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    4 mile run, weights
1/2    4 miles, on trails towards Falls Park
1/3    Keiser ride 40 min., lvl 16 > 16 workout.
1/4    5 miles with Phil, east 6th St. run
1/5    Keiser ride, level 14 > 16, 17, 40 min.
1/6    3 miles, weights

Week 2
1/7    Keiser ride, lvl 15, 40 min.
1/8    3 miles, sore
1/9    3 miles
1/10    Keiser 40 min., lvl 14-16, weights
1/11    weights only
1/12    5 miles with 6am group
1/13    Keiser 36:00, lvl 14-16, weights

Week 3
1/14    3 miles, ok run, nice, 22 degrees
1/15    Keiser ride, 40 min., lvl 14-16
1/16    3 miles
1/17    2.5 mile run
1/18    off
1/16    5 miles, east side run
1/20    Keiser ride, lvl 14-16, 40 min.

Week 4
1/21    off
1/22    Keiser 40 min., lvl 14 > 16
1/23    4 miles
1/24    Keiser 40 min., lvl 15
1/25    5.5 miles
1/26    off
1/27    weights only

Week 5
1/28    off
1/29    foot surgery
1/30    off
1/31    off
2/1    weights only
2/2    off
2/3    weights only

Week 6
2/4    off
2/5    weights only
2/6    off
2/7    weights only
2/8    off
2/9    weights only
2/10    off

Week 7
2/11    weights only
2/12    off
2/13    weights
2/14    off
2/15    weights
2/16    off
2/17    weights

Week 8
2/18    off
2/19    weights
2/20    off
2/21    weights
2/22    off
2/23    weights
2/24    off

Week 9
2/25    weights
2/26    off
2/27    weights
2/28    off
3/1    weights
3/2    off
3/3    weights

Week 10
3/4    off
3/5    weights
3/6    off
3/7    weights
3/8    off
3/9    weights
3/10    off

Week 11
3/11    weights
3/12    off
3/13    weights
3/14    off
3/15    weights
3/16    off
3/17    weights

Week 12
3/18    off
3/19    weights
3/20    off
3/21    off
3/22    weights
3/23    off
3/24    weights

Week 13
3/25    off
3/26    weights
3/27    off
3/28    weights
3/29    off
3/30    Weights K30
3/31    K35

Week 14
4/1    weights, K 35
4/2    K 35
4/3    weights K35
4/4    off
4/5    off
4/6    off
4/7    off

Week 15
4/8    weights
4/9    off
4/10    off
4/11    Keiser 40 min,weights
4/12    Keiser 40 min.
4/13    weights, Keiser 40 min
4/14    Keiser 40 min, lvl 14 15 16

Week 16
4/15    Keiser 40 min, lvl 14-15-16, weights
4/16    Keiser 40 min. 14-16
4/17    Keiser 40 min  varied ride
4/18    Keiser 40 min. 14-16
4/19    Keiser 40 min., lvl 14-16
4/20    Keiser 32:00, ill
4/21    Keiser 35 min, lvl 15, weights

Week 17
4/22    Keiser 35 min., lvl 15-16
4/23    Keiser 35 min, lvl 15-16
4/24    keiser 35 min, lvl 14, faster pace
4/25    Keiser 45 min, lvl 15-16
4/26    Off
4/27    Keiser 40 min, lvl 14, 15, 16, weights
4/28    Keiser 40 min, lvl 15 for 30, then 14-16 for 10,

Week 18
4/29    Keiser 40 min, lvl 15 for 30, then 14-16 for 10, weights
4/30    Keiser ride 40 min, 30 at lvl 15, then 10 at 14-16, worn out
5/1    Keiser 40 min, lvl 16 x 2 min, 14 x 1 min to 30 min, then last 10 min. varied.
5/2    12 mile ride outdoors, cold, weights
5/3    Keiser 40 min, 2 min. @ 16, 1 @ 14 for 36 min.
5/4    Keiser 35 min, lvl 15, weights
5/5    Keiser ride 40 min., lvl 16, 14, various times on lvl 16

