Born in Chicago, grew up in Anderson, Indiana, Went to high school at Pendleton Heights High
School in Pendleton, IN, graduated in 1983. Ran for Indiana State University and attained an M.S.
Degree from Wake Forest University. Now living in Sioux Falls, SD. Some running highlights include:

High School PR's:
3200 - 9:33 ('83)  1600 - 4:32 ('83)  400 - :55.7 ('83)
5K Cross Country- 16:08 Qualified for Indiana Semi-State meet with team in the Fall of 1982.

Former Indiana State University School Record holder:
1986 - 10,000 meters - 30:58
1987 thru 1991 - 10,000 meters - 30:33.11

Road Bests
8k - 24:23  10k - 30:26  15k - 47:25  10 miles - 51:20  25k - 1:22:35  1/2 marathon - 1:08:15
Marathon - 2:29:22 (1995, Charlotte, NC - 13th place at US National Championships)

Track Bests
Mile - 4:22  3000 - 8:32  5000 - 14:47  10,000 - 30:33.11
 
 

Goals: finish 2 marathons, run well at Hood To Coast, place top 5 at Shut-In, get back in shape to be able to run under 33 min. for 10k, get over 2800 miles.

Week 1
1/1    5 miles, extremely painful groins
1/2    4 miles, still very sore, 1/2 inch snow.
1/3    4 miles, a little better
1/4    3 miles, will try to run longer tomorrow, nice, 36 degrees, ran in shorts.
1/5    5 miles, felt alittle better

Week 2
1/6    3 miles
1/7    4 miles, 60 degrees.
1/8    6 miles
1/9    3 miles
1/10    3 miles
1/11    4.5 miles
1/12    5 miles

Week 3
1/13    3 miles
1/14    4.5 miles, slow
1/15    7 miles
1/16    4 miles
1/17    4 miles
1/18    4 miles
1/19    8.5 miles

Week 4
1/20    5 miles
1/21    5 miles
1/22    4.5 miles, very cold
1/23    3 miles
1/14    6.5 miles, good run
1/25    4.5 miles
1/26    5 miles on TMill, too cold out

Week 5
1/27    8 miles, sore all over
1/28    5 miles on TMill
1/29    5 miles, very slick
1/30    3 miles, sick, cold
1/31    4 miles
2/1    3 miles
2/2    3 miles

Week 6
2/3    4 miles, still sick, but feeling better
2/4    5 miles
2/5    6 miles
2/6    5 miles on Tmill, still sick
2/7    6 miles, started prednisone
2/8    6.5 miles, feeling better
2/9    9 miles, longest run so far, feeling a little better

Week 7
2/10    6 miles, felt better, 11 degrees, no wind
2/11    5 miles, noon, 45 mph winds
2/12    6 miles
2/13    5.5 miles, felt absolutely terrible, 45 degrees
2/14    4 miles, driving snowstorm today
2/15    7 miles, miserable run on biketrail, too much snow
2/16    7 miles, very cold and sore from running in snow Sat.

Week 8
2/17    7 miles
2/18    7 miles, feeling much better
2/19    8 miles w/ greg on west side
2/20    7 miles, fartlek, 20 min. 1 min. on, :30 off, 53 degrees, nice
2/21    7  miles, felt much better
2/22    10 miles, cold, 8 degrees, wind chill -4, felt ok for 8
2/23    9 miles, cold, felt ok with wind at back

Week 9
2/24    6.5 miles, 5.5 on Tmill, 2 in 5:45, 5:30, one on indoor track
2/25    7 miles, indoors, 2 up, 3 at 5:55 pace, 2 down
2/26    9.5 miles, to Falls and back
2/27    5 miles, easy day, nice, 40 degrees
2/28    8.5 miles, felt ok
3/1    14.5 miles, felt pretty good
3/2    9 miles, coldest day of year, -5 temp, very cold.

