I grew up in Northern Michigan in
Oscoda and Graduated from Central
Michigan University. In the early
80's I moved to Atlanta, GA. For a
short period in time I lived with my
Brother Pat who later moved just
outside Minneapolis, MN , go
figure. He was kind enough to give
me a place to stay till I got on my
feet. I started working for Tandy
Corporation and spent 11 busy years
Managing different Radio Shack
Stores in the metro Atlanta area.
It was a rewarding but fast paced
job. I was fortunate to run a
couple of the top 50 in store sales
while with Tandy. Back in the days
when there were more Radio Shacks
than McDonalds. I got married in
August 1988 to my lovely wife Paige. We soon started
having children and looked for a
simpler life and moved to
Hawkinsville, GA in 1992. Paige is
a Pharmacist in Warner Robins and I
am computer consultant for a newly
formed
ComSouth Computer Services , the
"Glitch Guys". We have lived in
Hawkinsville for almost 20
years. We have 3 children. They
each keep us very busy, so much for
the simpler life.
I got back into
running around the time our first
child was born. Baby joggers were a
great way to baby sit the kids and
see some fun places the South East.
During about 13 years of "Baby
Jogging" we had any combination of
up to 4 in the various joggers.
Possibly not always the safest form
of transportation when we went over
the allotted number of seats but it
was fun while it lasted. Laura
started out in a single jogger and
with the addition of Kevin, then
David, we had 2 variations of a
double jogger. Then we went "High
End" with a real baby jogger brand
when David was in by himself.
Unfortunately for him he had to ride
some of the longer runs since Dad
had gotten brave and started running
more Half Marathons. Ah, he was a
patient one. Now the Boy's come run
some of the events with me if they
are close by so they can get back to
their activities like Baseball,
Football, Soccer, etc. Looks
like I might have to get in the
"baby jogger" business again soon.
You can find me most weekends in
various running events around the
South East. Currently I have run
only 2 Marathons: my first Marathon
in Honolulu, Hawaii in December 14, 2003,
and my second in Athens Greece on
November 4, 2007. I like the Half's
much better, I have run
64
Half Marathons to date. My favorite
run is the
Twisted Ankle trail run in
North Georgia. I have finished it
all 7 years. A close second is the
Granite Grinder Trail Half at the 96
Olympic Equestrian Park just outside
of Atlanta. I am still not sure
which one is harder. Also got in
some Dual-Athlons
(Just Biking &
Running), one
at Mackinaw
in Michigan while up for a 30th year
high school reunion. In 2011 I completed
my fifth Sprint
Triathlon (sort of a fun run
compared to the real triathletes). During the first one
in 2005 I swam like a rock
but
not anymore. Don't get me
wrong I am still really slow...
These are really fun and I
hope to do more in the future.
Might come out of the water last...
but watch out for the bike! My
Daughter says I look like "Pee-Wee
Herman", buzzing along while all
the riders are cranking down low.
This year I have gotten a chance to
ride my bike to some of the local
runs and get a double workout riding
back. This should help my bike / run
transition later this year.
I have had the
chance to experience
some really cool events ("Been
there: ran the race, got the shirt,
drank the beer") and
hope to continue doing so for a long
time. Over the years there have
been a few DNS (did
not start), many DLF (dead last finish,
probably more to come) but
currently
no DNF (did
not finish) !!!
This is a great
statement:
"If God invented marathons to
keep people from doing anything more
stupid, triathlon must have taken
Him completely by surprise."
-- PZ
Pearce, MD
List
of runs
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Plains Georgia - Peanut
Festival 5K
In a run in the 92 while
pushing Laura in the jogger we
placed and got a trophy from
past President,
Jimmy Carter.
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