Height: 5' 9"

Athletic Background: Rodeo (1973-88) Football (1978-88)

Date of First Race: November 1988

Name of First Race: San Antonio Marathon

Memories of First Race: Pain! Swore I'd never do another marathon

Personal Best Ironman: 13:29 (IM Florida)

Personal Best 5K Run: 18:19

Personal Best 10K Run: 40:01

Personal Best Marathon: 3:02 (The Woodlands Marathon)

Favorite Swimming Location: Lake Travis

Favorite Cycling Route: Everything between Austin and Johnson City, TX

Favorite Running Route/Location: Towne Lake Hike and Bike Trail

Favorite Race: Advantage Texas Triathlon

Favorite Workout: any brick

Favorite Product(s): My Felt bike

Favorite Quote:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort

without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

=Theodore Roosevelt

Favorite Movie: Cool Hand Luke

Favorite Food: Ice cream

Most Embarrassing Moment in Triathlon: Lake Triathlon '99, I was having a bad bike leg and I just didn't feel right -- so I out of the race and went for a long run. It was the only time in my life that I failed to finish something I started. I'll never do that again.

Role Model(s): Roosevelt, Sam Houston

Profession: Program Director (planner) for a state agency.

Advice for new triathletes: "If it's not fun, you ain't doing it right"

What got you into doing triathlons?: Running injuries. I needed a break from running 7 days a week, so started cross-training with cycling, then swimming.

You are involved with the Austin Triathletes aren't you? What is your role with that organization?: Vice President

Anything else about the "AT's"? If you're not a member, you should be.

What other organizations do you belong to that are sports related?

USA Triathlon (former South-Midwest Region Board Member)