Doug is originally from Ohio where he became involved in competitive sports early on.  Doug ran Track & Field and Cross Country through high school and college. He did his first 10K race, the Oktoberfest Classic, in 1982 and his first Olympic distance triathlon in 1986. Since migrating to New York Doug has completed two NYC marathons and gone on to compete in more sprint and middle distance road races, duathlons and biathlons than he can count. When not running Doug loves film, cooking, collecting and recently received his umpire certification with the ASA and can be found both playing and umpiring local softball games on the weekends.