons with him since then. I can truly say he is an even better human being than he is a runner, and there is no age-graded calculation needed for that!

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4 comments:

Jim Smith | December 9th, 2010 12:47

Dallas has been one of my very best friends for many years, and I agree that he is a fine
human being, by any measure. His running accomplishments require no comment.

Joshua Holmes | December 9th, 2010 14:47

I couldn’t agree any more Jim!

Charles Denning | December 11th, 2010 13:29

If it’s “authenticity” you’re looking for, Dallas is it. Nothing plastic about him. Brains, heart, character, guts. No hired “publicist” can manufacture those things. Seeing him on this site jolts me a little. I’m sure he is as bemused as I am. Amused, too.