Week 10
3/3    7 miles, upset stomach
3/4    7 miles, indoors on TMill, 3 mile tempo, 5:42, 5:30, 5:15, starting to feel pretty good.
3/5    6 miles, cold day
3/6    8 miles, fartlek run 3 sets of 10 min., 1 min. on, :30 off
3/7    7 miles
3/8    7 on TMill, 38 yrs. old today
3/9    9 miles, 3 below 0, cold!!

Week 11
3/10    7 miles, TMill, 3 * mile 5:27, 5:27, 5:42, sluggish
3/11    6.5 miles
3/12    7 miles
3/13    7 miles
3/14    10.5 miles, 66 degrees, nice
3/15    6.5 miles
3/16    6 miles w/ Brett Ayers in Winona, MN

Week 12
3/17    3 miles in Chicago
3/18    6 miles, still very sleepy from drive home
3/19    10 miles, westward ho loop
3/20    9 miles - 6 * 800 w/ 800 jog, slowest 2:38, fastest 2:28, windy.
3/21    8 miles, easy
3/22    4 miles, easy
3/23    13 miles, felt good, nice weather, 40's

Week 13
3/24    a.m. - 3.5 miles
           p.m. - 5 miles
3/25    9 miles, 2 * 3 mile repeats, 16:32 into wind, 16:28 with wind. Felt ok
3/26    10 miles
3/27    4 miles in rain, wind, cold
3/28    6.5 miles, very, very windy and cold!
3/29    7.5 miles
3/30    18 miles, good running today

Week 14
3/31    a.m. - 3.5 miles
           p.m. - 6 miles, 75 degrees
4/1    9 miles, 2 up and down, 2 * 200, 12 * 400 in :74's. Hot, felt sluggish.
4/2    8.5 miles, felt better, not as hot today
4/3    10 miles w/ Phil, Dan S., cold, 37 degrees
4/4    6 miles, snowing today, race tomorrow
4/5    15 miles, Sioux City 10 miler, 1st place in 55:32, felt ok, weather good, 5:30, 10:55, 16:31, 22:00, 27:40,
         33:07, 38:40, 44:10, 49:50, 55:32, 2 up and 3 down.
4/6    12.5 miles, a little sore from racing

Week 15
4/7    7 miles on TMill, 9 inches of snow today
4/8    10 miles, 4 * 1 mile repeats on track, 5:21, 5:18, 5:18, 5:16. felt better after 1st mile
4/9    8.5 miles, very windy, tired today.
4/10    a.m. - 3.5 miles
           p.m. - 8 miles, tired, not a good run
4/11    10 miles w/ Greg, felt better
4/12    7.5 miles, perfect day to run
4/13    18 miles, terrible run, GI distress

Week 16
4/14    9.5 miles, 2 up and down, 3 * 200, 12 * 400, very hot and humid, 87 degrees, felt terrible :73-:82 range
4/15    a.m. - 4 miles, felt a little better
           p.m. - 5.5 miles, hot again, felt terrible again.
4/16    8 miles, felt better, 49 degrees, overcast
4/17    9 miles, 7 miles, then 6 * 200 in :31 to :33, half down
4/18    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 3 miles, windy, rainy, did not run the 10k in Sioux City, terrible conditions
4/19    17 miles, felt good
4/20    12.5 miles, tired but not too bad

Week 17
4/21    11.5 miles, 2.5 up and down, 2 * 200, 10 * 800 w/ 200 jog, slowest 2:40, quickest 2:33, felt ok, nice night
4/22    a.m. - 4 miles
           p.m. - 7 miles
4/23    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 10 miles, starting to feel tired.
4/24    7 miles, easy
4/25    9 miles
4/26    7 miles
4/27    20 miles, felt really good, nice morning to run

