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JW
John Watson
MaleArkansas1988–2026
176
Total Finishes
90
Distinct Races
27
States (53%)
1:30:04
PR (6:53/mi)
2:08:24
Average
-1:43:29
Faster (first to last)
Medal House
2003
Run SF "Golden Gate City" 5K/10K/13.1
2:21:31
#1424 overall#768 gender
2003
Carlsbad Marathon
2:46:47
#3784 overall#1812 gender
2002
Battleship North Carolina Half 5K
1:44:53
#160 overall#131 gender
2002
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon & 5K
2:10:56
#2249 overall#1372 gender
2000
2025 500 Festival Running Events
2:17:31
#5166 overall#3830 gender
1999
Beer City Half™ San Diego
1:49:37
#1524 overall#1213 gender
1999
Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon
1:50:50
#2779 overall#2148 gender
1999
2025 500 Festival Running Events
1:59:04
#4843 overall#3836 gender
1992
47th Colonial Half Marathon and 5K
1:42:37
#712 overall#637 gender
1989
The LESS Popular Brooklyn Half Marathon!
1:38:39
#704 overall#646 gender
1989
Pikes Peak Ascent
3:50:33
#516 overall#448 gender
1988
Pikes Peak Ascent
4:05:27
#743 overall#637 gender
Performance Timeline
Complete Race Log
| Year | Race | State | Time | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Searchable Finish Line VideoHouston | TX | 1:30:04 | #653 |
| 2026 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 2:21:58 | #2485 |
| 2025 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:31:51 | #505 |
| 2025 | 2025 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Searchable Finish Line VideoHouston | TX | 1:33:21 | #849 |
| 2025 | Love Run Half MarathonPhiladelphia | PA | 1:59:50 | #3079 |
| 2025 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 2:10:51 | #1309 |
| 2025 | Seattle MarathonSeattle | WA | 2:24:57 | #3228 |
| 2025 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:33:54 | #4886 |
| 2025 | Disneyland® Halloween Half Marathon Weekend 2025Anaheim | CA | 2:47:16 | #3837 |
| 2024 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:39:37 | #827 |
| 2024 | 2026 Disneyland® Half Marathon Weekend presented by HONDAAnaheim | CA | 2:12:22 | #1180 |
| 2024 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 2:16:39 | #1435 |
| 2024 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:31:16 | #4236 |
| 2024 | Seattle MarathonSeattle | WA | 2:33:42 | #2894 |
| 2023 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:37:31 | #749 |
| 2023 | Cape May Hallowed Half MarathonCape May | NJ | 2:07:34 | #160 |
| 2023 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 2:10:06 | #1045 |
| 2023 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:21:58 | #3213 |
| 2022 | Second Wind Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend Training ProgramChampaign | IL | 1:38:18 | #201 |
| 2022 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:45:55 | #1407 |
| 2022 | Newport Rhode RacesNewport | RI | 1:47:29 | #295 |
| 2022 | Newport Rhode RaceNewport | RI | 1:47:29 | #295 |
| 2022 | Winter Night Trail MarathonIndianapolis | IN | 1:57:36 | #13 |
| 2022 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 2:01:57 | #507 |
| 2022 | Starved Rock Country MarathonOttawa | IL | 2:05:41 | #62 |
| 2022 | Shamrock MarathonVirginia Beach | VA | 2:05:56 | #1936 |
| 2022 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:08:55 | #1878 |
| 2022 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 2:35:31 | #481 |
| 2021 | Great Smoky Mountains Half Marathon & 5KTownsend | TN | 1:41:31 | #45 |
| 2021 | Asheville Craft Beer Half Marathon & 10K/5KAsheville | NC | 1:48:19 | #101 |
| 2021 | Winter Night Trail MarathonIndianapolis | IN | 2:00:05 | #39 |
| 2021 | Hero Half MarathonFayetteville | AR | 2:06:58 | #152 |
| 2021 | Groundhog Day MarathonWalker | MI | 2:14:57 | #71 |
| 2021 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 2:25:46 | #751 |
| 2021 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:25:48 | #1692 |
| 2020 | Millennium Meadows MarathonGrand Rapids | MI | 1:31:10 | #7 |
