South African champs and their top store

Johnny Halberstadt was one of South Africa's top runners in the 1970s and 80s. He attended Oklahoma State University in the early 1970s, winning 8 championships in cross country and track and the 1972 NCAA track championship for 10,000 metres. He finished 3rd in the 1971 Boston Marathon, and 3rd in the 1982 Chicago Marathon. He won South African championships for the marathon, the half marathon and cross country. Now he owns and operates a running store in Boulder, Colorado, with fellow South African and the 1993 World Marathon Champion, Mark Plaatjes. The Boulder Running Company is a top favourite with elite runners. Mark, a former Wits University student, is also a world-renown physiotherapist and Johnny is a top footwear designer. Amongst their clients are fellow South Africans and Boulder residents, Colleen de Reuck and Charl Mattheus.