Peter lives with his wife and five children in Alamosa, CO, where he teaches 7th grade social studies and has coached at Alamosa High School (15 years XC and 7 years track).

He is a 2X NCAA Individual National Champion (5000m Indoor ’93, 10,000m Outdoor ’93) and 11X All American.

Peter was inducted in three Hall of Fames: Adams State HOF (2X), RMAC HOF, NCAA D-2 HOF and inducted into RMAC All Century Cross Country Team 2009.  Post collegiately, Peter was a 2X US National Road Champion, 2000 US Olympic Marathon Trials Runner Up, World University Team Member 1997 (Italy), and ranked Top 3 in the Marathon in the US 2000 & 2001.

Peter has coached both men and women semi-pros/pro runners and others, served as an agent for many pro-runners, and during his high school coaching as an assistant coach, his teams at  Alamosa HS have celebrated 5 XC Championship Teams, 3x 4×800 team titles, and 8 regional team titles.  During his coaching of the Penguins Track Club (Penguin XC and Track team) they have produced 10 All-Americans and 1 National Champion.

Peter has been selected for seven World Teams: World University Team, 3 Half Marathon Teams, 1 World Team for the marathon, World Relay Marathon and World Mountain Team.