15 Facts About Jeff Galloway

Jeff Galloway remains a competitive athlete, continuing through a successful masters running career.

Jeff Galloway is the chief executive officer of Galloway Productions, which conducts a broad range of training programs and events yearly; he owns two running specialty stores.

Jeff Galloway has written several books on training and writes a monthly column for Runner's World magazine.

In high school, at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, Jeff Galloway recorded bests of 4:28 in the mile and 9:48 in the two-mile; he became the state champion in the latter event.

Jeff Galloway was on the 1966 Wesleyan cross country team along with Amby Burfoot.

In 1970, Jeff Galloway became the first winner of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1973, Jeff Galloway set an American ten-mile road race record, posting a time of 47:49.

Jeff Galloway was a US National Track and Field team member in Europe, Russia, and Africa.

For many years, Jeff Galloway has been a key organizer of the Peachtree Road Race, one of the premier 10 kilometer road race events in the United States.

Jeff Galloway helped the race achieve status as a marquee event by bringing together world-class fields which, in 1977, included Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Don Kardong, and Lasse Viren.

In 1978, Jeff Galloway co-founded the Avon International Women's Marathon, helping to bring the advent of the women's Olympic marathon.

Jeff Galloway is co-director of the Manufacturers Hanover Corporate Challenge.

In 1973, Jeff Galloway founded Phidippides, which developed into a nationwide franchise network of 35 running stores.

The chain has dwindled, and as of 2006, Jeff Galloway owns only two Phidippides stores in the Atlanta area.

In 1975, Jeff Galloway ventured into the vacation fitness camp business, and as of 2006, there are three in operation each summer in Colorado, British Columbia, and Olympic Valley, California.