NAME:Dave Eggler
E-MAIL ADDRESS: eggler@geosc.psu.edu
BIRTH-DATE: 1940
HOMETOWN (ORIGINALLY): New Orleans
WHERE I LIVE NOW: Bellefonte
WHAT I DO IN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: geologist & professor at Penn
State
NON-RUNNING HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: genealogy, mowing grass
A FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE, TV OR RADIO SHOW: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
IF I COULD CHOOSE MY OWN NICKNAME OR EPITAPH: He hated to jog.
I STARTED RUNNING (WHEN, WHERE, HOW...): 1978, long after a fairly
undistinguished high school & college (1 year) career as a sprinter
AVERAGE MILES PER WEEK: 30
A TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK: hard/easy etc, one long run: total 50
PREFERRED RACE OR RACING DISTANCE: marathon
NUMBER OF RACES PER YEAR: 15
A GOOD 10K TIME FOR ME WOULD BE: 41
WHY I RUN: Marty and Gerry give me a hard time if I don't
PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT: you can have gauzy T-shirts
just like mine if you put them through the Rec Hall laundry seven times.
submitted July 1999
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