Week 18
4/28    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 7 miles, tired
4/29    10 miles, fartlek, felt good, 1 min. on, 1 off, 2 on, 1 off, 3 on, 1 off, 4 on, 1 off, mile in 5:11, 1 off,
           3 on, 1 off, 2 on, 1 off, 2 on. 3 miles down.
4/30    10.5 miles, felt ok, windy and a little rain
5/1    a.m. 3.5 miles
         p.m. - 6 miles, 6 * tuthill 1/4 mile hill :96-:99 per hill
5/2    11 miles - noon
5/3    7 miles at 6:00 a.m.
5/4    12 miles, solo, felt pretty good

Week 19
5/5    a.m. - 4 miles
         p.m. - 8 miles, 2 up and down, 2*200 :32, :33, mile 4:56, 4 * 400, :70s and :71s, 2*200 :32, :33. Felt good
5/6    a.m. - 4 miles
         p.m. - 8 miles, really tired.
5/7    10 miles, to Falls and home
5/8    a.m. - 5 miles
         p.m. - 7 miles, very windy
5/9    7 miles, easy, race tomorrow
5/10    15 miles, 15k race in Sioux City, IA. 1st place - 50:08 - 5:13, 10:26, 15:39, 21:03, 26:22,
           31:44, ?,  42:54, 48:32, 50:08. Felt good, 2 up, 4 down. Nice weather.
5/11    20 miles, torrential winds today, slight rain also. E for effort day

Week 20
5/12    a.m. - 3.5, tired
           p.m. - 7.5, more tired
5/13    8 miles, steady in a steady rain, felt much better today
5/14    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 10 miles to Falls and home, easy run
5/15    8 miles, 2 up, 2 * 200, Monday Mile 4:58 (legs dead), 2 * 200, 3.5 down
5/16    a.m. - 4 miles, tired
           p.m. - 4 miles, still tired
5/17    18.5 miles, 1st place Watertown, SD Half-Mar. - 1:16:36, felt terrible, windy, legs trashed
           splits: 5:36, 11:08, 16:50, 22:31, 28:15, 33:58, 40:02, 45:50, 51:48, 57:59, 1:03:54, 1:09:58, 1:15:55
5/18    10.5 miles, sore from race

Week 21
5/19    5 miles w/ Marty Jones, former ISU teammate
5/20    10 miles, 2 up, 1 down, 800-2:36, mile-5:18, 2 mile-10:38, mile-5:19, 800-2:39. 800 jog btwn each rep.
5/21    9 miles, relaxing run
5/22    a.m. - 3 miles, easy
           p.m. - 7 miles to Falls.
5/23    6 miles, easy run, workout tomorrow
5/24    10 miles, 7 up, then 6*Tuthill hill repeats, :95 to :97 for all.
5/25    20 miles, felt very good, relaxed throughout entire run. Perfect day, 50 degrees, sunny.

Week 22
5/26    11.5 miles, w/ group, tired, nice, 59 degrees, no wind
5/27    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 7 miles, incl. 3.5 miles of :30 on, :45 off. Too warm today, near 80
5/28    10 miles, warmest day of year, 82 degrees.
5/29    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 5.5 miles, resting, race tomorrow
5/30    10 miles, 10k race in Luverne, MN, 1st place in 32:14, very windy, 40 mph
           tailwind for miles 2, 3 and 5, 6. Two miles up and 2 down. No spilt miles on course. ?? Accuracy.
5/31    5 miles after work
6/1     15 miles, easy run, sore yet

Week 23
6/2    8 miles
6/3    8 miles, 7 sets of 2:00 on, 1:00 off, felt ok
6/4    8 miles, sore
6/5    6.5 miles, much less pain today
6/6    8 miles in rain!
6/7    8.5 miles
6/8    14 miles, knees sore

Week 24
6/9    OFF! First day off in 2003, need to start resting. New record for consecutive days run
6/10    8 miles, less sore today
6/11    5 miles, easy, slow run
6/12    8 miles, felt a little better, 84 degrees
6/13    Off
6/14    Off
6/15    11 miles

