I began running right after turning 20, after I lost 30 pounds. (No,
that was not during the McKinley administration!) I didn't become "serious" about running until the mid 1980's when I hooked with four guys from work (IBM) who knew much more about training than I did. I started running local races, and joined ORC at that time, so I've been a member for around 40 years. I joined the Board after I retired in the late 1990's.