I first met Drew Walker at the starting line of the Thunder Road Half Marathon. We talked for a few minutes before the race then ran close to each other throughout the race, finishing within several seconds of each other. Over the next two or three months we ran into each other several more times, [...]
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Runner Profile: Alex McGuire
Posted by Richard Hefner on April 9th, 2010
Name: Alex McGuire Residence (City/State): Originally from Southern California, I moved the Charlotte area in 2006. Date of Birth: 12/3/55 Question: What year did you begin running? Alex: The first time in 2000, then again in November of 2008. I’m still doing a run/walk, which I hope to turn into all running this year. Question: [...]
Runner Profile: Doug Myers
Posted by Richard Hefner on April 2nd, 2010
Name: Doug Myers Residence: Morristown, Tennessee Born: 7/14/1953 Question: What year did you begin running? Doug: I originally started in 1989 and ran until 1994. My kids started playing sports, so I stopped running and started coaching soccer and basketball. I started running this time on March 1, 2009. Question: What was your motivation to [...]
Runner Profile: Dianne Allen
Posted by Richard Hefner on January 22nd, 2010
She can turn the world on with her smile. Dianne Allen is the Charlotte running community’s answer to Mary Tyler Moore. If she’s not running, she’s smiling, and if she IS running, well, she’s smiling then too. Although she ran in high school, she didn’t run after that until many years later. Running her first [...]
Profile: John Rutledge
Posted by Richard Hefner on January 19th, 2010
John Rutledge is an over-50 runner as well as a personal trainer, drummer, and entrepreneur who lives in Spartanburg, SC. You can read more about him on his blog, Old Skool Fitness. John H. Rutledge Residence: Spartanburg, South Carolina Date of Birth: June 8, 1958 Question: What year did you begin running? John: I began running [...]
Runner Profile: Kathy Seavers
Posted by Richard Hefner on January 13th, 2010
Kathy Seavers is one of the fastest over-60 female runners you’ll find anywhere, winning 1st place in her age group at least 90% of the time. She and her husband Larry are well known to almost everybody in the Charlotte running community and they both typically run over 40 races a year. After a recent [...]
Runner Profile: David Stafford
Posted by Richard Hefner on January 7th, 2010
David Stafford is a runner/triathlete from Dallas, North Carolina. The Old Runner blog probably wouldn’t exist if it hadn’t been for his input. He had seen me wearing my “Old Runner” T-shirt at the Springmaid Road Race back in 2008, shortly after I began running and began the blog. He began reading the blog (I [...]
Runner Profile: Brenneman Thompson
Posted by Richard Hefner on January 3rd, 2010
Brenny Thompson, the shirtless wonder of Charlotte road racing, is a well-known and well-liked member of the local running community who has run well over 1,000 races and has no plans to slow down. Name: Brenneman “Brenny” Thompson Residence (City/State): Charlotte, North Carolina Date of Birth: 8/27/58 Website: http://www.brennemanthompson.com/ Race Results (partial list): http://www.athlinks.com/myresults.aspx?rid=48830243 Question: [...]
Runner Profile: Bill Weimer
Posted by Richard Hefner on December 31st, 2009
Having run eighteen local races in 2009, Bill Weimer is becoming a familiar face and a good friend to many on the local running scene. He began his first serious running in 2009 after a bout with prostate cancer as well as heart surgery with stent placement. Name: Bill Weimer Residence: Fort Mill, South Carolina [...]
Runner Profile: Laura Buchanan
Posted by Richard Hefner on December 28th, 2009
Laura Buchanan is considerably younger than 50 years old, and so is her daughter Haley, but I’m happy to share her running profile on the Old Runner blog (I’ll do the same for you if you ask). Haley is now 22 months old and has been diagnosed with a rare genetic brain malformation called Joubert [...]
Runner Profile: Larry Seavers
Posted by Richard Hefner on December 26th, 2009
Larry Seavers, along with his wife Kathy, are two of Charlotte’s best known runners of any age. Larry was kind enough to share some of the details of his running experiences with us. Name: Larry Seavers Residence (City/State): Charlotte, North Carolina Date of Birth: February 24, 1944 Larry: We like everything about doing races. I [...]
Are You a Runner Over 50? Share Your Story on Old-Runner.com
Posted by Richard Hefner on December 24th, 2009
A lot of people have told me that they’ve been encouraged and motivated by my beginning to run at the age of 56, and it was only after I started running that I realized there are a huge number of runners past the age of 50. If you’re 50 or older I would like to [...]
