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
 
 

Week 1
1/1    11 miles, prison loop, 3 degrees, cold!
1/2    7 miles, 0 degrees, -15 wind chill, warmer!
1/3    7 miles, still cold!

Week 2
1/4    8 miles, nicer, 11 degrees, no wind, N. Syc 7+
1/5    8 miles, town loop, bad run
1/6    5 miles, 5 inches snow, slow run 12 deg.
1/7    5 miles, -25 wind chill
1/8    6 miles, cold, -7 degrees
1/9    Off, complete rest
1/10    14 miles, good run, felt pretty good, prison route +, 8 degrees, p.m., cross country Ski 2 hrs.

Week 3
1/11    7 miles, N. Syc. 7, slow, 18 degrees
1/12    5 miles, awful run!
1/13    10 miles, easy run, very slick, 36 degrees, wore shorts, nice!
1/14    7 miles, S. Syc. loop, very sore
1/15    7 miles on trails, slow run, icy
1/16    rode bike 40 min., SS ride, lvl 14
1/17    17 miles, slow, icy, felt ok, but rt. knee still sore, need time off

Week 4
1/18    rode bike 45 min, 18 miles, SS ride, then 8 * 1 min. on, off at lvl 17
1/19    CC ski 4 miles, weights
1/20    rode 18 miles, lvl 15 for 30 min.
1/21    rode 22 miles, lvl 14
1/22    rode 21 miles, fartlek workout on bike
1/23    rode 20 miles, lvl 13, 90+ rpm
1/24    rode 21 miles, lvl 13, 14, then 15 for 30 min

Week 5
1/25    rode 20 miles, lvl 13, 14, 50 min. total
1/26    biked 40 min. lvl 15 for 25 min.
1/27    4 miles, slick
1/28    3 miles
1/29    3 miles
1/30    7 miles, S. Syc. 7
1/31    7 miles, S. Syc 7

Week 6
2/1    5 miles, unbelievably icy and slick, knees are still sore
2/2    7 miles, awful run, still just too slick, 10 degrees, sunny, TB lp
2/3    interval workout on bike, 19 miles, lvl 15 x 15, 1 on, 1 off
2/4    8 miles, on treadmill, 2 up, 2 down, 4 tempo at 6:15ish pace
2/5    6 miles, on trails, snow covered
2/6    16 miles, extremely sore, slow run
2/7    4 mile run, then cross country ski for 1 hour.

Week 7
2/8    7 miles on treadmill
2/9    cross country skied 3 miles
2/10    10 miles
2/11    7 miles, 5 x Tuthill road 1/4 mile hill
2/12    3 miles, extremely sore
2/13     3 mile CC ski
2/14    3 mile run indoors, 20 min. elliptical trainer, 20 min. bike

Week 8
2/15    42 min. on elliptical trainer for 5 miles, 20 min. bike, 95 RPM's
2/16    7 miles, awful run, very painful
2/17    off
2/18    5.5 miles
2/19    CC skied 3 miles
2/20    18 miles, easy run
2/21    9.5 miles, easy run, ok run.

Week 9
2/22    8 miles, S. Syc. loop, 20 degrees
2/23    5.3 miles on elliptical, biked 20 minutes
2/24    7 miles, hill repeats at Tuthill park, 13 degrees, sunny
2/25    9 miles w/ Phil, Greg
2/26    CC skied 3 miles
2/27    20+ miles, ran loop around city +
2/28    7 miles, slow, sore, S. Syc 7

Week 10
3/1    43 min. elliptical, 20 min. on treadmill 8% grade, walk/jog
3/2    8.5 miles, hill repeats at Tuthill park
3/3    elliptical 45 min, then 20 min jog, 8% grade, 5mph
3/4    10 miles w/ Greg
3/5    6 miles, easy, sore
3/6    off totally
3/7    20.5 miles, good run, north of prison and back + extra, 31 degrees, cloudy

Week 11
3/8    4 miles, sore
3/9    5.5 miles on elliptical, then 20 min. on treadmill at 10% grade, 5 mph.
3/10    9 miles, to Tuthill, hill repeats, 35 degrees
3/11    rode Keiser Bike 22 miles, 55 min. level 14, 15, 14
3/12    9 miles, still sore
3/13    off, travel to Flagstaff
3/14    8.5 miles in Flagstaff, AZ, suffered from altitude, tough run

Week 12
3/15    5 miles in Flagstaff
3/16    16.5 miles, Grand Canyon Run to bottom on South Kaibab trail, back up Bright Angel Trail, BRUTAL!
3/17    3 miles, BRUTAL PAIN
3/18    Off, could barely walk.
3/19    3 miles in Boulder Canyon Mtns. north of Hoover Dam
3/20    off, travel back to SD from NV
3/21    5.5 miles, death  march, in extreme pain

Week 13
3/22    4 miles, extreme pain, still sore from GC run
3/23    Elliptical 6 miles, then .5 mile run on TM barefoot
3/24    4 miles
3/25    5 miles
3/26    6 miles, slow
3/27    5 miles, 4 on trail, 1 in Vibram's
3/28    a.m. - 9 miles
           p.m. - 1.5 miles on grass in Vibram's

Week 14
3/29    5 miles at Spencer park on grass in Vibram KSO's
3/30    elliptical trainer, 5.5 miles
3/31    12.5 miles, ok run
4/1    9.5 miles
4/2    rode Keiser bike 19 miles, lvl 14
4/3    20 miles, ok run
4/4    7 miles, very sore and worn out

