A Short History

I am 46 years old, born in 1961. Next year, my wife Patti and I will celebrate my twentieth wedding anniversary. We have two sons Danny and Peter (17 & 12), and Madeline (15).

I have been running for exercise and enjoyment my entire adult life. The first road race I remember was in the late 80’s. It was a 10K in the Poconos. Since then I have run is lots of races. While I have never strayed for long from some schedule of regular running, there have been several stretches of time when my running totals for a month might be less than 10 miles. My running over the past twenty years has been sporadically consistent.

The best run of my life was the 2001 Philadelphia Distance Run when I ran all 13.1 miles at a 8:19 pace for a finish of 1:49. I’ve run a bunch of 10 mile events, always planning to run at a flat 8:00 pace, but never quite hitting that mark. My best time for a 10 miler was 82 minutes. For shorter races, I have run under the 8:00 pace.

But still my drawer is full of race t-shirts and none of them say ‘marathon’.

My running resume is not very impressive. I never ran competitively, but have always loved the sport of running. It gives me a good feeling physically and emotionally. The achievement, of which I am most proud, is the fact that I have stirred interest in running with my children. All three ran Cross Country in their middle school years. On Fathers Day Weekend, the town of Media holds a very challenging Five Mile road race. I now run this with all my kids.