LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – GARY KROSCH

CONTINUOUS MEMBER OF SLTC SINCE HE MOVED TO ST LOUIS IN 1979

PRESIDENT OF SLTC IN MID-80’S (while he headed Colonel Days chain of 41 stores throughout Midwest)

Applied his business acumen in introducing much of the managerial and financial structure that has guided SLTC to a firm financial basis

Negotiated to bring a 10K in the Diet Pepsi National Series to St. Louis w/such featured runners as Bill Rogers & Rod Dixon. As race director of the Diet Pepsi Race he initiated an organizational structure for volunteers that SLTC race directors still follow today.

With his wife, Patty, sponsored and directed one of the 1^st women’s only races in St Louis – the Pappagallo Women’s Run for the Roses.

PERSONAL RUNNING ACHIEVEMENTS

Completed over 100 marathons – all but a handful under 3 hours

Completed numerous ultra-marathons including the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, the New York Road Runners Metropolitan 50-Mile Race.

Completed over 100 miles himself at the Ladue Track in the SLTC 24-hour relay

TIRELESS VOLUNTEER

Founding Board Member of Forest Park Forever & President of the FPF Board from 1995-98 during the formation of the Master Plan for the renovation of Forest Park – the Mecca of running in St Louis

Director Emeritus of Forest Park Forever

Recently appointed by the Mayor of St Louis to the Forest Park Advisory Board

6:20 CLUB

One of the founders of the 6:20 Running Club, an informal group that usually numbers 20-30 that has been meeting each morning at Forsyth & Skinker at 6:20am since 1979.

6:20 Club featured in the April , 2005 issue of Runners World

Promoter of the SLTC to the over 200 unofficial members of the 6:20 Club

Referred to as the “glue that holds the group together”, the “benevolent dictator” – but best know affectionately as “The Colonel”