Jeff Galloway
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Jeff Galloway is a former American Olympian
and the author of Galloway's Book on Running.
A lifetime runner, Galloway was an All-American collegiate athlete and a member of the 1972 US Olympic Team in the 10,000 meters. He remains a competitive athlete, continuing through a successful masters running
career. He is the Chief Executive Officer
of Galloway Productions, which conducts a broad range of training programs and events yearly; he also owns two running specialty stores. He has written several books on training and writes a monthly column for Runner's World
magazine.
Running for Wesleyan University
, he developed as a competitor, earning All-American honors in cross-country
and track
, clocking 4:12 in the mile, and noted times of 9:06 in the two mile and 14:10 for three.
In 1970, Galloway became the first winner of the Peachtree Road Race
in Atlanta, Georgia
.
After three years in the United States Navy
, Galloway attended graduate school at Florida State University
(FSU), where he earned a master's degree in social studies and met his wife, Barbara, who competed for the FSU women's track team. While at FSU, he became a member of the Florida Track Club team, based at the University of Florida
in Gainesville
and led by Jack Bacheler
and Frank Shorter
.
, conditioning themselves for the Olympics. According to noted runner and journalist, Joe Henderson
, Galloway "should have been an Olympic marathoner", but is sometimes said to have given up his shot at a spot in the longer event to help his friend, Bacheler, to make the 1972 team, although some Olympians, including Steve Prefontaine
and Frank Shorter have claimed otherwise. At a meeting of the Florida Track Club held in Gainesville on October 19, 2010, Galloway personally recounted how he had personally arranged to help pace his friend and training partner Bacheler and eased off only at the finish for the marathon trials. This after the latter had narrowly missed out qualifying in the 10,000m trials a week earlier. He also stated that this remained the single most memorable experience of his long running career.
In 1973, Galloway set an American ten-mile road race record, posting a time of 47:49. He was a member of the U.S. National Track and Field team in Europe, Russia and Africa. In the mid-1970s, he altered his training program to emphasize more rest and less weekly mileage, coupled with a long run every other week — a model that has worked successfully for amateurs and first-time marathon runners since then. The strategy helped extend his competitive career, and at age 35 he ran the Houston-Tenneco Marathon in 2:16:35. Other marks included 27:21 for six miles and 28:29 for the ten kilometer event.
, one of the premier 10 kilometer
road race events in the United States. Galloway helped the race achieve status as a marquee event by bringing together world-class fields which, in 1977, included Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers
, Don Kardong
and Lasse Virén
. This brought international recognition to the race, while entries escalated from 1,200 to 12,000 participants by 1980.
In 1978, Galloway co-founded the Avon International Women's Marathon, helping to bring the advent of the women's Olympic marathon. He is also co-director of the Manufacturers Hanover Corporate Challenge.
In 1975, Galloway ventured into the vacation fitness camp business, and as of 2006, there are three in operation each summer in Colorado
, British Columbia
, and Squaw Valley, California
. Coaches and lecturers have included Runner's World founder, Bob Anderson
, Covert Bailey, Joe Henderson
, Harry Hlavac, DPM, MEd
, Joan Ullyot, MD and the late New Zealand
Olympic track coach, Arthur Lydiard
. In addition to vacation fitness camps, Galloway Productions conducts fitness seminars and marathon training groups across the United States. His unique training approach has been used by runners and coaches around the globe.
Galloway and his wife live with their sons, Brennan and Westin, in Atlanta, Georgia
.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
and the author of Galloway's Book on Running.
A lifetime runner, Galloway was an All-American collegiate athlete and a member of the 1972 US Olympic Team in the 10,000 meters. He remains a competitive athlete, continuing through a successful masters running
Running
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...
career. He is the Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Galloway Productions, which conducts a broad range of training programs and events yearly; he also owns two running specialty stores. He has written several books on training and writes a monthly column for Runner's World
Runner's World
Runner's World is a globally circulated monthly magazine for runners of all skills sets, published by Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
magazine.