Week 19
5/6    1 mile run, 1 mile walk in Spencer Park on grass
5/7    Keiser 40 min. lvl 14
5/8    2 mile run/walk, run 1.5
5/9    Keiser 40 min ride, 14-15-16 wkout, weights
5/10    3 mile run/walk, run 2.5
5/11    Keiser 40 min, lvl 14-15-16 wkout, weights
5/12    3.75 miles run/walk, ran 2.5

Week 20
5/13    2.75 miles run/walk, ran 2 total, weights
5/14    Keiser ride, 40 min, lvl 14-15-16 workout
5/15    3.5 mile run
5/16    Keiser 40 min., lvl 14-15-16 wkout.
5/17    2.5 mile run
5/18    4.5 mile run with 6am group, long way to go to recover
5/19    3 mile run

Week 21
5/20    Keiser ride, 40 min., lvl 16-15-14 wkout., weights
5/21    4 mile run, towards Falls Park
5/22    Keiser 40 min, lvl 14-15-16 wkout.
5/23    weights only
5/24    Keiser 45 min, same as 5/20
5/25    4 mile run, ok run, feeling better
5/26    Keiser ride, 40 min, lvl 16-15-14 wkout

Week 22
5/27    Keiser ride, 40 min., lvl 16-15-14 wkout, weights
5/28    4 miles
5/29    Keiser 40 min., lvl 15
5/30    Keiser 40 min., sets of 16 x 2, 15 x 2, 14 x 1, weights
5/31    Keiser 40 min., lvl 15 to 32, lvl 14 last 8
6/1    weights only
6/2    Keiser 40 min., 9 sets of lvl 16 x 1 min., lvl 15 x 2, lvl 14 x 1
         Elliptigo ride 10 miles

Week 23
6/3    Keiser lvl 15 for 37:30, weights
6/4    Keiser 40 minutes, lvl 15, good ride
6/5    Keiser 40 min, lvl 15
6/6    weights only
6/7    Keiser lvl 15, 51 minutes
6/8    Keiser 40 min, lvl 15, weights
6/9    Keiser 40 min., lvl 14

Week 24
6/10    Keiser 40 min, lvl 15, weights
6/11    Keiser, lvl 15, 40 min.
6/12    Keiser, lvl 14, 40 min.
6/13    Keiser ride, 40 min., lvl 14, every 3rd minute level 16, weights
6/14    Off, visited with Hunter Kemper
6/15    weights, Keiser ride, 40 min., lvl 14, every 3rd minute level 16
6/16    Keiser ride, 40 min., lvl 14, every 3rd minute level 16

Week 25
6/17    Keiser ride, 40 min., lvl 14, every 3rd minute level 16, weights
6/18    Elliptigo 21 miles, around bike trai loop, tired
6/19    Keiser 43:00, lvl 14 x 2, 16 x 1 wkout.
6/20    Keiser 40 min., lvl 15, tired, weights
6/21    Keiser 41:00, lvl 14 x 2, 16 x 1 wkout
6/22    weights, Keiser 41:00, lvl 14 x 2, 16 x 1 wkout
6/23    Keiser 41:00, same as Saturday

Week 26
6/24    a.m. - Keiser 32:00, lvl 15
           p.m. - Keiser 32:00, lvl 14 x 2, 16 x 1 workout, weights
6/25    Keiser 41:00, lvl 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout.
6/26    a.m. - Keiser 25 min, lvl 15
           p.m. - Keiser 35 min, lvl 14 x 2, 16 x 1 wkout.
6/27    weights, Keiser 16-15-14 wkout
6/28    Keiser 43 min, lvl 15
6/29    Keiser 41:00, 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout, weights
6/30    Keiser 41:00, 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout

Week 27
7/1    Keiser 40 min, lvl 15 tempo, weights
7/2    Keiser 41 min., lvl 14 x 2, 16 x 1 wkout
7/3    Keiser 42 min., lvl 15
7/4    Elliptigo 21 mile ride, weights
7/5    Keiser 41 min, lvl 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout
7/6    weights, Keiser 42 min., lvl 15
7/7    Keiser 32:00, lvl 16 x 1, 14 x 2, 3.75 mile walk/jog 2.5

