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Of all the images above, the one that most closely resembles me is that of the overweight, old jogger. Actually I call myself a runner. What is the difference between a jogger and a runner?
ATTITUDE! If you think you're a runner, you are a runner.I was born September 8, 1930. I grew up in a small town in central Pennsylvania in the middle of dairy farming country. Following high school, I spent 4 years
in the U. S. Air Force working on airborne radar equipment. The next two years were at Penn State majoring in Physics. I married at the beginning of the second year, and became a father shortly after the end of the second year.
Quit school to look for a job to support my family. Began designing computers in 1956 when they were very primitive by today's standards. Spent the next 30 years working with computers in the aerospace industry. By going to school
at night, I ultimately received a BA degree in Mathematics in 1961. Retired in 1986 and, after 26 years in the Greater Los Angeles area, moved to my new home on three acres of woods about 2800 feet up in the western foothills
of the California Sierras near a town called Foresthill about 45 miles northeast of Sacramento. Began jogging in June, 1977. Ran two 10K races at the end of that summer, and ran my first marathon the following May. Ran my first
ultramarathon (50k) in 1979, my first 50 miler in 1981, and the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii in February, 1982. Started my first 100 mile trail ultramarathon at Western States in 1984; but didn't finish a 100 miler until 1989 at
Leadville. I had angioplasty in January, 1991. I have finished three 100 milers since then; but am slowing with age and finding it very difficult to make the cutoff times on the tougher runs. In addition to running, I have
dabbled in photography and amateur astronomy. . I am a member of Mensa; and was once the loc. sec. (president) of the Orange County, California chapter. I was also the editor and originator of ORACLE, the newsletter for
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