Education and collegiate career
In high school, at the Westminster Schools in Atlanta Georgia, Galloway recorded bests of 4:28 in the mile and 9:48 in the two mile; he became the state champion in the latter event.Running for Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, he developed as a competitor, earning All-American honors in cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
and track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, clocking 4:12 in the mile, and noted times of 9:06 in the two mile and 14:10 for three.
In 1970, Galloway became the first winner of the Peachtree Road Race
Peachtree Road Race
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race 10K is a 10 kilometer road race held annually in Atlanta, Georgia on July 4, Independence Day. The Peachtree Road Race was until recently the world's largest 10 kilometer race , a title it has held since the late 1970s...
in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
.
After three years in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, Galloway attended graduate school at Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
(FSU), where he earned a master's degree in social studies and met his wife, Barbara, who competed for the FSU women's track team. While at FSU, he became a member of the Florida Track Club team, based at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
and led by Jack Bacheler
Jack Bacheler
Jack Bacheler , is an American distance runner and two-time U.S. Olympian . Bacheler was a founding member of the Florida Track Club at Gainesville, Florida in the late 1960s, and personally designed the club's distinctive "orange" logo...
and Frank Shorter
Frank Shorter
Frank Charles Shorter is a former American long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States of the 1970s....
.
Olympian
Galloway, along with his Florida Track Club teammates Shorter and Bacheler, made the 1972 U.S. Olympic team, Galloway in the 10K, Bacheler in the marathon, and Shorter in both events. The three spent two months in the mountains near Vail, ColoradoVail, Colorado
The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived...
, conditioning themselves for the Olympics. According to noted runner and journalist, Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (runner)
Joe Henderson is an American runner, running coach, writer, and former chief editor of Runner's World magazine. He currently writes for Marathon & Beyond magazine, and since 1982, a weekly column entitled "Joe Henderson's Running Commentary"...
, Galloway "should have been an Olympic marathoner", but is sometimes said to have given up his shot at a spot in the longer event to help his friend, Bacheler, to make the 1972 team, although some Olympians, including Steve Prefontaine
Steve Prefontaine
Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine was an American middle and long-distance runner. Prefontaine once held the American record in the seven distance track events from the 2,000 meters to the 10,000 meters...
and Frank Shorter have claimed otherwise. At a meeting of the Florida Track Club held in Gainesville on October 19, 2010, Galloway personally recounted how he had personally arranged to help pace his friend and training partner Bacheler and eased off only at the finish for the marathon trials. This after the latter had narrowly missed out qualifying in the 10,000m trials a week earlier. He also stated that this remained the single most memorable experience of his long running career.
In 1973, Galloway set an American ten-mile road race record, posting a time of 47:49. He was a member of the U.S. National Track and Field team in Europe, Russia and Africa. In the mid-1970s, he altered his training program to emphasize more rest and less weekly mileage, coupled with a long run every other week — a model that has worked successfully for amateurs and first-time marathon runners since then. The strategy helped extend his competitive career, and at age 35 he ran the Houston-Tenneco Marathon in 2:16:35. Other marks included 27:21 for six miles and 28:29 for the ten kilometer event.
Peachtree Road Race and race directing
For many years, Galloway has been a key organizer of the Peachtree Road RacePeachtree Road Race
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race 10K is a 10 kilometer road race held annually in Atlanta, Georgia on July 4, Independence Day. The Peachtree Road Race was until recently the world's largest 10 kilometer race , a title it has held since the late 1970s...
, one of the premier 10 kilometer
Long-distance track event
Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. These types of races are predominantly aerobic in nature and at the highest level, exceptional levels of aerobic endurance is required more than anything else...
road race events in the United States. Galloway helped the race achieve status as a marquee event by bringing together world-class fields which, in 1977, included Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers
Bill Rodgers (athlete)
William "Bill" Henry Rodgers is an American runner and former American record holder in the marathon who is best known for his victories in the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon in the late 1970s...
, Don Kardong
Don Kardong
Donald Franklin Kardong is a noted runner and author from the United States. He represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada....
and Lasse Virén
Lasse Virén
Lasse Artturi Virén is a former Finnish long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics...
. This brought international recognition to the race, while entries escalated from 1,200 to 12,000 participants by 1980.
