Clyde Shank

Having started running in 1985, Clyde ran his first marathon in 1994. Four years ago he met a fellow runner who had recently become a member of the 7 continents club. That was all it took. With his passion for life, love of foreign travel and adventuresome spirit, he was off to do the same. At 58 years old Clyde has been a manager at Honeywell for 26+ years. He has one son, a daughter and a step daughter. Clyde and his wife are past presidents of Plano Pacers, the local running group in Plano, Texas. One of his major highlights and joys in life was to train his wife Kelly (a non runner) to run the 2001 Chicago marathon. This was only equaled by the happiness experienced when he did the same thing in Dallas with his daughter Jennifer in 2002. Clyde completed his first ultra marathon in December 2005. Now, after running marathons in Antarctica, Easter Island, Egypt, Sweden and Australia that only leaves Great Wall (which he plans on completing this May) to fulfill his goal of becoming a member of the exclusive Marathon Grand Slam club. In the last year, Clyde has also learned to Scuba dive, dived the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and gained a Rescue Diver certification.