Store Bios
Meet the dedicated management and staff at the Big Peach Running Company.
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Born on the planet Zymurgy with running shoes on his feet, Alex was primed for an athletic lifestyle. Less than a light year after his birth, Alex was rocketed to Earth, landing in Atlanta. The atmospheric difference on Earth proved advantageous for our hero, as he demonstrated superhuman abilities, winning every foot race he entered until one fateful day in the …
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In 1973, on a warm May day, a brilliant child was born. At the child’s birth, three great runners came to worship the newborn running child. It took 25 years for the running child to realize that he should start running, but once his potential was realized, a star was born. Andrew has won competitions in every race distance from the …
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Brett sprung from the blocks in his mother’s womb in 1987. He set the land speed crawling record for an infant just 3 months later and has not stopped running since. He set records in high school and ran faster than his shoes could carry him at Kennesaw State University. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Health Science, …
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The General Manager of our Marietta store, Colt Longwell was first introduced to running when he joined the Marine Corps in 2000 right after high school. In 2007 Colt started taking running seriously and decided training was not only a good idea, but it was fun. Since then he has completed a number of 5ks and 10ks, two half marathons, and …
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Jared began running in 2000 as a freshman in high school. His initial reason was simply to condition himself for soccer in the spring. However, running soon turned into a passionate sport that Jared continues to competitively pursue today. His competitive running days in high school landed him a college scholarship in both cross country and track. Over the years, a …
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Jeff Campbell, Director of Apparel & Accessories, has been in specialty running retail for 6 years. His keen eye for fashion he makes him a great choice as our apparel buyer. Jeff started running at six years old, continued through college, and recently ended a 12 year tour on the professional running circuit. He competed on 8 world championship teams for …
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Known as J20 around BPRC circles, our Suwanee store General Manager’s passion for running was born in 2007 after a conversation with an old friend inspired him to sign up for the Marine Corps Marathon. He completed that race and went on to do the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville in April 2008, the Red Top Rumble in 2009 and …
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Our Director of Footwear, Joe joined us July 1st, 2006 as the General Manager for BPRC Marietta. Prior to joining our team, Joe coached men and women in cross country, as well as indoor and outdoor track at James Madison University in his native Harrisonburg, VA. A competitive track & cross country runner during his collegiate years at the Brevard College …
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Karen’s zest for a pedestrian active lifestyle was born after winning her first attempt at a 100 yard race back in the 6th grade. She continued to run in junior high school, and while not on any competitive teams, kept going into adulthood. Upon moving to Atlanta, this New York City native developed asthma, and running became a bit difficult. To …
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Kate Brun is the Director of Events and Expos for Big Peach Running Co. With “run” built into her name, it was inevitable that Kate would become a runner to be reckoned with. She started running in high school after previously competing in tennis, softball, and basketball. She hopes one day to qualify for the Olympic Trials in the marathon, continually …
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Lukasz was introduced to running during high school in his hometown of Rybnik, Poland and quickly developed a passion for the sport. With his middle distance background he was invited to the United States in 2003 to run cross country and track and field at Kennesaw State University. The amazing atmosphere during the cross country races helped him to discover his …
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Arguably, no one knows more about running and walking in Atlanta than Mike Cosentino. As the author of the Atlanta Running Guide* (Peachtree Publishers, 2003), Mike has spent years learning — and telling us — about: the best places to run in and around the city the most popular events that fill our calendar every weekend the wonderful people that participate …
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Peachy was born as a figment of someone’s Photoshop imagination and quickly became established in the Atlanta running scene. Peachy started running in competitive events in the late 90’s but after being DQ’ed for rolling his/her its? way to apparent victory, he/she/it? was forced to grow a skinny pair of legs. Even though Peachy was always supplied with competitive running shoes …
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With more than 25 years of endurance sports experience, Steve DeMoss has spent the majority of his life “living the lifestyle.” A competitive swimmer through college, Steve discovered running after entering a triathlon in the mid 1980’s. Now a veteran of countless events including road and trail runs, triathlons and adventure races, Steve has completed Ironman Canada, the Escape from Alcatraz …
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