Podiatrist, Dr. Stacy Osborne, has been a fixture on the Cincinnati running scene since he started running in 1968, first as a runner for Norwood High School, then Rio Grande College, winning numerous awards, especially in Cross Country Racing.

Upon graduation from Rio Grande, Dr. Osborne taught Science at Norwood Middle School, where he was Track and Assistant Cross Country Coach for the High School. The Norwood Cross Country Program was third in the City in those years behind the Colerain and Elder powerhouses.

Dr. Osborne left teaching in 1979 to attend the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, he was Assistant Cross Country Coach at Mentor High, winning the Greater Cleveland League Championship 3 times, placing 4th and 9th as a team at State; but in his own words, "at a school with as many boys as Colerain and Elder, we never lost to Colerain or Elder while I was at Mentor, and the boys who were ninth graders my last year there, won the State Championship their Senior Year."

Graduating in 1983, he returned to Cincinnati, setting up a private practice General Podiatry Office on the Norwood-Pleasant Ridge line.

With a life long interest in running, Dr. Osborne is Board Certified in Podiatric Orthopedics and is an expert in running biomechanics using the equal neutral time symmetry technique for the prevention and treatment of running injuries.

Dr. Osborne gives generously of his time and talents to the Cincinnati Running Community, coming every Saturday since May of 1983 to The Running Spot for consultations with runners. He videotapes many local races just for posterity. He has directed numerous Road and Cross Country races over the years. He is starting his 15th years as the Event Coordinator for the Runners' Club of Cincinnati's Summer Cross Country Series. He starts his first year as the Summer Cross Country Coach for Princeton High School this June and is currently Vice President and Technical Equipment Manager for the Runners' Club of Cincinnati.

Dr. Osborne lives in Sharonville with his wife of 22 years, Jan, (also a runner), and their two children, Erica, age 13, (also a runner) and Alex 7 (not a runner as yet). Dr. Osborne runs 25-35 miles a week at Sharon Woods and Princeton's Cross Country Course.