SAL CITARELLA began running at age 16 and is still running at age 60. Since graduating from college in New York, he has followed construction projects around the world, running in every location. His high school guidance counselor advised him to become a writer, and he followed that advice by writing construction contracts and an occasional running story for club newsletters. Sal likes to say he was there when the Running Boom started and that he has run with Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers: they just never noticed him. Sal now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, running hills and adding to his scrapbook of running experiences.

PAUL REESE first took up distance running at age 47 in 1964 and has been active in all facets of the sport, including as a competitor, race director, and writer. As a competitor, he has held masters records in age divisions 50 through 80, at distances from 5,000 meters to 100 miles. Paul has completed over 200 marathons (at which point he stopped counting) and has directed at least one race every year since 1965. He has written three books (Ten Million Steps, Go East Old Man, and The Old Man and the Road), detailing his adventures running across U.S. states. He is the oldest person to run across the United States and the only person to run across all 50 states.

IAN TORRENCE lives in Moab, Utah, where he works for the National Park Service. He is the lead vegetation manager for nonnative plant removal and native plant restoration in Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Hovenweep National Monument, and Natural Bridges National Monument. He has run 92 ultramarathons and 9 marathons since graduating from Allegheny College (Pennsylvania) in 1994. He is currently a columnist for UltraRunning magazine and has written for Northwest Runner, Northwest Race Center, and Running Times. He can be reached at itgoes@moci.net.