To follow up on the above caption, it should be mentioned that this is my first attempt at any type of "social networking",

so, please bear with......

First off, a somewhat expanded bio - started running and racing 35 years ago (at age 43) and did 5K-10mile road races for the first few years (actually for over a decade!) training regularly with he Buffalo Chips R.C. in Sacramento, CA.  At the time, I thought that anyone that ran farther was out of their mind!  In 1989…