Ted Spiker, who teaches magazine journalism at the University of Florida, is a contributing editor to Men’s Health magazine and co-author of the best-selling YOU: The Owner’s Manual series with Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen. He is “The Marathon Virgin” blogger for Runner’s World, where he writes about his amusing journey. His goal: Finish. Preferably without masquerading as a gastrointestinal Uzi.
