Silverton, Oregon
Born: March, 1955
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I started running in 1969. As a freshman in high school that fall, I joined the cross country team to avoid being manager for the football team. I discovered I was good at running, and I liked it. I ran my first marathon (Seaside) five months later.
High school running in Oregon was very competitive in the 1970s, and you needed to train hard to have any success. In my high school years, my mileage would sometimes hit 75-85 miles a week. By my senior year, I ran 4:19 for the mile and 9:08 for two-miles.
I went to college at Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon University) and ran XC and track. I qualified to the national meet a couple of times and graduated holding school records in the 1500m and 5000m. After college, I trained and competed with a track club. My PRs are 3:51.3 1500m; 8:06.2 3000m; 14:22.0 5000m; 29:25 10,000M and 2:31.53 marathon.
I started keeping a training diary very early on and now have 55 years of training logs. I have kept running throughout my life, with my longest break being six months in 1982-83.
I still run 15-25 miles a week, most of it very slowly. I hit 100,000 miles on April 25, 2025. I have been fortunate to have been spared any major injuries, with all my joints still working. Career-wise, I earned my Ph.D in History at the University of Oregon and was a college professor in Ohio (Ohio University) for close to 30 years.