| 2020 | Winter Night Trail MarathonIndianapolis | IN | 2:02:24 | #16 |
| 2019 | Sprouts Mesa - Phoenix MarathonMesa | AZ | 1:40:21 | #394 |
| 2019 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:44:00 | #1361 |
| 2019 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 1:53:01 | #383 |
| 2019 | Seattle MarathonSeattle | WA | 1:59:17 | #1222 |
| 2019 | Fayetteville Half MarathonFayetteville | AR | 2:00:44 | #155 |
| 2019 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:13:13 | #2622 |
| 2019 | 2026 HiTOPS Princeton Half MarathonPrinceton | NJ | 2:35:18 | #1298 |
| 2019 | United Airlines NYC HalfNew York | NY | 2:38:42 | #21617 |
| 2018 | Fort Smith Marathon, Half Marathon & 5 Leg Marathon RelayFort Smith | AR | 1:41:28 | #17 |
| 2018 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:43:21 | #1209 |
| 2018 | Fayetteville Half MarathonFayetteville | AR | 1:44:45 | #29 |
| 2018 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 1:47:19 | #213 |
| 2018 | Hogeye MarathonFayetteville | AR | 1:53:51 | #107 |
| 2018 | Naples Paradise Coast Half MarathonNaples | FL | 2:12:22 | #180 |
| 2018 | 2026 HiTOPS Princeton Half MarathonPrinceton | NJ | 2:23:12 | #1205 |
| 2018 | Winter Night Trail MarathonIndianapolis | IN | 2:56:12 | #161 |
| 2018 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 3:00:11 | #5320 |
| 2017 | The Colony Half MarathonThe Colony | TX | 1:42:08 | #66 |
| 2017 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:45:16 | #1570 |
| 2017 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 1:49:03 | #286 |
| 2017 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 1:50:12 | #713 |
| 2017 | Eugene Marathon 2024Eugene | OR | 1:50:28 | #494 |
| 2017 | Big Easy Running FestivalNew Orleans | LA | 1:53:24 | #106 |
| 2017 | Norfolk Harbor Half MarathonNorfolk | VA | 2:00:39 | #496 |
| 2017 | Shamrock MarathonVirginia Beach | VA | 2:03:22 | #1663 |
| 2017 | Cleveland Marathon & Half MarathonCleveland | OH | 2:10:27 | #2075 |
| 2017 | Austin MarathonAustin | TX | 2:15:47 | #2805 |
| 2017 | Winter Trail Frosty Half & Quarter MarathonIndianapolis | IN | 2:17:19 | #91 |
| 2017 | Detroit Free Press MarathonDetroit | MI | 2:35:42 | #5928 |
| 2017 | 2026 HiTOPS Princeton Half MarathonPrinceton | NJ | 2:41:23 | #1240 |
| 2016 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 1:42:49 | #146 |
| 2016 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:54:17 | #3180 |
| 2016 | Hero Half MarathonFayetteville | AR | 1:54:25 | #71 |
| 2016 | Norfolk Harbor Half MarathonNorfolk | VA | 1:54:52 | #330 |
| 2016 | Hospital Hill RunKansas City | MO | 2:08:05 | #891 |
| 2016 | Shamrock MarathonVirginia Beach | VA | 2:09:31 | #2553 |
| 2016 | Maui Marathon and Half Marathon April 26, 2026Lāhainā | HI | 2:13:16 | #278 |
| 2016 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:13:30 | #2714 |
| 2016 | 2026 HiTOPS Princeton Half MarathonPrinceton | NJ | 2:27:32 | #1184 |
| 2016 | Gasparilla Distance Classic Race WeekendTampa | FL | 2:28:18 | #3825 |
| 2016 | Harpers Ferry Half Marathon & 5KHarpers Ferry | WV | 2:29:26 | #219 |
| 2015 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 1:40:10 | #83 |
| 2015 | Heatwave Half Marathon - Little RockLittle Rock | AR | 1:40:31 | #148 |
| 2015 | Route 66 Marathon & Half Marathon, Marathon RelayTulsa | OK | 1:44:28 | #267 |
| 2015 | Run Magic CityBirmingham | AL | 1:47:03 | #107 |
| 2015 | Kona MarathonKailua Kona | HI | 1:55:44 | #73 |
| 2015 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:56:58 | #4059 |
| 2015 | Dismal Swamp Stomp Running FestivalChesapeake | VA | 1:58:14 | #137 |
| 2015 | Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra MarathonFort Worth | TX | 2:01:30 | #2000 |
| 2015 | 2026 HiTOPS Princeton Half MarathonPrinceton | NJ | 2:09:54 | #756 |
| 2015 | Shamrock MarathonVirginia Beach | VA | 2:34:25 | #6307 |
| 2015 | Portland MarathonPortland | OR | 3:36:43 | #1917 |
