Tributes

A Letter to Chris, Donovan and Shuana (Mike Reif, GVH Head Coach) 26 April 2010

I write this as but one member of Pete’s running community, which includes a grieving team, his last running coach and one of his best friends as we suffer our loss. We are all so saddened that you, and we, will no longer have Pete’s physical presence with us. My deepest condolences go to all of you. Simultaneously, we are relieved for Pete. He is finally at peace and in a safe place with his Lord.

Pete was an amazing man..........(Read full text - PDF)

Words from Mike Platt 26 April 2010

Pete was always somewhere in my life, woven into its tapestry. He was a training partner during my best years, a star athlete whom I admired when I first made my way into the running scene, an organizer that provided opportunity after opportunity.

Pete just always seemed to be "there", somewhere in the scene. I'll bet there are hundreds that feel like me, as if we lost a part of our own lives, when Peter's flame expired. That is the testament of his life, that he filled the lives of others.

The Club That Pete Glavin Built (Words from Leo Finucane) 28 April 2010

No fanfare or frills. No budget or benefactors. No pretense or pandering.

Just Pete and his vision of running forever.

That’s why he did it, I think. He needed to run forever.

So he ...........(Read full text - PDF)

Thoughts from Jeff Merkel 28 April 2010

I came across this song from Snow Patrol that will remind me of Pete and his transition to his peaceful place. Appropriately the song is titled Run……….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQbgihHWNGo