Barron, Kirk

A now retired psychiatrist, Whitis was one of the early long-distance runners--long before running shoes and gator-aid. In fact, he did his first Boston Marathon wearing a pair of Keds. He was a charter member of the American Medical Joggers Association, wrote several medical articles and for two years wrote a popular weekly newspaper column on the health and spiritual benefits of running. He has run multiple marathons, including Boston twice and the original route from Marathon, Greece. In 1985, he was honored by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) with their Midwest Award (one of four...