Phil Stewart
President, Road Race Management,
Inc.
Bethesda, MD
 Current Professional
Phil Stewart is President of
Road Race Management, Inc., a membership organization that publishes Road
Race Management newsletter and other important publications for the
organizers of running events including “Organizing Running Events: The
Complete Guide to Staging a Successful Road Race, the Running Industry
Resource Directory, The Guide to Greener Running Events,, and the Online
Guide to Prize Money Races and Elite Athletes. In addition Stewart is the
co-organizer of the annual Road Race Management Race Directors' Seminar and
Trade Exhibit, an annual sport-wide industry gathering.
He is the event director of
the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, the premier springtime running
event in Washington, DC. The event is part of the Professional
Road Running Organization Championship Circuit and is continually rated as one
of the outstanding races in
America, attracting 15,000 runners annually.
He is a frequent emcee at
awards ceremonies and press conferences in part because of his vast knowledge of
the people and happenings in the sport. He currently provides commentary for the
Gasparilla Distance Classic (Tampa,
FL), the Quad-City Times Bix 7 Mile (Davenport, IA), the Utica
Boilermaker 15K (Utica, NY),
and the ACLI Capital Challenge (Washington,
DC).
Past Professional
Stewart was one of the
founders of Running Times
magazine (1977), one of the two nationally circulated running magazines.
Stewart received notoriety
in 1979 when he took the dramatic photos of President Jimmy Carter's collapse
during a 10K road race at Camp David. The
photos were published in Sports Illustrated,
Time,
People magazine and other
publications. Stewart received an Honorable Mention in the "News Picture Story"
category by the National Press Photographers Association. The photos were
nominated for a Pulitzer Prize the same year.
Honors and Awards
- USATF
President's Award
- RRCA
Browning Ross "Spirit of the RRCA" Award
- RRCA
Journalistic Excellence Award
- Member of
the DC Road Runner's Club Hall of Fame
- Member of
the Advisory Board of the National Distance Running Hall of
Fame.
Professional Memberships
Stewart has served as
President of the DC Road Runners Club; Vice President of Administration of
the Road Runners Club of America; Vice President of the Professional Road
Running Organization (PRRO); Treasurer of the USATF (formerly TAC) Men's
Long Distance Running Committee; and has served on the USATF Board of
Directors.
Running Credentials
Stewart began running in
1966 during his junior year at Woodrow
Wilson High
School in
Washington,
DC and has never stopped. He
competed in his first road race, the DCRRC 12th St. YMCA 5 Mile,
in 1967 and had to stop a quarter mile before the finish line due to a red
light. In 1968, he placed second in the
Washington,
DC city meet in the mile, and his
personal best high school mile time of 4:31.4 stood as the school record for
20 years. He was captain of the cross country team at
Carleton
College in Northfield, MN
and recipient of the school's award for excellence in cross country.
After college, Stewart began
competing in road races in the
Washington,
DC area, where he emerged as one
of the top area runners. In 1974 he placed third in the National AAU 50 mile in
New York City
in 5:50:43. The following year he was the first Washington area finisher at the Boston
Marathon in 2:19:58. He qualified and participated in the 1976 Olympic Trials in
the marathon. In 1977 he placed 15th at the Boston Marathon.
In his post-competitive
running career, Stewart was the first finisher from the state of Maryland at the
1993 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:56:57 and completed the 100th
Boston Marathon in 1996 in 2:57:46, his last sub 3 hours performance. He
currently runs 20-25 miles per week “body willing,” and recently celebrated his
60th birthday by finishing the 2010 Boston Marathon in 4:51:30.
Personal
- Born: February 10, 1950
- College: Carleton College, BA (History, 1972)
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Father of Mark (b. 1986) and Anna (b. 1988)
Stewart. Lives in Bethesda,
MD.
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