Week 25
6/16    6 miles, 4 * 400 in :72's w/ 200 jog, very hot, 90 degrees and windy.
6/17    Off
6/18    8 miles, 82 degrees
6/19    Off
6/20    3 miles,
6/21    Grandma's Marathon, Duluth, MN - 2:40:34 watch time, had a good race going until hit the wall HARD at 25 miles, Splits: 5:55, 5:48 (11:43), 5:54 (17:37), 5:51 (23:29), 5:46 (29:16), 5:51 (35:07), 5:55 (41:03), 6:00 (47:03), 6:00 (53:03), 5:50 (58:53), 6:06 (1:05:00), 5:57 (1:10:57), 6:02 (1:17:00), 5:49 (1:22:49), 6:01 (1:28:51), 6:05 (1:34:57), 6:11 (1:41:08), 6:13 (1:47:21), 6:06 (1:53:28), 6:20 (1:59:49), 6:15 (2:06:05), 6:14 (2:12:19), 6:24 (2:18:44), 6:35 (2:25:19), 6:30 (2:31:50), 7:14 (2:39:04) (died fast!), 2:40:34 (closed in 1:29). Temp fairly nice, 50s and 60s w/ slight side/tailwind. Sun, no clouds in sky.
6/22    Off

Week 26
6/23    Off
6/24    Off
6/25    7 miles, felt real good
6/26    7 miles, more tired
6/27    Off
6/28    6.5 miles, slow run
6/29    7.5 miles, easy

Week 27
6/30 - 4 miles, just to get to 1400 for the year's midpoint, gonna be a hot week
7/1    7 miles, fartlek workout, 5 sets of 2 on, 1 off, 1 on, :30 off, :30 on, :30 off - hot, 91 degrees, tired
7/2    Off, too hot, needed another rest day
7/3    8 miles in a.m., felt better, VERY hot and humid. easy run.
7/4    6.5 miles - poured rain the last half-mile
7/5    3 miles, hot, after work
7/6    12 miles, death march, sore, tired

Week 28
7/7    5.5 miles, steady pace
7/8    7.5 miles, tired again
7/9    7 miles w/ Stu Burnham
7/10    6 miles, too full, ate too much at lunch
7/11    8 miles at lunch, tired.
7/12    5 miles, easy, felt a little better
7/13    11 miles, relaxing run, felt much better

Week 29
7/14    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 6 miles, brutally humid today
7/15    a.m. - 4 miles
7/16    p.m. - 7 miles, very hot
7/17    a.m. - 3 miles, very humid
           p.m. - 7 miles, more heat and humidity, miserable
7/18    3 miles, race tomorrow night
7/19    12.5 miles, Heart of the Hills 10.4 mile race. Total death march, felt very weak, hot race, in the 80's.
           Need more recovery. 3rd overall 62:42 Splits 5:48, 12:21, 18:17, 36:52 (6) missed 4 and 5, 42:53,
           48:41, 54:39, 60:38 (10), 62:42 end time.
7/20    Off, to worn out

Week 30
7/21    Off
7/22    8 miles workout - 3 min. on x 2, 4 min. on, 3 min on x 2, 2 min on, :30 on x 2, 800 in 2:39, much better
7/23    8 miles, very hot
7/24    8 miles, still warm
7/25    Off
7/26    10 miles, relaxed run
7/27    11.5 miles, much cooler and nice.

