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    6 miles, thru town, very cold, wind chill -20
1/2    7 miles, 4 degrees, S. Syc 7, slow

Week 2
1/3    elliptical 51 min.
1/4    5 miles, on trails, slick
1/5    6 miles, on trails, slick
1/6    elliptical 52 min., run 1 mile on treadmill
1/7    6 miles on treadmill, 2 * mile @ 6:00 pace, 800, @ 6:30 pace, tired
1/8    10.5 miles, prison loop w/ 6am group
1/9    8.5 miles, Falls loop, 9 degrees, east wind

Week 3
1/10    CC ski 3 miles
1/11    4 miles, in snow, slow
1/12    7 miles, on TM, 2 * mile in 6 min., 800 in 3:00
1/13    7 miles, S. Syc 7
1/14    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15
1/15    7 miles, N. Syc 7
1/16    12 miles, tired at end, 4 degrees

Week 4
1/17    elliptical 53:00, lvl 15
1/18    6 miles on treadmill 2 * mile @ 6 min. pace
1/19    6 miles on treadmill, easy, sore
1/20    4 miles, cold, -4 degrees
1/21    7 miles, S. Syc 7, slow, 7 degrees
1/22    elliptical 53 min. lvl 15
1/23    9 miles, falls loop, -10 to -15 degrees in the hour we ran

Week 5
1/24    7 miles, N. Syc. 7, 31 degrees, finally warm weather
1/25    Keiser bike 51:00, lvl 15
1/26    5 miles, sore
1/27    7 miles, N. Syc 7
1/28    5 miles, on trails
1/29    4 miles before work
1/30    8 miles, solo, -5 degrees, sunny, no wind

Week 6
1/31    7 miles in snowstorm, S. Syc 7
2/1    Keiser bike 50 min. Lvl 15
2/2    Off, rest
2/3    6 miles on trails, foot sore
2/4    7 miles, N. Syc 7
2/5    7 miles, S. Syc 7
2/6    9 miles with 6am group, easy run, snowy, 27 degrees

Week 7
2/7    45 min. on elliptical lvl 15., run 1.5 miles
2/8    4 mile run, slow, 0 degrees
2/9    6 mile run, slow, 6 degrees
2/10    elliptical 45 min., lvl 15, run 1.5 miles
2/11    7 miles, N. Syc. 7 38 degrees, nice
2/12    7miles, S. Syc. 7, 28 degrees
2/13    6 miles, extreme knee and foot pain, ended early

Week 8
2/14    Keiser bike lvl 15, 55 min.
2/15    elliptical 55 min, lvl 15-16
2/16    4 miles, fell, messed up hands, right hip
2/17    Keiser bike 52:00, lvl 15
2/18    Off, rest
2/19    7 miles, S. Syc. 7, slow
2/20    elliptical 51 min., lvl 15

Week 9
2/21    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15
2/22    4 miles, slow, sore
2/23    elliptical 52:00, lvl 15
2/24    N. Syc. 7 w/ Phil
2/25    elliptical 51:00, lvl 15 to 16
2/26    Off
2/27    10 miles, Falls loop on road, icy

Week 10
2/28    Keiser bike 45:00, intervals, 12 * lvl 17 w/ lvl. 14 rest
3/1    Keiser bike 52 min., lvl 15
3/2    elliptical 45 min., run 1 mile
3/3    4 miles, 33rd St. loop
3/4    Keiser Bike 50 min., lvl 15
3/5    7.5 miles solo, Falls loop
3/6    8.5 miles w/ Greg and Nick, Falls loop

Week 11
3/7    elliptical 51 min., lvl 15 & 16
3/8    Off, rest
3/9    Keiser bike 51:00, lvl 15
3/10    7 miles, S. Syc. 7
3/11    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15 & 14
3/12    7 miles, N. Syc. 7, cold, windy, 20 degrees
3/13    9 miles, Falls loop

Week 12
3/14    Keiser bike 51:00, lvl 15
3/15    run 3 miles, Keiser bike 31 min., lvl 15, nice, 51 degrees
3/16    Keiser bike lvl 15 for 30 min, then lvl 17, 14, for 20
3/17    Keiser bike 51:00, lvl 15
3/18    6 miles, town loop
3/19    off
3/20    9 miles, Falls loop

Week 13
3/21    Elliptical 52:00
3/22    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15
3/23    Keiser bike 50:00, lvl 15
3/24    elliptical 50:00, lvl 15, 16
3/25    Keiser bike 50:00, lvl 15
3/26    7 miles, S. Syc. 7
3/27    9 miles, Falls loop, sore

