ATHLETE BIO - JIM BUNNELL

   

BIRTHDAY  -  Novemeber 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH - Fort Fairfield, Maine
OCCUPATION -  Executive Director, South Shore YMCA in Hanover, Ma.
YEARS IN TRIATHLON - 2 years
HOBBIES - Golf, coaching youth sports, volunteering
TRIATHLON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - Finishing Ironman Lake Placid in 06', Beating Dan Martin in DBT!  ha ha
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND-  Played competitive soccer, basketball, baseball for many years.  Played College football - placekicker, run in 12 Marathons, and hundreds of road races and other adventure events.

(DISCLAIMER: 90% OF THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT HIS COACH'S BLESSING punk )

4/13/07; 10 mile trail race in Andover, 1:15
4/22/07; Wrenthum Duathlon; 1:03:49 ; 1st place AG
5/20/07; Mountain Man Duathlon - Ascutney , VT. (5/25/3); 2:02 2nd place AG
5/26/07: DEF 5k; 1st place AG, 3rd overall
6/30/07; Nationals, Olympic dist., Oregon, 2:16, 8th place AG
7/04/07; Duxbury July 4th RR, 4.33 miles, 26:02
7/12/07; Old Colony Tri.; 2:18, 3rd place AG, 16 overall
8/04/07: Top Notch Tri.; Cannon Mt. 1:18, 1st AG, 10th overall
8/07/07; Cove St. Tri; 58 mins: kicked Shaggy's ass!
8/18/07; Urban-Epic Tri; Portland , Me.; 2:27, 2nd AG, 11th overall
9/02/07; World Age Group Championships; Hamburg, Germany, 2:19, 5th American, 23rd overall
9/22/07; Duxbury Beach Tri; 1:07, 2nd AG, 32 overall
9/30/07; Fantastic Nantasket Tri; 57 min, 1st AG, 8th overall
10/28/07; Wrenthum Duathlon; 1:03:15, 1st AG, 16th overall
11/10/07; Silverman Half Iron, Las Vegas, 6:11; 2nd AG
11/17/07; Duxbury Turkey Trot, 4.25 miles, 26:32, 1st AG
11/22/07; Hingham Turkey trot 5k; 18:59, 2nd AG, 8th overall
12/01/07; Jolly Jaunt 5k, special olympics, Taunton, 19:28, 1st AG, 2nd overall