In 1978, Galloway co-founded the Avon International Women's Marathon, helping to bring the advent of the women's Olympic marathon. He is also co-director of the Manufacturers Hanover Corporate Challenge.
Collateral endeavors
In 1973, Galloway founded Phidippides, which at one time developed into a nationwide franchise network of 35 running stores. The chain has dwindled, and as of 2006, Galloway owns only two Phidippides stores in the Atlanta area.In 1975, Galloway ventured into the vacation fitness camp business, and as of 2006, there are three in operation each summer in Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, and Squaw Valley, California
Squaw Valley, California
Squaw Valley, California may refer to:*Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California, census-designated place located in Fresno County, California*Squaw Valley, Placer County, California, community in Placer County, California and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics...
. Coaches and lecturers have included Runner's World founder, Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson (runner)
Bob Anderson is an American runner, photographer, publisher and film producer. He is the founder of Runner's World magazine. A desire to find information about running and racing led him to a career in magazine and book publishing for more than twenty years...
, Covert Bailey, Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (runner)
Joe Henderson is an American runner, running coach, writer, and former chief editor of Runner's World magazine. He currently writes for Marathon & Beyond magazine, and since 1982, a weekly column entitled "Joe Henderson's Running Commentary"...
, Harry Hlavac, DPM, MEd
Harry Hlavac
Harry F. Hlavac, DPM, MEd, is a podiatrist, author, consultant, and inventor. With his wife, Connie, Dr. Hlavac is the proprietor of Footguru, LLC, and Lavac Foot Products, based in Mill Valley, California. He is a past president of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine, and a Clinical...
, Joan Ullyot, MD and the late New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Olympic track coach, Arthur Lydiard
Arthur Lydiard
Arthur Leslie Lydiard, ONZ, OBE, was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularizing the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world...
. In addition to vacation fitness camps, Galloway Productions conducts fitness seminars and marathon training groups across the United States. His unique training approach has been used by runners and coaches around the globe.
Galloway and his wife live with their sons, Brennan and Westin, in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
.
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Representing the 1974 Honolulu Marathon Honolulu MarathonThe Honolulu Marathon is one of the world's largest marathons. It takes place annually in Honolulu, Hawaii on the second Sunday in December. - History :...Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...1st 2:23:02
Books
- Galloway, Jeff, Galloway's Book on Running, (1984), ISBN 978-0-394-72709-7
- Galloway, Jeff, Return of the Tribes to Peachtree Street, (1995), Galloway Productions, ISBN 978-0-9647187-0-8
- Galloway, Jeff (and Joe HendersonJoe Henderson (runner)Joe Henderson is an American runner, running coach, writer, and former chief editor of Runner's World magazine. He currently writes for Marathon & Beyond magazine, and since 1982, a weekly column entitled "Joe Henderson's Running Commentary"...
) Better Runs (1995) Human Kinetics Publishers; 1 edition, ISBN 978-0-87322-866-4 - Galloway, Jeff, Marathon: You Can Do It! , (2001), Shelter Publications, ISBN 978-0-936070-25-4
- Galloway, Jeff, Galloway's Book on Running (revised), 2nd edition, Shelter Publications, ISBN 978-0-936070-27-8
- Galloway, Jeff, Running: A Year Round Plan, (2005) Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH, ISBN 978-1-84126-169-0
- Galloway, Jeff, Running: Getting Started, Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH, (2005) ISBN 978-1-84126-166-9
- Galloway, Jeff, Running: Testing Yourself, Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH, (2005) ISBN 978-1-84126-167-6
- Galloway, Jeff, Walking: the Complete Book, Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH, (2005) ISBN 978-1-84126-170-6
Audio interview
External links
- JeffGalloway.com - 'Run Injury Free with Jeff Galloway: Your Source for Running and Walking Information for All Abilities' (official homepage)
- AthensMarathon.com - 'Your Coach, Jeff Galloway', Athens Marathon
- CoolRunning.com - 'Training Tips by Jeff Galloway' (December 30, 2004)
- CoolRunning.com - 'Jeff Galloway - Everybody's Mother', Michael Selman (June 2, 2003)