Week 31
7/28    a.m. - 3.5 miles
           p.m. - 6 miles, hot today again!
7/29    9 miles, workout, mile - 5:38, 800-2:42, 800-2:45, mile-5:39, 800-2:50, then caught in major storm,
           had to stop and run home fast!
7/30    8 miles
7/31    6.5 miles, still very hot
8/1      Off
8/2      Spearfish Canyon Half-Marathon, 14.5 total, 3rd place in 1:12:02, fastest half-mar. since 11/97.
           Splits - 5:29, 5:24, 5:23, 5:22, 5:26, 5:21, 5:23, 5:28, 5:23, 5:35 (54:20 at 10), 5:40, 5:42, 6:18 for
           last 1.1 miles. Felt pretty good, great weather, great course!
8/3      10 miles, a little sore yet

Week 32
8/4    4 miles, sore!
8/5    7 miles, hot again
8/6    7 miles, slow
8/7    a.m. - 3.5 miles
         p.m. - 6.5 miles
8/8    a.m. - 3 miles
         p.m. - 6 miles
8/9    a.m. - 6 miles
8/10    17 miles, felt a little better, some sore muscles yet.

Week 33
8/11    8 miles, warm
8/12    a.m. - 4 miles
8/13    a.m. - 3 miles
           p.m. - 9 miles, hot
8/14    pm - 4 miles, more hot and humid, felt nauseated
8/15    a.m. - 4 miles
           p.m. - 4 miles, just too hot
8/16    10 miles
8/17    18 miles, VERY humid and warm

Week 34
8/18    6 miles, hot
8/19    8 miles, 4 miles of fartlek 1 min. on, :30 off, VERY hot.
8/20    7.5 miles
8/21    Off, travel
8/22    Off
8/23    19 miles - 3 Hood to Coast legs 6.2 miles (33:49), 6.8 miles (38:40), 4.15 miles (23:46) plus warm ups
           and cool downs
8/24    Off, travel

Week 35
8/25    3 miles, exhausted
8/26    a.m. - 3.5 miles
           p.m. - 7 miles, hot, exhausted still
8/27    7 miles, horrible run, hot, GI distress
8/28    6 miles, still warm
8/29    7 miles, felt much better
8/30    9 miles at Newton Hills St. park, cool, 40s
8/31    19 miles, felt ok for the most part. Cooler, 50s

Week 36
9/1    11 miles, 10 x 800 in 2:38-2:40, w/ 200 jog between each one. Nice, sore, cool weather.
9/2    6 miles, sore from workout
9/3    10 miles, much better, 70 degrees and nice.
9/4    8 miles w/ Dan, tired, warmer today.
9/5    noon - 9.5 miles, hot
9/6    off, rest
9/7    15.5 miles, SF Half-Marathon, 7th in 1:14:37 - Splits 1 - 5:41, 2 - 11:30 (5:48), 3 - 17:09 (5:38), 4 (missed),
         5 - 28:35 (11:25 for 4 and 5), 6 - 34:14 (5:39), 7 - 39:59 (5:45), 8 - 45:39 (5:39), 9 - 51:24 (5:45), 10 - 57:07
         (5:42), 11 - 1:02:44 (5:37), 12 (missed), 13 (missed), end time 1:14:37 (last 2.1 miles in 11:53).
         Felt ok for the most part, a bit warmer than usual though

Week 37
9/8    6 miles, sore legs yet from race
9/9    6 miles
9/10    9 miles, felt much better
9/11    8 miles, 8 * 400 in :75, cool, nice
9/12    a.m. - 3.5 miles
           p.m. - 7 miles, hot, tired
9/13    10 miles, Turkey Day 10k in Minn. 35:38, not a good race, felt horrible after one mile.
Splits 5:18, 11:02 (5:44), 16:54 (5:52), 22:40 (5:46), 28:24 (5:44), then 35:38 at end. windy and temp was 59.
9/14    20.5 miles, tired near end, cool, 40's for temps.

Week 38
9/15    8 miles, tired
9/16    7 miles, still tired
9/17    10 miles, easy run
9/18    7 miles, cooler, 50 degrees, ok run
9/19    4 miles, easy
9/20    19 miles, Jack 15.2 mile race, strong south wind slowed things a bit. Splits: 5:33, 11:07 (5:34), 16:36 (5:29),
           22:31 (5:54), 28:22 (5:51), 7 miles 40:07 (missed 6), 45:58 (5:51), 52:00 (6:01), 58:10 (6:10), 1:04:32 (6:21)
           1:10:29 (5:57), 1:16:26 (5:57), 1:22:32 (6:06), 1:28:47 (6:14), 1:09 for last .202, felt ok for the most part.
9/21    7 miles at Newton Hills, very  muddy!, slow run!