Week 14
3/28    Keiser bike 47:00, lvl 15
3/29    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15-16
3/30    3 mile run, on grass, Spencer park
3/31    Keiser bike 50:00, lvl 15, 16
4/1    Keiser bike 50:00, lvl 15-16
4/2    off
4/3    a.m., 4 mile run, 31:00 on Keiser bike, lvl 15

Week 15
4/4    elliptical 51:00, lvl 15-16
4/5    3 miles, slow, sore
4/6    Keiser bike 55:00, lvl 15
4/7    Keiser bike 51:00, lvl 15
4/8    4 miles, slow, on bike trail
4/9    Keiser bike 55:00, lvl 15
4/10    5.5 miles, slow

Week 16
4/11    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15
4/12    Keiser bike 55:00, lvl 15
4/13    5.5 mile run, ok run
4/14    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15 to 25 min, 14 to 30 min., then 14 & 16 to 50 min.
4/15    Keiser bike 57:00, lvl 15, then 14
4/16    7 miles, N. Syc 7 loop
4/17    5 miles, easy

Week 17
4/18    Off
4/19    3 mile run, 5 miles on Elliptigo
4/20    Elliptigo 15 miles
4/21    Keiser lvl 15 for 50 min
4/22    Elliptigo 16.5 mile ride
4/23    Keiser bike 50 min. lvl 15
4/24    Keiser bike lvl 15 for 45 min., elliptigo 17 mile ride

Week 18
4/25    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 14 for 11 min., then 30 min lvl 17-14 intervals
4/26    4 miles
4/27    Keiser bike 50:00, lvl 15, last lvl 16
4/28    elliptigo 16.5 miles, around airport, Keiser bike 36:00, lvl 14
4/29    4 miles
4/30    a.m. - 7 miles
5/1    a.m. - 5 miles, p.m. - elliptigo 6 miles

Week 19
5/2    Keiser bike 50:00, lvl 15
5/3    Elliptigo ride 20 miles, around airport
5/4    4.5 miles, easy
5/5    elliptigo 18 miles
5/6    Off
5/7    7 miles
5/8    4 miles in rain, elliptigo 14 miles in p.m.

Week 20
5/9    elliptigo 15 miles, hot, worn out
5/10    elliptigo 17 miles, windy, 86
5/11    4 miles, ok run
5/12    elliptigo 21.5 miles, cold
5/13    7 miles, N. Syc 7 loop
5/14    3.5 miles, around a.m. loop
5/15    Off, at MVC track meet at UNI

Week 21
5/16    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15
5/17    18 miles on elliptigo
5/18    17.5 miles on elliptigo
5/19    3.5 miles around Sertoma Park
5/20    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15
5/21    7 miles, S. Syc 7
5/22    4.5 miles, around town

Week 22
5/23    elliptigo 18 miles, windy again, 70s
5/24    Off, dr. appt. in Sioux City
5/25    4 miles, slow run
5/26    20 miles on elliptigo
5/27    4.5 miles, around town
5/28    elliptigo 24 miles, to Brandon and back
5/29    4 miles on trails, slow

Week 23
5/30    9.5 miles, west on bike trail w/ group of 12
5/31    Keiser bike 50:00, lvl 15
6/1    5.5 miles, sore,
6/2    Off
6/3    4 mile run
6/4    3.5 mile run,
6/5    40 mile ride on elliptigo in Tour De Kota, great ride, tailwind most of the way, easy stuff

Week 24
6/6    4.5 miles, hosp. loop, 09 degrees
6/7    Keiser ride 45 min., lvl 15
6/8    4 miles, on trails
6/9    4 miles, around town.
6/10    20 miles on elliptigo, great ride
6/11    7 miles, S. Syc loop, very slow, sore
6/12    7 miles, thru town, sore

Week 25
6/13    Off
6/14    Keiser bike 50 min., lvl 15
6/15    3 miles, at Sertoma Park, extreme pain
6/16    elliptigo 20 miles, very hot
6/17    Off, totally exhausted
6/18    5 miles, thru town, ok run
6/19    4 miles, at Sertoma Park, 67, humid, solo

Week 26
6/20    4 miles, slow, easy
6/21    50 min. on Keiser bike, lvl 15
6/22    5 miles, on trails, sore, slow
6/23    3 miles, slow, easy
6/24    elliptigo 19.3 miles, windy
6/25    7 miles, easy, slow run
6/26    8.5 miles, town loop, still sore

