Mid 1980s to the present: Foot Races I’ve Run

If you enjoy what you found here please hit rumble, subscribe and share today’s video in which Frank sandwiches anecdotal memories from various footraces he has run between two songs: 1. Everybody Looks Good at Starting Line, by Paul Thorn and Can you Run? by Chris Stapleton.. He ran many races over the years, from 5Ks to 46 full marathons.

The video was recorded in Jacksonville Beach, Florida on 11/22/22.

It is part of the Story of My Life series called the Soundtrack of my life in which he tells his story in his words and using a guitar - with his insights - to his grandsons and unborn progeny. These stories are not in chronological order. They follow no philosophical path, only that they involve music that has shaped Frank over his life. They are being recorded as they are remembered by him and put into story form.

Frank Clark has been many things in his life, from a trash man in Stone Harbor, New Jersey to a police officer in Philadelphia, to a revenue officer at the Internal Revenue Service. He retired in 2019 as a front-line manager in the IRS Appeals office after almost 40 years of government service. He now represents taxpayers who can’t pay the IRS.

Frank graduated from Park College in 1977 with a BA in Management and the University of Miami in 2012 with a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. His thesis is titled “Maximón: The Shape Shifting Trickster.” He is the author of “Run for YOUR Life” on Apple Books and teaches “One Small Step: Efficiency for Managers” on Udemy.

He surfs, scuba dives, has run 46 marathons, ferments foods, bakes bread, brews beer, has a 1981 VW camper-van, is a throat cancer survivor, is married and has a son, daughter and two grandsons. Frank is currently 69 years old.

It doesn’t matter if you love them, hate them or are offended by them. They were recorded for a specific purpose and Frank is staying true to that. They also weren’t recorded in a studio, so there are background noises in most of them. They were almost all done in one take, with no editing. They are like life: imperfect. If you need to hear what Frank has to say, you will ignore all the distractions.

So…enjoy!