A biography

Richard Joseph Spinelli

Chapters

The longer chapters

Where the biography has room to explain a format, a number or a calendar in full.

Richard Joseph Spinelli has a short public record, and these chapters do not lengthen it with guesses. They take one documented fact each, a race format, a finishing time, a stated goal, and explain the world around it from public information.

  1. IX

    All Four Grand Slams in One Year the Goal Still Open

    The calendar of a Grand Slam year, Melbourne to New York, and what it would take Richard Joseph Spinelli to see all four majors in person in twelve months.

    · 4 minute read

  2. VII

    Last Man Standing Race Format Explained One Loop at a Time

    The loop format behind the 42 miles Richard Joseph Spinelli ran in Portland, Maine, and why a race with no finish line tests something a marathon does not.

    · 5 minute read

  3. VIII

    Austin Marathon Pace Math Behind a 3 Hour 30 Minute Finish

    What 3 hours and 30 minutes over 26.2 miles requires, mile by mile, and why holding that pace on the Austin course is harder than the arithmetic suggests.

    · 4 minute read