Born: December, 1962. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
As a kid, Jeff suffered from acute asthma attacks, and on a doctor’s advice, his family moved from Pittsburgh to Phoenix for a dryer climate. The asthma persisted for many years, and his early memories were that of his friends playing outside, while he stayed inside, fostering creativity by writing short stories.
The arid climate of Arizona worked to help cure his asthma, and he went on to be a very active young adult, playing varsity baseball in high school. Labeled a jock, little academic expectation was placed on him until his Creative Writing teacher took notice of his assignments.
At 27, he became a runner, with the goal of losing weight. But his self-admitted OCD kicked in. To date, he’s run over thirty marathons, including the Boston Marathon on five occasions, and has competed in eight Ironman Triathlons – the kid with asthma whom the doctor said would never do anything athletic.
Writing continues to be his creative outlet. He’s authored articles for Colorado Runner Magazine, and other publications. The idea of writing The Humiliation Tour came to him after hearing about a very humiliating event that a friend experienced while running in the Las Vegas Marathon. Many years later, when COVID hit and the country shut down, he found himself laid off with a lot of time on his hands, and began that journey.
He lives and plays in Grand Junction, Colorado, with his wife, two children, and three rescue dogs.