Week 27
6/27    Off, weights only
6/28    4 miles, sore, on trails
6/29    elliptical at PF 51:00, lvl 15
6/30    4 miles, 92 degrees, brutal run
7/1    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
7/2    7 miles, N. Syc. 7
7/3    elliptigo 20+ miles

Week 28
7/4    7 miles, N. Syc. 7
7/5    Off, rest
7/6    5 miles at Sertoma Park, ok run
7/7    19 miles on elliptigo, good ride
7/8    3 miles, slow, very humid
7/9    Keiser bike ride, 50 min., lvl 15-16, good ride
7/10    6 miles, very hot and humid, sore today more than normal

Week 29
7/11    19+ miles on elliptigo, worn out
7/12    3.5 miles on grass at Riverdale park, very sore
7/13    3 mile run, very sore
7/14    Keiser ride, 50 min., Lvl 14-17 1 on, 1 off, from 6 to 40 min.
7/15    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15-16 from 11-30 min.
7/16    elliptigo ride 18 miles, in a.m.
7/17    Keiser ride, 50 min., lvl 15 & 14, sluggish

Week 30
7/18    Off, weights only
7/19    elliptical 50 min., lvl 15-16
7/20    Keiser ride 50 min., lvl 14 to 165, 1 on, 1 off
7/21    elliptigo 19+ miles
7/22    Keiser ride lvl 15, 50 min.
7/23    elliptical 51:00, lvl 15
7/24    jog 1 mile, walk 1/2 mile, jog 1 mile, walk 1/2 mile

Week 31
7/25    elliptical, 50 min., lvl 15, lvl 16 for 12 min.
7/26    Keiser ride 50 min., lvl 15, 50 min
7/27    elliptigo 16.5 miles, humid
7/28    Keiser ride, lvl 15, 50 min
7/29    Keiser ride, lvl 15, 50 min
7/30    Off
7/31    elliptical 50 min., lvl 15, run 1 mile on TM

Week 32
8/1    elliptical 40 min., lvl 15, run 1 mile on TM
8/2    Keiser 51:00, lvl 15
8/3    lifted only
8/4    Keiser 51:00, lvl 15
8/5    Keiser 50 min, lvl 15, lvl 16 x 2 for 5 min.
8/6    jog 3 miles, slow, foot still in pain
8/7    elliptical 50 min., lvl 15

Week 33
8/8    Keiser ride 51:00, lvl 15
8/9    Keiser 46:00, lvl 15
8/10    elliptical trainer 50 min., lvl 15 & 16
8/11    rode mtn. bike outdoors about 15 miles
8/12    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
8/13    elliptigo ride 27 miles, good ride, windy
8/14    1 mile jog

Week 34
8/15    Keiser ride, 50 min. lvl 15
8/16    Keiser ride 43:00, lvl 15
8/17    walk/run 3.75 miles, jogged 2.5 miles
8/18    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
8/19    elliptigo 19.5 miles
8/20    Keiser ride 35 min., fartlek ride, level 15-17 on 1 min., off 1 min.
8/21    run/walk 3.5 miles, run 2.5 of those miles, then elliptigo 44 miles, to Canton and back home

Week 35
8/22    Weights only today
8/23    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
8/24    run/walk 4 miles, jogged 3 miles
8/25    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
8/26    elliptigo 14 mile, felt terrible, very humid
8/27    run/walk 4 miles, jogged 3 miles
8/28    2.5 mile run/walk, jogged 2 miles
           p.m. - elliptigo 7.5 miles

Week 36
8/29    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
8/30    elliptigo 20 miles
8/31    Keiser 40 min., fartlek ride lvl 15 to 16, 1 on, 1 off
9/1    Keiser 50:00, lvl 15
9/2    elliptigo 21.5 miles, good ride
9/3    jog 3 miles
9/4    elliptigo 15 miles

Week 37
9/5    jog/walk 3.75 miles, jogged 2.5 miles of it.
9/6    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
9/7    Elliptigo 21 miles
9/8    Keiser dide 45:00, lvl 15
9/9    Off, drove to Wall
9/10    3 mile jog around Wall, SD
9/11    3 mile walk/jog, jogged 2 miles, north on Creighton Rd. in Wall

