Bobbing Along With Bob

JUNE 21, 2017 – Bob, who has won eight national magazine writing awards since 2005, is a San Francisco-area active-sports, active-travel, general-travel and general-interest freelance writer. His articles since 2009 have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Hemispheres, American Way, Family Circle, Continental, Ladies’ Home Journal, Runner’s World (Contributing Editor since 1995), Inc. Magazine, Bicycling, Budget Travel, AAA Highroads, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Porthole Cruise, Experience Life, Success, Draft, Boys’ Life, AOL Travel/Mapquest, Marin, Ensemble Vacations, Style (Hong Kong), Western Living (Canada) and Away.com. Articles published in the last two years have included destination features on Austria, France, Jamaica, Kauai, Baja, New Mexico and Mendocino; and profiles of women who founded an international mine-removal charity and an innovative tutoring center. He is also a photographer and a line editor for authors. For fun, he loves to compete, with more than 500 running and kayaking race completions.

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Active-Sports Stories

Since his story about running across America as a teen appeared in Runner’s World, Bob has written about a wide range of sports and activities. These stories have appeared in Backpacker, Bicycling, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Shape, Weight Watchers, Runner’s World (dozens of feature articles as a Contributing Editor and hundreds more since 1995) and many other national magazines.

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Travel Stories

Bob has written extensively about travel, especially adventure travel. These stories have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Budget Travel, Ensemble Vacations, Spa, Western Living, AAA Highroads, Art & Antiques, Healthy Travel, The Houston Chronicle, The San Francisco Chronicle and many other outlets. He specializes in writing about California, the U.S. West and Europe.

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Health Stories

Stories on topics including sleep, repetitive-stress injuries, exercise motivation, Seasonal Affective Disorder and medicine-cabinet safety have appeared in Men’s Fitness, Prevention, Experience Life, Vim & Vigor, and other national magazines.

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General-Interest Stories

Eager to take on almost any topic, Bob has written about everything from chefs and weddings to local history and international politics for Ladies’ Home Journal, Self, Art & Antiques, the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine and other major magazines, newspapers and websites.

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Custom Content

Bob has worked with NewsCred, Manifest and other custom-content firms to produce hundreds of print and web articles for major corporations, plus inflight and alumni magazines. These include travel articles for United Airlines; running stories for ASICS; general-health articles for hospital-based magazines; and articles for Hemispheres, American Way and Continental inflight magazines.

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Photography

Bob’s images have accompanied his articles in numerous national and regional magazines and websites, including AAA Highroads, Triathlete, Running Times, Healthy Travel, Wine Buzz, andPeterGreenberg.com. He was a 2015 North American Travel Journalists Association Awards finalist in the “Photography-Overall Excellence-Print Publication” category (AAA HIGHROADS photos of Bordeaux).

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Awards & Memberships

2016 – Bronze, North American Travel Journalists Assn. Awards
2014 – Bronze, North American Travel Journalists Assn. Awards
2013 – 2 Silvers & 1 Bronze, NATJA Awards
2008 & 2005 – Gold, American Society of Journalists Assn. Awards

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Editor

Before freelance writing full-time, Bob was executive editor of Running Times and a regional editor for other magazines. He now line-edits books, short stories, articles and website content.

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Author

Bob is the author of San Francisco Running Guide (Human Kinetics), which is still in print, and has sold nearly 5,000 copies. He is also the author of a Sacramento Valley running guidebook.

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Athlete

Once a nationally-ranked ultramarathoner, Bob has run 45 marathons and “ultras,” and is the only person to run relays the length and width of America. He now runs hill-climb running races, participates in bike tours (31-73 miles) and is undefeated in his kayak boat class in 28 straight regattas.

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