Category Archives: Runner

Active Dad and High School Baseball Coach Home base: Smyrna,  GA Home life: Father of daughter Jemma, and sons Blake and Zane Work life: High school teacher and baseball coach Age: 39 On any given day, you’re likely to find high school baseball coach Ben DeSantis out on the school track, slipping in an early […]

A Fit Frenchman  Home base:  Marietta, GA Work life: Vice president of University Advancement at Life University Personal life: Married to Dr. Melissa Briscoe LaMarche, a chiropractor; father and grandfather Age: Young-hearted 64 Dr. Gilles LaMarche started running competitively in high school, and he’s never looked back. That was the start of a commitment to […]

A Runner at Heart Home base:  Washington, D.C. Work life: Banker Age: 39 As a bank professional and busy father of four (including a newborn), Brendan counts on a good run to recharge and stay focused. Growing up, he signed up for just about any sport available — soccer, lacrosse, basketball, baseball. That was the start […]

Always on the move Home base: Kennesaw, GA Family life: Married to Joe, mom to fur-baby Dallas Work life: Manager of the interior design and upholstery shop, A.S.A.P. Upholstery Age: 30-something There’s very little downtime in Nazly Gorley’s day, and she likes it that way. As a manager at a busy design and upholstery company, […]

 Race announcer and active mom  Home base: Denver, CO Family life: Married to Peter and mother to a 2 ½-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son. Work life: Race announcer, Emmy award-winning TV producer, spokesperson, host Age: 36 Growing up in a family of academics, Ann Wessling’s love of sports was not understood or appreciated by […]

 Loves the gym Home base: Midtown Atlanta Family life: Single Work life: Fitness Content Marketer Age: 55 Jay Croft describes himself as “skinny, runty kid” growing up, enjoying rec baseball and basketball, but certainly not an athlete. And then came the summer of 1984, when Jay was in college and Bruce Springsteen burst onto the […]

Life-long Recreational Athlete Home base: Tucker, GA Family life: Married, with a 12-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter Work life: Banker for Affinity Bank Age: 44 Glenn Shanholtzer competed in sports his entire life. Not just one sport — he played practically all of them: baseball, basketball, tennis, football and, more recently, adult league softball. That […]

GE Power Service Sales Manager Home base: East Cobb Family life: Married to Danielle and father to three boys — Soren, 9, Fletcher, 10, and Jensen, 11 Work life: Sales Manager at GE Power Service Age: 46 Joel Pates got serious about sports at a young age. He started playing football in fifth grade and […]

Owner of Best Self Total Wellness Home base: East Cobb Family life: Two children, a daughter in 3rd grade and a stepson in college. Work life: Owner of Best Self Total Wellness Age: 45 Shonda Lawary is enthusiastic about exercise. She tries to work out every day and get in 10,000 steps a day — […]