Week 28
7/8    Keiser 31:00, lvl 15, weights
7/9    Keiser 43:00, lvl 15
7/10    Keiser 42:00, lvl 16 x 2, 14 x 2
7/11    weights, Keiser 43:30, lvl 15
7/12    Keiser 42:30, lvl 15
7/13    weights only
7/14    Keiser 42:30, lvl 15

Week 29
7/15    Keiser 41:00, lvl 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout. weights
7/16    Keiser 42:30, lvl 15
7/17    off
7/18    a.m. - Keiser 25:00, lvl 15
           p.m. - Keiser 32:00, lvl 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout, 30 min. pool run
7/19    off
7/20    weights    Keiser 43:00, lvl 15
7/21    Keiser 43 min, lvl 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout

Week 30
7/22    Weights, Keiser 43:00, lvl 15
7/23    3.5 miles, run 2.5 miles
7/24    3.75 miles, run 2.5 miles
7/25    weights 4 miles, 3 miles running
7/26    Keiser 43:00, 16 x 1, 14 x 2 wkout.
7/27    weights, 3.75 miles, ran 2.5
7/28    Elliptigo 22 miles, then 1 mile run

Week 31
7/29    a.m. - Keiser 25 min, lvl 15
           p.m. - 3 miles, 2.5 running.
7/30    Keiser ride, 43:00, lvl 15
7/31    3.5 mile run
8/1    weights, Keiser 43:00, 16 x 1, 14 x 2 for 20:00, 16-15-14 for 20 min.
8/2    4 mile run
8/3    weights, 5 mile run
8/4    4 mile run, 21 mile elliptigo ride

Week 32
8/5    weights, Keiser 43:00, lvl 15
8/6    4 miles, tired
8/7    4 miles, to Falls
8/8    3.5 miles, weights
8/9    rest
8/10    6 miles, better run
8/11    4.5 miles, exhausted

Week 33
8/12    3 miles, weights
8/13    5 miles
8/14    5 miles thru town
8/15    4 miles, weights
8/16    3 miles, tired
8/17    off, rest
8/18    7 miles, then 16 on elliptigo

Week 34
8/19    3 miles, then weights, very humid
8/20    4 miles, 90 degrees, miserable
8/21    3 miles
8/22    weights only
8/23    4 miles, felt awful, very hot and miserable
8/24    6 miles, rained, very humid
8/25    4 miles, brutally humid

Week 35
8/26    3 miles, HOT, weights
8/27    off
8/28    3 miles, hot
8/29    3 miles, hot, weights
8/30    3 miles, hot
8/31    Off
9/1    Off

Week 36
9/2    5 miles, weights, nice, 50 degrees
9/3    4 miles, 5:45am run
9/4    4 miles
9/5    4 miles, weights
9/6    3 miles
9/7    Off
9/8    5 miles, very humid

Week 37
9/9    Keiser 43:00, lvl 16-15-14 wkout, weights
9/10    5 miles
9/11    off
9/12    5 miles, weights
9/13    a.m. - 4 miles before work
9/14    7 miles, east side loop with Biteler
9/15    6 miles, town loop

Week 38
9/16    4 miles, weights, felt ok, nice weather
9/17    6 miles, to track, 4 x 400, :93, :95, :92, :90, long way to go yet.
9/18    2 miles, hot
9/19    5 miles, tired, weights
9/20    off
9/21    7 miles, Maple street hilly run w/ Phil
9/22    6 miles, thru town

Week 39
9/23    4 miles, ill, on trails, weights
9/24    5 miles, still ill
9/25    3 miles on grass, ill yet
9/26    off, weights only
9/27    4 miles
9/28    3 miles, ill yet
9/29    3 miles, ill yet

Week 40
9/30    3 miles, still sick, weights too
10/1    6 miles at Newton Hills
10/2    3 miles, sore
10/3    4 miles, weights, rainy
10/4    3 miles in rain
10/5    7 miles, Cliff loop w/ Biteler
10/6    5 miles, thru town

Week 41
10/7    5 miles, weights
10/8    4 miles, towards Falls
10/9    3 miles
10/10    weights only
10/11    4.5 miles, set up race course.
10/12    6 miles, NHTC race, 11th, 48:45, fell once,
10/13    4.5 miles, very sore from yesterday

