John Blaser

DOB: Apr. 15, 1957
Residence:  De Soto, KS
High School: Cedar Falls (IA) High School
College: University of Upper IA BS & MBA
Career: Retired from Deere & Company after 37 years of service in sales & marketing
Family: Married (Jan), 4 grown children & 2 grandchildren

Masters PR’s:
400m – 1:10.69 (2016)
Mile – 5:43.03 (2016)
Mile (Road) – 5:50 (2018)
5K – 19:23 (2017)
4 Mile – 24:35 (2018)
8k – 32:15 (2015)
10k – 39:42 (2017)
15k – 1:01:12 (2017)
13.1 – 1:27:55 (2017)
26.2 – 3:15:39 (2017)

I’ve been running since  the 1970’s , but have never been a serious competitor, running mainly for health and fitness reasons. A few years ago I started participating in the Kansas City Corporate Challenge and after some minor success I’ve developed a competitive spirit and have worked to improve my running performance. I look forward to running with the Kansas City Smoke, will continue to train hard and hope my best running days are ahead of me.