GWTC Board Member Profile

Name Charles Robert Yates
Position with GWTC Race Director Coordinator, Past President
All Time Favorite Race Boston (GA) mini Marathon (13.1 mi @ 9.35 pace- loved it)
Favorite Annual Event Prefontaine 5K Forest Run
Favorite Running Route or
Trail
Springtime 10K route because it is mostly through  neighborhoods, yet  it has an unmistakable urban touch.
Personal Hero Joe  Dexter and David Yon
Why I Run Health , invigorating effects and friendships
Inspirational Quotation “If you are not having fun (running) you are doing something wrong.”
Brief Running History

1982 (this is my 20th anniv) 1st competition = Reservation Run 5K in 1983. Never fast, always diligent. Longest = GWTC 30K, Have run in 8 countries.