Week 42
10/14    Keiser ride 35 min., lvl 15, rained hard all day long, weights
10/15    5 miles,
10/16    7 miles, Maple street run
10/17    3 miles, weights
10/18    off
10/19    7 miles, in rain, Pine Lake Hills loop
10/20    9 miles, falls loop, longest run since surgery

Week 43
10/21    6 miles, Falls 6, rt. groin got sore near end, weights
10/22    4 miles
10/23    5 miles
10/24    3.5 miles after dr. appt., weights
10/25    off
10/26    8 miles, Maple St. loop de Bitelers
10/27    10 miles, westward ho loop w/ Greg, 33 degrees, sunny, nice

Week 44
10/28    6 miles, fartlek for 3 miles, 1:00 on, 1:00 off, from cliff to cliff, weights
10/29    5 miles, thru town, rainy
10/30    4.5 miles on trails
10/31    4 miles, easy, weights
11/1    6 miles, new loop de Biteler's
11/2    9 miles, St. Therese to Big Sioux Rec Area O & B run, very hilly run
11/3    6 miles, VERY windy, tough run

Week 45
11/4    6 miles, thru town, weights
11/5    3 miles, 1st snow, 6.2" snow total
11/6    7 miles from wellness center, cold, windy
11/7    4 miles, weights
11/8    off, rest
11/9    8 miles, Falls loop w/ 6am group
11/10    9 miles, town loop w/ Greg

Week 46
11/11    5 miles, thru town, struggled, weights
11/12    4.5 miles, on trails
11/13    6 miles, TB loop
11/14    4.5 miles, same as Tuesday, weights
11/15    3 miles
11/16    9 miles, w/ 6am group, quick pace, good run
11/17    9 miles, Falls loop, tired, weights

Week 47
11/18    5.5 miles, to track, 7 * 400 w/ 400 jog, 89, 89, 90, 88, 89, 89, 87, 1 up, 1 down
11/19    5 miles, to Falls, slow, weights
11/20    3.5 miles, 1 in 6:31
11/21    a.m. 2 miles, drove to IN
11/22    6 miles, 600 W loop, nice
11/23    off, to NCAA CC meet in TH
11/24    5 miles around home, cold, went over 74,000 career miles today

Week 48
11/25    6 miles at BP in Anderson
11/26    4 miles, @ 500 W
11/27    3 miles in Anderson, then to Wilmette
11/28    7.5 miles, 1st road race in years, 10k,
Highland Park, IL, course was 6.4 miles, 32nd place, 42:14, but 40:47 at 6, which was closer to the actual 10k point. 6:38, 13:20, 19:55, 20:20 5k, 4th mile way long
11/29    5 miles with Jill, Sue
11/30    8 miles, in Wilmette, Sheridan to Green Bay trail loop
12/1    3.5 miles in Wilmette, IL

Week 49
12/2    6.5 miles, nice, 45 degrees, no wind, weights
12/3    5 miles, slow run
12/4    3 miles, 6" snow today, difficult run
12/5    4 miles, very cold, 2 degrees, weights
12/6    off
12/7    7.5 miles, on treadmill
12/8    5 miles, thru town

Week 50
12/9    Keiser 43:00, lvl 16-14 workout, weights, cold! 2 degrees, wind chills -25, weights
12/10    5 miles, much better run, in snow, warmer, 18 degrees
12/11    4 miles, 1 degree, wind chill -20s, just cold! On trails
12/12    6 miles, much nicer, 25 degrees, weights
12/13    4 miles, cold
12/14    off
12/15    7 miles, on trails, cold, weights

Week 51
12/16    6 miles, thru town, 30 degrees, nice run
12/17    5 miles, on trails
12/18    4 miles, sick from lunch
12/19    4 miles, on trails, cold!
12/20    Off > Indiana
12/21    5 miles, treadmill run at mom and dad's, rained all day
12/22    4 miles, 500W loop

Week 52
12/23    6 miles in Anderson, around AU
12/24    5 miles, cold, around 600W
12/25    3.5 miles with PHHS grads
12/26    off, rest
12/27    8.5 miles on trails at Mounds Park, hilly run
12/28    4 miles, very sore
12/29    4 miles, same as Sat.

Week 53
12/30    Off, drove to SD, weights only
12/31    off, rest