Personal battles
The rivalries
Race results are full of strangers, but a few names keep showing up. These are the runners who turned the archive into a story — the ones he's chasing, the ones he owns, and the family he just can't seem to beat.
The white whale
Rich Wood
0–2 · two losses, combined 8.8 seconds · Male, 54
The closest rival in the archive. Two meetings, two defeats, both inside five seconds — one of them on the day Harrison set his 5K PR. This is the rematch the whole site is quietly waiting for.
The family feud
The Fullers
0–12 vs Norm & John · 5–0 vs Darlene
Six races against Norm, six against John, and the record is clean on the wrong side. But the feud has a silver lining: Darlene has never finished ahead of him. Family dinners must be interesting.
The nemesis wall
Unbeaten against Harrison, six races each. For now. One name already came off this wall — see below.
0–6
Thomas Lehoullier — Male, 52 — perfect record, 6 meetings
0–6
Meredith Mcgowan — Female, 27 — perfect record, 6 meetings
The streak is over
Brian St.jean
1–6 · six straight losses, then the breakthrough · Male, 66
Brian won all six EORC meetings from 2022–23 and sat on the nemesis wall for years. Meeting seven changed it: at the Panther Run to DC 5K on Oct 17, 2026, Harrison finally beat him — 27:25.32 to 28:20.05 — in his first win over Brian. Brian still leads the series 6–1, but the perfect record is gone.
The victims wall
Never once finished behind Harrison. Some streaks run the other way.
7–0
Joe Misterka — Male, 51 — beaten all 7 times they met
6–0
“Anonymous Runner” — 6–0. Whoever that is.
Records come from official race results only — nothing here is personal, it's all public finish data. Head-to-heads use chip times where available, gun times otherwise. Excludes the Summit Run 5K (Sep 20, 2026), a mountain course where times aren't comparable. Data: 11 races, 2022–2026. Ages and sex are as listed in each runner’s most recent race results. When a new race happens, send the results file and the rivalries get updated with it.