He is the author of three business-related books with Simon & Schuster in the 1990s, as well as a Hiking/Biking book with the Northshire Press in 2011. He is active in all kinds of sports, having completed 37 marathons with a PR of 3:09 at age 45 and a half marathon best of 1:25. He is a member of the 200-mile club of the Escarpment Trail Run. He has also biked the entire Erie Canal in seven days and cycled up (then descended) the Tour de France's iconic Mont Ventoux. He cross-country skied more than 500k (at age 66) this past season. He also chops, splits and stacks a lot of wood--all by hand--no power tools.