| 2014 | Route 66 Marathon & Half Marathon, Marathon RelayTulsa | OK | 1:43:48 | #195 |
| 2014 | Run Bentonville Half MarathonBentonville | AR | 1:51:01 | #314 |
| 2014 | Lincoln Memorial Half MarathonSpringfield | IL | 1:52:12 | #349 |
| 2014 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:53:41 | #3962 |
| 2014 | Norfolk Harbor Half MarathonNorfolk | VA | 2:09:56 | #1216 |
| 2014 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 2:17:09 | #1533 |
| 2013 | 2026 Spring Prairie Fire & Back-to-Back ChallengeWichita | KS | 1:48:48 | #280 |
| 2013 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:55:09 | #5215 |
| 2013 | Dismal Swamp Stomp Running FestivalChesapeake | VA | 2:00:34 | #265 |
| 2013 | Crawlin' Crab Half MarathonHampton | VA | 2:01:37 | #540 |
| 2013 | Hobble Creek Half MarathonMapleton | UT | 2:01:41 | #554 |
| 2013 | 2025 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Searchable Finish Line VideoHouston | TX | 2:02:13 | #2405 |
| 2013 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 2:03:52 | #1369 |
| 2013 | DEXTER-ANN ARBOR RUNDexter | MI | 2:04:16 | #1437 |
| 2013 | Spinx Run FestGreenville | SC | 2:05:51 | #564 |
| 2013 | Run Elevated Half MarathonSandy | UT | 2:06:01 | #235 |
| 2013 | Rock 'n' Roll Virgina Beach Half MarathonVirginia Beach | VA | 2:07:47 | #2372 |
| 2013 | Pensacola MarathonPensacola | FL | 2:12:09 | #558 |
| 2013 | Lucky 5K/10K/Half Marathon - St GeorgeSaint George | UT | 2:13:10 | #844 |
| 2012 | 2026 Avenue of the Giants MarathonArcata | CA | 1:46:09 | #96 |
| 2012 | Outer Banks MarathonManteo | NC | 1:48:20 | #254 |
| 2012 | Historic Half Training (sponsored by FARC)Fredericksburg | VA | 1:49:31 | #718 |
| 2012 | Detroit Free Press MarathonDetroit | MI | 1:53:45 | #1184 |
| 2012 | Chickamauga Battlefield MarathonFort Oglethorpe | GA | 1:56:55 | #128 |
| 2012 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:58:05 | #5018 |
| 2012 | 2026 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon WeekendOrlando | FL | 2:04:17 | #1581 |
| 2012 | Dallas Marathon WeekendDallas | TX | 2:05:21 | #2460 |
| 2012 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 2:10:58 | #1828 |
| 2012 | Spinx Run FestGreenville | SC | 2:12:35 | #850 |
| 2012 | Rock 'n' Roll Washington DCWashington | DC | 2:13:16 | #8286 |
| 2012 | 2026 Hobbler Half Marathon - 5k - Kids MarathonSpringville | UT | 2:25:37 | #815 |
| 2012 | Porter's Half MarathonDraper | UT | 2:29:41 | #199 |
| 2012 | Heart Mini MarathonCincinnati | OH | 2:32:45 | #1463 |
| 2012 | 2026 PROVO CITY HALF MARATHON * 5K * KIDS MARATHONProvo | UT | 2:39:32 | #1014 |
| 2011 | Historic Half Training (sponsored by FARC)Fredericksburg | VA | 1:49:49 | #714 |
| 2011 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:57:23 | #6714 |
| 2011 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 1:59:18 | #981 |
| 2011 | Space Coast Marathon & Half MarathonCocoa | FL | 2:17:18 | #949 |
| 2011 | 2027 Walt Disney World® Marathon WeekendOrlando | FL | 2:24:04 | #8582 |
| 2011 | 2026 Hobbler Half Marathon - 5k - Kids MarathonSpringville | UT | 2:30:21 | #512 |
| 2011 | 2026 PROVO CITY HALF MARATHON * 5K * KIDS MARATHONProvo | UT | 2:33:29 | #534 |
| 2010 | Rock 'n' Roll Washington DCWashington | DC | 1:52:23 | #1801 |
| 2010 | Fort4Fitness Fall FestivalFort Wayne | IN | 1:55:06 | #757 |
| 2010 | Spinx Run FestGreenville | SC | 1:58:59 | #539 |
| 2010 | Utah Valley MarathonProvo | UT | 1:59:06 | #233 |
| 2010 | Canyonlands Half MarathonMoab | UT | 2:03:58 | #1571 |
| 2010 | Space Coast Marathon & Half MarathonCocoa | FL | 2:08:14 | #653 |
| 2010 | Historic Half Training (sponsored by FARC)Fredericksburg | VA | 2:11:35 | #2497 |
| 2010 | Salt Lake City MarathonSalt Lake City | UT | 2:11:40 | #2468 |
| 2010 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 2:12:42 | #1262 |
| 2010 | Hands on House Half Marathon 5KLancaster | PA | 2:17:39 | #518 |
