1984 to 1990......the second era of my running began when I got into a serious accident on 02/29/1984.......one morning I was on a a little hike/run up in the mountains when after about 90 minutes it became a fall down the mountain..........the result was a broken ankle......broken finger......various bumps and bruises..........and the kicker was 200 stitches in my head......this of course laid me up for the next 6 weeks until the cast came off......it would take much longer for the inside and outside of my head to heal.......the impact on my running was that by the time I was healed physicall.............I was taking too much time on the party circuit......1985 and 1986 saw my running in fits and starts....some weeks on....some weeks off.....but never where it was before.....finally in '87 it started to pick up...that year saw a total of 1,561.8.....'88 saw 2,163.8 miles......'89 was 2,099........the record for miles still stood from '83 at 2,774.6..........I took a dip in '90 with only 884 miles.....dealing with some stomache issues....then then things started to click again around the time I turned 30 in July of '90...........more later.