Week 15
4/5    4 miles, on grass and biketrail, in Vibram's
4/6    off
4/7    11.5 miles at Newton Hills
4/8    10 miles w/ Greg
4/9    4 miles in Vibram's
4/10    16.5 miles, easy
4/11    14 miles w/ Greg

Week 16
4/12    4 miles, in Vibram's
4/13    off, rest day
4/14    10 miles, slow, hot, didn't feel good
4/15    6.5 miles in Vibram's, felt better
4/16    23.5 miles, sore, worn out at end
4/17    4 miles, in Vibrams, felt better
4/18    7 miles, in Vibrams, sore, worn out

Week 17
4/19    Off, rest
4/20    8 miles, in Vibrams, worn out
4/21    elliptical 5.5 miles, 45 min.
4/22    10 miles at Big Sioux Rec Area, hills
4/23    3 miles in Vibrams, sore
4/24    rode Keiser bike 15 miles, 40 min., fartlek and SS ride
4/25    20 miles, sore

Week 18
4/26    5 miles, in Vibrams
4/27    7 miles, 2 up & down, 6 x Tuthill hill in Vibrams
4/28    Off, cortisone shots
4/29    7 miles with Drum, Biteler, S. Syc. 7
4/30    4 miles, extreme pain, rt. foot swelled, vibrams
5/1    off, foot swollen
5/2    off, foot swollen

Week 18
5/3    rode Keiser bike 53 min., lvl 14
5/4    elliptical 48 min.
5/5    Rode Keiser 45 min.
5/6    elliptical 50 min
5/7    Rode Keiser bike 45 min. lvl 14, then 6 * lvl 17
5/8    elliptical 50 min.
5/9    elliptical 48 min.

Week 20
5/10    elliptical 50 min.
5/11    Keiser bike 45 min., lvl 15 20 min, lvl 16 last 3 min.
5/12    elliptical 50 min., 6.3 miles
5/13    Keiser bike 45 min. lvl 15, easy ride
5/14    elliptical 50 min. 6.5 miles
5/15    off, lifted weights only today
5/16    elliptical 55 min. 7 miles

Week 21
5/17    rode Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
5/18    elliptical 53 min. 7.1 miles
5/19    Keiser bike 55 min. 22 miles
5/20    elliptical 53 min. 7 miles
5/21    Keiser bike 20 miles, lvl 15
5/22    elliptical 53 min. lvl 15, 7 miles
5/23    elliptical 54 min. lvl 15, 7 miles

Week 22
5/24    rode Keiser bike 22 miles, 50 min. lvl 15
5/25    elliptical 54 min., up to lvl 16
5/26    rode bike 60 min.
5/27    rode Keiser bike 45 min. lvl 15
5/28    elliptical 47 min.
5/29    off, lifted weights only
5/30    elliptical 6.5 miles

Week 23
5/31    rode Keiser bike 45 min. lvl 15
6/1    elliptical 7 miles, 53 min.
6/2    Keiser bike 45 min. lvl 15
6/3    weights only, PRP injection in knees
6/4    Keiser bike 62 min.
6/5    Keiser bike 55 min.
6/6    Keiser bike 51 min.

Week 24
6/7    elliptical 7.4 miles
6/8    Keiser bike 51 min. 21 miles
6/9    Keiser bike 45 min., lvl 14, 19 miles
6/10    weights only, 2nd PRP injection
6/11    Keiser 52 min. lvl 15
6/12    Keiser 51 min. lvl 15
6/13    elliptical 53 min.

Week 25
6/14    weights only
6/15    Keiser 52 min., lvl 15
6/16    weights only
6/17    Keiser bike 55 min., lvl 15
6/18    Keiser bike 51 min., lvl 14, then lvl 17 * 10 for 1 min. on, 1 off.
6/19    Keiser bike 55 min, lvl 14
6/20    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15

Week 26
6/21    Keiser bike 51 min., lvl 15, 21 miles
6/22    Keiser bike 45 min., lvl 15
6/23    Keiser bike 52 min, lvl 15
6/24    Keiser bike 51:30, lvl 15
6/25    Keiser bike 42 min., lvl 15
6/26    weights only today
6/27    Keiser 51 min., lvl 15

Week 27
6/28    Keiser 51 min., workout, lvl 17 * 10
6/29    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
6/30    Keiser 40 min., lvl 14, then 15 last 10 min.
7/1    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
7/2    Off
7/3    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
7/4    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15

Week 28
7/5    Keiser 45 min., intervals to lvl 17 * 11, 15 min. on elliptical
7/6    Keiser 50 min, lvl 14
7/7    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
7/8    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
7/9    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
7/10    Keiser 50 min., lvl 14
7/11    Keiser 46 min., lvl 15

Week 29
7/12    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
7/13    Keiser 52 min. lvl 14
7/14    Keiser 49 min., lvl 15 to 16
7/15    Keiser 55 min. lvl 15
7/16    Keiser 52 min. lvl 15
7/17    Keiser 40 min. lvl 15
7/18    Keiser 50 min., interval lvl 17 * 10

Week 30
7/19    Keiser lvl 15  50 min.
7/20    Keiser lvl 14 50 min.
7/21    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
7/22    Keiser lvl 14 50 min.
7/23    Keiser lvl 15  50 min.
7/24    2 miles
7/25    Keiser 45 min., lvl 15

Week 31
7/26    Keiser 55 min., lvl 14
7/27    Keiser 52 min., lvl 15
7/28