BIRTH-DATE: November 29, 1958

HOMETOWN (ORIGINALLY): Royal Oak, MI; Streamwood, IL.  (We moved a lot.)

WHERE I LIVE NOW: Holmes-Foster neighborhood of State College, PA

WHAT I DO IN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: Teach aerospace engineering at Penn State

NON-RUNNING HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: Playing guitar, singing, canoeing, bicycling, camping, reading, flying, putzing around the yard

THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME: My wife, Annie.  We met in high school, in Elgin, IL.  J&W, our two boys, are pretty good, too.  

A FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE, TV OR RADIO SHOW: Crossing to Safety (Wallace Stegner).  Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  NPR.  

NICKNAME (AND WHY): Hmm, old nicknames come with baggage.  Tom Cali thinks I look like Dustin Hoffman in "Marathon Man."

IF I COULD WRITE MY OWN EPITAPH:  He refused to be miserable.  

I STARTED RUNNING (WHEN, WHERE, HOW...): For me, running was always conditioning for other sports.  Wrestling and baseball in high school, then lacrosse and rugby in college.  I started running for running's sake relatively recently (October 2001) to minimize the chances of a heart attack on the trail at Philmont in 2002 (and again in 2004).  

AVERAGE MILES PER WEEK: 22-38

A TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK: 4 miles Monday (sometimes); 4-10 Tuesday (tempo); 5-8 Thursday track (speed); 9-20 weekend day (long)

PREFERRED RACE OR RACING DISTANCE: 5K (I inevitably come out too fast, but it's over pretty quickly.)

NUMBER OF RACES PER YEAR: 2-3 (not a lot of history here)

A GOOD 10K TIME FOR ME WOULD BE: Only have one for time, on a hot day.  Based on mile and marathon times, sub-42 would be a good time.  

WHY I RUN: I like that it's both social and solitary, and that you can test your limits.  Training with a group is enjoyable, but racing is all you.  Also, I'm sure that sitting at a desk all day can't be good -- I feel better when I am in shape, and running helps keep the extra weight off.  

PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT: I paddled a canoe from Montreal to New Orleans as part of a historical reenactment in 1976.  I rode a bike from Boston to Minneapolis in 1981, and also rode a couple of double centuries when we lived in California.  

FAVORITE SCOTCH: Lagavulin

** DATE SUBMITTED: January, 2006

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