Joe Lacetera has been running competively since 1947.  He has a BS in Mathematics and two MAs in Physics
	from the Johns Hopkins University, and has been writing about sports fitness and competitive training since the
	early '80s, when he wrote the "Footprints" column for the Aberdeen Proving Ground News, and articles for the Aegis.
	His sources have included articles from the New England Journal of Medicine and other science sources on fitness
	related physiology, and training articles and books by experts in the sports arena.
	His personal expertise is based on his running career: in high school, where he was a member of the Hempstead H.S.
	Long Island team champions and the a member of the L.I. Championship 880 relay;  his freshmen year in college
	where he went undefeated in the javelin; and as an amateur, which included the South Atlantic Indoor Champioships
	where he went undefeated (7-0) in the Masters Division, and the South Atlantic Outdoor Track and Field Championships
	where he was a scorer in the Open Division as well as a Masters Champion in the 400; and a modest long distance
	and road running career, including winning the Masters Division of the first Last Train to Boston in 1977, the same year
	he won the South Atlantic Indoor 60, and being a member of the RASAC Cross Country team which won the Masters
	title at the East Coast Classic in North Carolina.
	His coaching, included a six year period (1977-1982) running the RASAC competitive program which produced
	six national team titles in six years.
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