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Feb. 9, 2009

Marathon Man

Kurt Kumli, a long-distance runner with an obsessive streak, gears down his intensity when hearing cases on Santa Clara County's bench.

Read more about Kurt E. Kumli...
By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Kurt Kumli once ran ultra-marathons, the sort of masochistic road races that last 50 miles.

Running in such events requires self-motivation, a desire to overcome adversity and sheer determination. Kumli is not a marathon runner these days, but says the traits of a long-distance runner are both a virtue and a vice in his three-year career on the ... (continued)

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