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pfeffer winning the enschede marathon in 1979 long-distance running july 20 , 1956 kirk pfeffer 1979.jpg kirk pfeffer

kirk pfeffer

kirk pfeffer -lrb- born july 20 , 1956 in california -rrb- is a retired american long-distance runner , who competed in marathons .
he won the enschede marathon in 1979 and america 's finest city half marathon in 1981 .
on december 7 , 1979 he set a new world record in half marathon at 1:02:32 in las vegas .
next year he ran his best marathon time of 2:10:29 in fukuoka , which placed him tenth in the world marathon rankings for 1980 .