Week 38
9/12    Off, toured Pennington Co. all day
9/13    lift only
9/14    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
9/15    3 mile jog/walk, jog 2.5 miles
9/16    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
9/17    lift only
9/18    jog 1 mile, Keiser ride 45:00, lvl 15

Week 39
9/19    elliptigo 21 miles
9/20    Keiser ride 50 min., lvl 15
9/21    Keiser 46:00, lvl 15
9/22    Elliptigo 22 miles
9/23    Keiser 50:00, lvl 14 to 16, 1 on, 1 off
9/24    walk/jog 4 miles, jogged 2.5 miles
9/25    walk/jog 4 miles, jogged 2.5 miles

Week 40
9/26    Weights only
9/27    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
9/28    jog/walk 3 miles, jogged 2
9/29    Keiser 45 min., lvl 15
9/30    Elliptigo 19 miles
10/1    Off
10/2    jog/walk 3 miles, jogged 2 miles

Week 41
10/3    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
10/4    weights only
10/5    walk/jog 3.5 miles, jog 2.5 miles
10/6    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
10/7    off, set up newton hills course
10/8    2 miles, Newton Hills trail run
10/9    elliptigo 20 miles, worn out

Week 42
10/10    Keiser ride 50 min., lvl 15, good ride
10/11    Keiser ride 45:00, lvl 15
10/12    run/walk 3 miles, jogged 2.5 miles
10/13    off, to Indiana
10/14    off
10/15    2 miles, a.m., slow, windy
10/16    at ncaa pre-ncaa meet

Week 43
10/17    drove to SD
10/18    2 mile run
10/19    Keiser ride 50:00, lvl 15
10/20    jog 2.5 miles
10/21    Keiser 50 min., lvl 15
10/22    Off
10/23    4 miles, good run, felt better

Week 44
10/24    3 mile jog, walked 1/2 mile
10/25    Keiser 45 min., lvl 15
10/26    run 3.5 miles
10/27    Weights only
10/28    Off, to Chicago
10/29    4 mile run in wooded trails in Skokie, IL
10/30    Off, drove to SD

Week 45
10/31    3 miles, on trails, nice 58 degrees
11/1    Keiser 45:00, lvl 16
11/2    weights only
11/3    Keiser 50:00, lvl 15
11/4    Keiser 45:00, lvl 15
11/5    Off
11/6    4 mile run, good run

Week 46
11/7    4 mile run - X-rays shows foot has pretty much healed fully
11/8    Keiser ride 50 min., lvl 15
11/9    4 miles, on trails, ok run
11/10    Keiser 31:00, felt bad
11/11    off
11/12    Off
11/13    4 mile run, slow, did not feel good

Week 47
11/14    Off, ill
11/15    weights only
11/16    4 miles, slow run, 32 degrees
11/17    Off
11/18    3 miles @ home
11/19    3 miles @ Marty's
11/20    3 miles @ home

Week 48
11/21    Off, NCAA CC meet
11/22    3 miles on treadmill @ home
11/23    4 miles, slow @ section
11/24    3 miles around home
11/25    Off
11/26    Off
11/27    Off, weights only

Week 49
11/28    3 miles, slow
11/29    Keiser ride, 50 min., lvl 15, then 17 more min. at low level
11/30    4 mile run to Falls
12/1    elliptical 50:00
12/2    7 miles, S. Syc 7 loop
12/3    Off
12/4    a.m. - 8.5 miles, Falls loop, worn out
           p.m. - 2.5 miles with SFARC X-mas social runners thru town

Week 50
12/5    Keiser ride, 50 min., lvl 15
12/6    4 miles on trails, rolled right ankle.
12/7    Keiser 42 min., lvl 15
12/8    4 miles, sore
12/9    off
12/10    7 miles, ok run
12/11    5 miles, sore

Week 51
12/12    45 min. Keiser ride, lvl 15
12/13    6 miles w/ Dannielle Deines (NC) at Falls Park
12/14    off
12/15    5 miles, on trails
12/16    Off, drove to IN
12/17    4 miles @ home
12/18    Off

Week 52
12/19    6 miles @ home, 600 S loop
12/20    5.5 miles @ bikepath
12/21    3 miles, easy
12/22    Off
12/23    4 miles @ home
12/24    3 miles, sore
12/25    3 miles, sore yet

Week 53
12/26    Off, drove to SD
12/27    5 miles, ok run, 36 degrees, nice
12/28    5 miles, thru town
12/29    Off
12/30    5 miles
12/31    5 miles, didn't feel good. 800 miles for 2011