I have participated in some great races over the years.
6 Ironman Races
Ironman Lake Placid, 1999 (12:56), 2000 (12:02), 2002 (12:33), 2003 (12:28)
Ironman Louisville, 2007 (12:56) , 2010 (14:13)
5 Times swimming across the 4.4 mi. Chesapeake Bay
2018 Swim from Sicily to mainland Italy
50k Ultra run at Burning Man 2015
Solo, single day, Grand Canyon rim to rim to rim, 48 mi. 11K of climbing
2024 Mt. Kilimanjaro climb
Below is the list of Marathons I have done to date with the times and associated “post race thoughts”.
| Date | Time | State | Race | Comment | |
| 1/16/1999 | 3:47:46 | NC | Charlotte | Davidson point to point course | |
| 4/10/1999 | 3:47:33 | NC | Charlotte | Old Charlotte Downtown course | |
| 1/22/2000 | 3:39:37 | NC | Charlotte | Davidson point to point course | |
| 12/3/2000 | 3:57:00 | NC | Raleigh Marathon | Old Raleigh Course | |
| 1/27/2001 | 3:40:51 | NC | Charlotte | Davidson point to point course | |
| 10/28/2001 | 3:57:00 | VA/DC | Marine Corps | ||
| 1/19/2002 | 3:51:47 | NC | Charlotte | Davidson point to point course | |
| 12/8/2002 | 3:51:15 | NC | Raleigh Marathon | New Raleigh Course, Ice storm W/E | |
| 1/18/2003 | 3:49:16 | NC | Charlotte | Davidson point to point course | |
| 11/15/2003 | 3:51:18 | VA | Richmond | Died at mi 20 | |
| 1/10/2004 | 4:00:11 | NC | Charlotte | Died at mi 20 | |
| 5/8/2004 | 3:58:49 | BC | Vancouver | Mile 21 | |
| 9/18/2004 | 3:57:25 | OH | USAF Dayton | Mile 21 | |
| 11/7/2004 | 4:22:00 | NY | NYC | Too many people, | |
| 6/5/2005 | 3:53:08 | CA | San Diego | Hot weather, good course | |
| 10/9/2005 | 3:53:37 | IL | Chicago | Good race | |
| 12/3/2005 | 3:56:29 | NC | Charlotte | ||
| 4/30/2006 | 3:55:00 | ESP | Madrid | Fun race, all in KM, didn’t get sick | |
| 10/8/2006 | 3:53:36 | PA | Scranton | Went out way too hard, died early | |
| 12/9/2006 | 3:47:44 | SC | Kiawah Island | Good overall race | |
| 1/28/2007 | 4:35:56 | FL | MIAMI | disaster | |
| 12/8/2007 | 3:51:48 | AL | Huntsville | Hot day, decent race | |
| 10/26/2008 | 4:01:17 | TX | Waco | Hilly course, warm but decent race | |
| 4/25/2009 | 4:25:53 | TN | Nashville | HOT, hilly, very crowded 35k runners | |
| 6/12/2009 | 4:24:41 | WV | Williamson | Fun race, hilly | |
| 2/28/2010 | 4:19:35 | LA | New Orleans | very nice event, flat course, bonked at 20 | |
| 4/9/2011 | 4:38:00 | NV | Las vegas | Cold and hilly | |
| 4/26/2015 | 4:21:07 | POL | Warsaw Poland | Fun Race | |
| 28 | Total number of marathons | ||||
| 14 | Number of states | ||||
Tom Parette 