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Iain Hunter

Iain Hunter

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.