Randy McDermott played tennis and soccer while growing up in OK and took up running in 1996 after being coaxed into running a corporate challenge 5k, finishing in 19:something... he was hooked. His first marathon was Chicago in 1997 (2:46:39). His running improved dramatically upon moving to Utah for graduate school where he started training under Demetrio Cabanillas of Wasatch Athletics, dropping his 5k PR from
16:14 to 15:42 and his marathon PR from  2:38 to 2:33. The years of consistent mileage have started to pay off and within the last two years Randy -- now 35 -- has PRed at every distance from 400m to the
marathon. Randy's short-term goal is to run sub 15:30 for the 5k.