Week 39
9/22    6.5 miles, easy run, cooler, 50s
9/23    7.5 miles
9/24    8.5 miles
9/25    6 miles
9/26    Off, set up NHTC course
9/27    10 miles, Newton Hills race, 3rd in 48:52, splits 5:34, 12:10 (6:35), 17:51 (5:40), 24:34 (6:42),
           31:29 (6:55), 38:06 (6:37), (missed 7), end time 48:52 for 7.7 miles actually.
9/28    9 miles, easy, felt good

Week 40
9/29    3 miles, taper week
9/30    7.5 miles to get to 250 for the month
10/1    6 miles, easy
10/2    Off for marathon
10/3    Off for marathon
10/4    3 miles, easy
10/5    27 miles - Des Moines Marathon, awful race to end the season. 9th place 2:48:01, tweaked my ankle at
           15 miles and never recovered. Only got 2 splits, mile 1 - 5:38, and 13.1 (1:19:35). Time to rest up.

Week 41
10/6    Rest
10/7    rest
10/8    rest
10/9    rest
10/10    rest
10/11    3.5 miles, slow
10/12    6 miles, sore

Week 42
10/13    off
10/14    off
10/15    off
10/16    off
10/17    off
10/18    off
10/19    6 miles, still in pain

Week 43
10/20    18 mile bike ride in wind.
10/21    6 miles, 75 degrees, nice, sore from ride
10/22    off
10/23    4.5 miles
10/24    Off
10/25    4 miles
10/26    10 miles

Week 44
10/27    Off
10/28    5 miles
10/29    10 miles
10/30    off
10/31    5 miles
11/1     8 miles
11/2    10 miles

Week 45
11/3    Off
11/4    7 miles
11/5    9 miles
11/6    off
11/7    9 miles
11/8    0ff
11/9    10 miles

Week 46
11/10    6 miles
11/11    4.5 miles
11/12    9 miles
11/13    Off
11/14    9 miles
11/15    Off
11/16    11.5 miles

Week 47
11/17    off
11/18    off
11/19    10 miles
11/20    off
11/21    off
11/22    10 miles
11/23    8 miles in Blizzard

Week 48
11/24    Off
11/25    Off
11/26    Off, drove home
11/27    5 miles
11/28    Off
11/29    Off
11/30    Off, drove back to SD

Week 49
12/1    3 miles, very easy
12/2    3.5 miles, easy again
12/3    7 miles
12/4    4 miles in snowstorm
12/5    3.5 miles, easy
12/6    8 miles, Nate 8
12/7    8 miles w/ group

Week 50
12/8    5 miles, easy
12/9    Off
12/10   6 miles on Tmill
12/11    5 miles
12/12    10.5 miles
12/13    Off
12/14    10 miles

Week 51
12/15    6.5 miles on TMill, 2 miles quicker, one in 5:42, one in 5:30
12/16    4 miles
12/17    9 miles
12/18    Off
12/19    7 miles
12/20    7 miles
12/21    7 miles

Week 52
12/22    4 miles
12/23    6 miles on TMill, 2 miles in 5:27, 5:30
12/24    10 miles w/ group
12/25    10.5 miles w/ group.
12/26    3.5 miles, easy, rainy.
12/27    Off, drove to Indiana
12/28    5.5 miles at bikepath in Anderson

Week 53
12/29    4 miles in rain at home
12/30    6 miles fartlek workout w/ Hagerman, got left in the dust!
12/31    6.5 miles w/ Brock Hagerman

2503 miles for 2003