Jeff Galloway

Jeff Galloway had a best placing in AAU competition of third in the 1973 10K, although he finished second in the 1972 Olympic Trial 10K. He competed at the International Cross-Country in 1975. Galloway ran for Wesleyan University where he was teammates with Bill Rodgers and Amby Burfoot. Galloway’s biggest win is considered to be the inaugural edition of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta in 1970.

After graduating from Wesleyan, Galloway joined the US Navy but then returned to school at Florida State University, earning a master’s degree in social studies. Galloway later became a well-known writer of books on running topics, notably the best-selling “Galloway’s Book on Running”, and served for many years as the director of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta. In 1978 he co-founded the Avon International Women’s Marathon. He also served as a coach to distance runners, conducted running seminars, and developed a series of running stores called Phidippides, which developed into a franchise. As he got older Galloway developed a training method which consisting of alternately running and walking, now often called “Jeffing”.

Personal Bests: 2 miles – 8:38.0i (1973); 5000 – 13:44.0 (1972); 10000 – 28:30.0 (1972); Mar – 2-18:13 (1978).