Joe Hanle began running in high school setting personal bests of 10:21 in the 2M and 35:00 in the 6M. In 1975 he picked up the habit of smoking and his running career came to a halt. After 23 years of smoking over 3 packs a day, Joe decided to turn his life around and took up running once more in 1998. Since then he has set his sights on running 100 marathons before turning 60. Having recently turned 50, Joe already has 41 marathons under his belt.