John Clifford

A year round competitive runner, John competes in 5k’s to marathons, cross country, track & field and team relays. John holds a number of USA Master Rankings in the 50-54 division for the 800m 1500m and Mile and his race times for track and long distance continue to meet USATF All American Standard for age division. Although John didn’t start running marathons until turning 40, he has been able to maintain a sub 3 hour finish which he hopes to continue each year for as long as he can.  When not working as a landscape architect, John enjoys product testing for Nike. 

Dan Franek

Dan is a two-time USATF NationalChampion indoors at 3000 meters winning in 2007 and 2008 both in Boston.  He also won the USATF Masters 5k Road Championships in Syracuse in 2008 in 15:07. 2008 proved to be a great year for Dan as he finished the year with an individual runner-up finish at USATF National Club Cross-Country Championships in Spokane, WA. He is a former Ohio State University runner who now (in his words) is“getting heavier and slower after winning (his) weight in beer  the last 4  years....” Dan’sniece is Bridget Franek who ran in London Olympics and two World Championships in the Steeplechase.

National Championship Titles:
2007 USATF 3000M M40 - Boston, MA
2008 USATF 3000m M40 - Boston, MA

Eric Williams

Eric moved to Oregon in 2015, and he previously ran in the New Hampshire and New England Grand Prix circuits. He will race any distance on any surface and hopes to continue running sub-17:00 5Ks and sub-34:00 10Ks in his 50s. He pretends that he has not yet reached the dreaded plateau. His greatest running achievement is having a wife, Becky, who loves running even more than he does, and continues to humor him about his fantasy world running prowess.