Age: 54 (at time of profile 5/23/01)

Years running: 20+

Occupation: Web Techie

How many miles a week do you run? 10+-

How did you come to join Bayou City?: "Come run down at Rice and join us for beer at Valhalla". I think I was doing that for almost a year before I realized that it was actually a club. I said to myself, "Yeah, a club that's so laid back that you can belong to it and not even know it. I like it."

My proudest running accomplishment is: I guess doing the Tomball 15k run a number of years ago. That, for me, is a very long race -- and I not only did it but I enjoyed it. I later tried to run a couple longer races and the experiences utterly convinced me that I do not belong in long races.

My favorite training run is: Around Hermann Park and into Valhalla on Wednesday.

My favorite race is: Crescent City Classic. It's funny -- I really don't enjoy races any more, and I don't like big parties. But a big race which is also a big party is just silly enough to be a heck of a lot of fun. You don't ask, but my least favorite race, or racing experience, was the Baytown Heat Wave some years ago. One would think that the fact it rained some would have helped. I never realized it was possible to be so HOT! At one point I really thought I was not going to survive the experience.

My best distance is: I don't have a best distance. I'm lousy at all of them.

I run because: Well -- trying to slow down the inevitable decline that comes with the years and stay at least marginally in shape. And, to be honest, if I run I feel better, both physically and mentally. I don't feel better at the moment I'm running, I guess -- I've certainly had moments in the Houston summers when I really have that "Why the HELL am I DOING this??" feeling. But I know that if I don't keep it up I end up feeling not so good.

My philosophy for life is: Harmony. Try to find it. Live it.

My next goal is: I guess you mean a running goal. Actually, my next goal is professional --to figure out what to do as a rep to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). I think that's pretty cool, but I also want to make my involvement make a difference somehow. So -- that's not what you meant -- it has to be a running goal. OK -- my immediate running goal is not to be so messed up physically that I don't enjoy the cross country skiing and snow-shoeing that I am going to be doing over the holidays. There is a dog waiting up there in Canada for me to take him on the trail, and I don't want to disappoint him.

Favorite training food: Beer. Man, that was a no-brainer.

When I'm running I think about: Stuff that is bothering me. Conflicts. I guess running somehow gives me some sort of environment in which I can see these things from a better perspective -- or at least get them out of my system.

The best running advice I could give would be: Don't run races that you know, in your heart, will injure you.

People would be surprised if they knew: I asked Debby. She says, "That you're just a kid, really."

The top thing on my dream list is: See Antarctica.

If I could have been anything, besides my current occupation it would be: Classical vocal soloist.

Other hobbies besides running: Singing. Cross country skiing, sailing.

I would love to spend the day with:
Hmmm. Shall I say Britney Spears? Debby says that she is 18 years old. Well -- perhaps it would be better to spend a day with Albert Schweizer. Certainly less likely to disrupt any important relationships in my life.

The most embarrassing thing that has happened to me is:
Whatever it was, I am certainly not going to record it here.

The most profound thing that has happened in my life is: Singing with the Houston Symphony, in particular the German Requiem, the Missa Solemnis and the Berlioz Requiem.