I RUN

I didn't walk until I was 18 months old, and I didn't run a step until 1972, so maybe that's why, 37 years later, I'm still running--trying to catch up. I did the Denver Marathon, my first, in 1978, and for a couple of years I was truly obsessed with running. Now it has become an important and pleasurable part of my life. I had to laugh when, a couple of years ago, race organizers transposed my name at the Canyonlands Half Marathon, in Moab, Utah and listed me as James Libby under the men. So happens I beat all those old guys, and in doing so really fouled up their awards!

The older I get, the fewer competitors I encounter, so few in fact that I now hold a national record for the 10k in my age group. See "Age Group Aces" in Running Times, December 2009. Running Picture of Libby James

What do I love about running? The way it makes me feel. The people I meet. The chances to travel. Most of all I love it that my four kids and twelve grandkids all understand that running is part of life, something you just do.