Barney Klecker is the United States record holder for the 50 mile ultramarathon

Ultramarathon

An ultramarathon is any sporting event involving running longer than the traditional marathon length of .There are two types of ultramarathon events: those that cover a specified distance, and events that take place during specified time...

, finishing with a time of four hours fifty one minutes and twenty five seconds. This record was set on October 5, 1980 at the AMJA Ultramarathon in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

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Klecker is a two-time champion of the City of Lakes Marathon/Twin Cities Marathon

Twin Cities Marathon

The Twin Cities Marathon is an annual marathon in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. The race is often dubbed "The Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America." The TCM was first run in 1982, and typically takes place during the first weekend in October. In 2006 the Marathon agreed to its first...

 (1977, 1979) and the Edmund Fitzgerald 100 km (1982, 1986). He was also the winner of the first two runnings of the Tallahasse Ultradistance Classic (1982, 1983). Klecker won the 1978 Grandma's Marathon

Grandma's Marathon

Grandma's Marathon is an annual road race held each June in Duluth, Minnesota, in the United States. The course runs point-to-point from the town of Two Harbors on Scenic Route 61 and continues along Lake Superior into the city of Duluth...

 (2 hours 18 minutes and 42 seconds).

Klecker married Janis Horns, another runner from Minnesota who later competed in the marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon

The Women's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on Saturday August 1, 1992. The race started on 6.30 p.m. local time. A total number of 37 athletes completed the race, with Bakombo Kungu from Zaire finishing in last position in 3:29:10. There were 47 competitors from...

 as Janis Klecker

Janis Klecker

Janis Kristin Klecker is a former American long-distance runner who is a two-time United States national champion in the marathon. Klecker competed in the marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics...

. Barney Klecker was and Janis Klecker is an American record holder in the 50 K

Ultramarathon

An ultramarathon is any sporting event involving running longer than the traditional marathon length of .There are two types of ultramarathon events: those that cover a specified distance, and events that take place during specified time...

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Klecker ran track and cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 at the University of Wisconsin–Stout.
Barney has 6 children ranging from ages 9-17

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

  Representing the
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