John L Parker, Jr.

John L. Parker, Jr. has written for Outside , Runner's World , and numerous other publications. A graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism as well as its College of Law, Parker has been a practicing attorney, a newspaper reporter and columnist, a speechwriter for then Governor Bob Graham, and editorial director of Running Times magazine. The author of Once a Runner , Again to Carthage , and Racing the Rain , he lives in Gainesville, Florida, and Bar Harbor, Maine.

John L. Parker, Jr. has written for Outside , Runner's World , and numerous other publications. A graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism as well as its College of Law, Parker has been a practicing attorney, a newspaper reporter and columnist, a speechwriter for then Governor Bob Graham, and editorial director of Running Times magazine. The author of Once a Runner , Again to Carthage , and Racing the Rain , he lives in Gainesville, Florida, and Bar Harbor, Maine. See less