Ed began running on the Cross Country team at Dulaney High School in Baltimore County where he was co-captain of the 1979 State Championship squad. He was also an All-Metro selection for Cross Country and two-time Maryland State Indoor Track medalist in the 2 mile run. He ran for three years at the U.S. Naval Academy.

In the decades following Ed became a fixture at Striders races (as well as Marine Corps and Boston marathons). It wasn’t until Ed and Eileen’s four daughters started growing up that Ed dramatically increased his commitment to running and the Striders.

During his last two years in the Navy in 1990-91, Ed helped coach the Centennial High School Cross Country and Outdoor Track teams. As a Strider Ed coached NextStep and as a member of the racing team Ed was a mentor to younger runners. Ed has run the Boston marathon 15 times and in many of the pre-pandemic years he organized a post-race get together for as many Striders as he could track down. He also organized a biennial racing team Earth Day cleanup of the stream valley in Wilde Lake at the end of the Bagel Run course.

But there is no doubt that Ed earned his position in the Hall of Fame by his dominance of the age group podiums.

Ed was Grand Master runner of the year in 2015, 2017, and 2020-21 as well as Male Senior Grand Master of the Year in 2022. In 2017 he set the racing team record for over 50 in the 10-mile with a 60:44 time at Cherry Blossom. At age 56, Ed ran 2:55:08 to win his age group at the Marine Corps Marathon, capping off a 2018 where he won his age group at the Frederick Half, the Charles Street 12 miler, the Army Ten Miler and was twelfth at Boston.

Following Boston in 2019, Ed limped into knee surgery. The surgery was successful to the extent that he was told, with rehabilitation, he would be able to run again, though sadly not at the elite level.
Ed ignored the prognosis and came back to run at a competitive level, eventually running three more sub-3 hour marathons including 14th place in the 55-59 AG at Boston 2021 (2:57:24) and a sub-3 at age 60 at Wineglass 2022 (2:57:16). While he still runs and occasionally races, Ed turned in his Racing Team singlet and can be seen with his stopwatch coaching Cross Country and Track at Howard High School.