| 2009 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:55:49 | #6602 |
| 2009 | Space Coast Marathon & Half MarathonCocoa | FL | 1:57:30 | #387 |
| 2009 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 2:06:57 | #1158 |
| 2009 | Spinx Run FestGreenville | SC | 2:10:20 | #781 |
| 2009 | Hobble Creek Half MarathonMapleton | UT | 2:27:19 | #1014 |
| 2009 | Monterey Bay Half MarathonMonterey | CA | 2:53:53 | #4093 |
| 2009 | Heatwave Half Marathon - Little RockLittle Rock | AR | 3:10:35 | #2201 |
| 2008 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 1:51:05 | #520 |
| 2008 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:58:44 | #7297 |
| 2007 | Quad Cities Distance ClassicRock Island | IL | 1:34:58 | #53 |
| 2007 | Seaside Half-Marathon and 5KSeaside | FL | 1:40:18 | #110 |
| 2007 | 17th Annual Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon & Coastal 5KMyrtle Beach | SC | 2:00:25 | #842 |
| 2007 | Huntsville MarathonHuntsville | UT | 2:06:53 | #105 |
| 2007 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 2:07:40 | #9834 |
| 2006 | Spinx Run FestGreenville | SC | 1:50:09 | #124 |
| 2006 | Beer City Half™ San DiegoSan Diego | CA | 2:01:48 | #2378 |
| 2006 | La Jolla Half Marathon & 5KSan Diego | CA | 2:02:24 | #1981 |
| 2006 | Rock 'n' Roll San JoseSan Jose | CA | 2:21:45 | #4873 |
| 2006 | Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon & 5KSan Francisco | CA | 2:33:08 | #3751 |
| 2006 | Carlsbad MarathonCarlsbad | CA | 2:55:06 | #3674 |
| 2005 | Detroit Free Press MarathonDetroit | MI | 1:48:03 | #563 |
| 2005 | Greater St. Louis MarathonSt. Louis | MO | 1:48:08 | #456 |
| 2005 | Barron Collier Companies Naples Half MarathonNaples | FL | 1:57:24 | #469 |
| 2005 | American Discovery Trail MarathonColorado Springs | CO | 2:00:33 | #170 |
| 2005 | Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon & 5KSan Francisco | CA | 2:34:50 | #3238 |
| 2005 | Canyonlands Half MarathonMoab | UT | 2:41:12 | #2492 |
| 2005 | Pikes Peak AscentManitou Springs | CO | 4:37:50 | #1030 |
| 2004 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half MarathonPhiladelphia | PA | 1:42:27 | #1732 |
| 2004 | Barron Collier Companies Naples Half MarathonNaples | FL | 2:01:12 | #484 |
| 2004 | Hobble Creek Half MarathonMapleton | UT | 2:20:08 | #648 |
| 2004 | Run SF "Golden Gate City" 5K/10K/13.1San Francisco | CA | 2:32:35 | #1100 |
| 2003 | Run SF "Golden Gate City" 5K/10K/13.1San Francisco | CA | 2:21:31 | #1424 |
| 2003 | Carlsbad MarathonCarlsbad | CA | 2:46:47 | #3784 |
| 2002 | Battleship North Carolina Half 5KWilmington | NC | 1:44:53 | #160 |
| 2002 | Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon & 5KSan Francisco | CA | 2:10:56 | #2249 |
| 2000 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 2:17:31 | #5166 |
| 1999 | Beer City Half™ San DiegoSan Diego | CA | 1:49:37 | #1524 |
| 1999 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half MarathonPhiladelphia | PA | 1:50:50 | #2779 |
| 1999 | 2025 500 Festival Running EventsIndianapolis | IN | 1:59:04 | #4843 |
| 1992 | 47th Colonial Half Marathon and 5KWilliamsburg | VA | 1:42:37 | #712 |
| 1989 | The LESS Popular Brooklyn Half Marathon!Brooklyn | NY | 1:38:39 | #704 |
| 1989 | Pikes Peak AscentManitou Springs | CO | 3:50:33 | #516 |
| 1988 | Pikes Peak AscentManitou Springs | CO | 4:05:27 | #743 |
States Raced
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State Breakdown
INIndiana
24 racesARArkansas
20 racesTXTexas
16 racesCACalifornia
15 racesUTUtah
15 racesVAVirginia
15 racesSCSouth Carolina
14 racesFLFlorida
11 racesMIMichigan
6 racesNJNew Jersey
6 racesCOColorado
4 racesILIllinois
4 racesPAPennsylvania
4 racesNCNorth Carolina
3 racesWAWashington
3 racesHIHawaii
2 racesMOMissouri
2 racesNYNew York
2 racesOHOhio
2 racesOROregon
2 racesRIRhode Island
2 racesALAlabama
1 raceAZArizona
1 raceGAGeorgia
1 raceKSKansas
1 raceIAIowa
0 racesMAMassachusetts
0 races50-State Challenge
27/ 51 states + DC
24 states to go