I ran cross country in high school, but wasn’t interested in running again until my wife started running. This training led me to run multiple half-marathons and the Riverbank Run several times. About six years ago, Aaron and Erin Medema (also on the Marathon staff) challenged my wife and I to run every day between Memorial Day and Fourth of July. Doing this simple daily run motivated me, and I kept up running at least two miles every day since then.

I have been married for 25 years, and I am the father of 3 boys (Senior in high school, 5th grader, kindergartener). I work for a cybersecurity company doing technical presales.

My advice for new endurance runners is to find a great pair of shoes, one that is fitted for you by a sport-shoe expert. Don’t go for the great deal or a shoe from the department store. I always ask newer runners what type of shoes they wear and where they got them. I’m surprised how many runners don’t know about getting the right shoe for the way they run. (Fun fact: for a portion of a job interview I had to present on something non-work related, so I did a whole presentation on this).

I don’t have any real running goals. I just plan to keep on with my running streak.