1/2 marathon PR  1:13:55 in 1986 on the Singleton Parkway course, Shelby County, TN. 

Highlights: Five straight sub-three hour marathons.  2:49:33 debut.  

 Marathon history:

1. 12-1-85 MEMPHIS 2:49:33

2. 4-21-86 BOSTON 2:49:10

3. 12-13-86 HUNTSVILLE 2:55:00

4. 1-30-88 NEW ORLEANS 2:56:05

5. 4-18-88 BOSTON 2:44:29

6. 11-5-89 NEW YORK 3:10:56

7. 12-3-90 MEMPHIS 3:00:40

8. 12-6-92 MEMPHIS 3:04:15

9. 12-5-93 MEMPHIS 3:16:30

10. 12-4-94 MEMPHIS 3:14:55

11. 12-3-95 MEMPHIS 3:23:02

12. 4-26-98 LONDON 3:32:00

13. 10-3-99 TWIN CITIES 3:08:56

14. 4-17-00 BOSTON 3:06:59

15. 10-20-01 BALTIMORE 3:19:24

16. 10-13-02 CHICAGO MARATHON 3:13:44

17. Apr 2004 BOSTON MARATHON 4:02

18. Dec 2005 MEMPHIS 3:16:02

19. Apr 2007 BOSTON 3:19:04

Joel Lyons is a graduate of Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, TN, 1981, and a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, 1985,  undergraduate, and University of Tennessee as a graduate student in Physical Therapy.  He is a clinic director for Physiotherapy Associates - Cordova 901-737-4035.