St. George Marathon
1st
Exercise science associate prof Iain Hunter’s (BA ’96) finish at the 2009 St. George Marathon—his second marathon.
00:05:23
was Hunter’s average mile time. He ran 26.2 miles in 02:21:03.
311,701
calories were burned by Hunter during a year of training for the marathon—about 850 cheeseburgers’ worth.
24,011
steps were taken by Hunter in his marathon win.
Donation Data
$200 or less: the small-donor bracket that saw unprecedented inolvement in the 2008 election cycle, according to a study by BYU’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy.
2/3 of Barack Obama’s donors made online contributions; 40 percent of those gave more than once.
18–29 age group: This cohort made up an unusually high 15 percent of Obama’s small donors.
56% of his small donations came from women—a statistic that departs from past trends of men being more likely to give.