John Carraher, a urologist with Jackson Urological Associates, completed his third Boston Marathon on April 19, 2010, with a time of 3 hours, 17 minutes and 59 seconds.
Dr. Carraher practices at Jackson Urological Associates with Dr. Scott Yarbro, Dr. David Burleson, Dr. Don McKnight, Dr. Ray Howard and Dr. Peter Lawrence.
Urologist finishes his third Boston Marathon
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| Dr. John Carraher, center, with yellow cap, runs the Boston Marathon. |
Running a marathon is an awesome achievement in itself, but when it is the prestigious Boston Marathon, that is an even more impressive achievement.
John Carraher, a urologist with Jackson Urological Associates, completed his third Boston Marathon on April 19, 2010, with a time of 3 hours, 17 minutes and 59 seconds.
"I always aspired to run the Boston, as it is the most prestigious and oldest marathon," said Dr. Carraher. "We had great weather and I didn't labor at all. It was one of those marathons that went as well as I could have expected."
Dr. Carraher qualified to run the Boston Marathon at the 2008 St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, finishing with a time of 3:19. He was an official pacer for that marathon, in that runners who wanted to finish within a certain time followed him to make sure they were keeping a pace to meet their goal.
Marathon running is not a new hobby for Dr. Carraher, who has run 31 mara-thons over the past 15 years. His marathon journey has included the New York Marathon, the Disney Marathon, as well as others in Georgia, Arizona, Utah, Mississippi, Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee.
An avid runner all of his life, Dr. Carraher caught the marathon bug with his first one, running the 1995 St. Jude Marathon. "I hadn't really trained for it," said Dr. Carraher, who now trains year round. "My best time ever running a marathon was in the St. George marathon in Utah in 2007, when I finished under three hours with a time of 2:59:29."
Dr. Carraher is not hanging up his running shoes for the year just yet. He is training for the Trans-Rockies Run in August, a 113-mile trail run over six days. In October, he is scheduled to run the Chicago Marathon.
"Running is a part of my daily routine; it is a great stress reliever and keeps me in shape," said Dr. Carraher, who even tries to get a run in on his on-call days. "My wife says running is like breathing to me."